Sep 8, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Paypal has struck a deal with Mastercard that will allow the payments platform to be used in stores. “Our bread and butter is, we’re a checkout company,” Jim Magats, PayPal’s head of global core payments, told the Wall Street Journal. “What merchants want is our...
Sep 6, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media
Naked Wines delivers the highest amount of engaging content to its customers across social platforms, according to new research. Berry Bros. & Rudd came second, followed by Virgin Wines in third place. The study, from retail marketing agency Leapfrogg, analysed...
Sep 5, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
A huge proportion of UK consumers are ready for the next stage in digital retail: completely automated purchases managed by machine with no action from the shopper needed, termed Programmatic Commerce, according to new research. The study, from Salmon, suggests...
Sep 5, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising
With more consumer paths to purchase than ever before, marketers are increasingly turning to ‘attribution models’ to find out what channels work best- but many are still falling short. New research indicates that marketers are unable to optimise their cross-channel...
Sep 2, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
WPP’s programmatic company, Xaxis, has created an infographic analysing the key audiences profiles that emerged over this past summer that were used to target online advertising. The findings reveal the main groupings of those in the market for holidays and the...
Aug 31, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon’s Dash Button is finally launching in Germany, Austria, and the UK, letting consumers order brands on Amazon via the click of a fridge magnet button. The move marks the devices’ first expansion outside of the US. The buttons allow for 40 brands –...
Aug 30, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising
Online retailers are focusing more on retaining existing customers than acquiring new ones, as the active customer retention rate reached a record high of 36.4% during the period May to July 2016, a full five percentage points up on the same quarter last year,...
Aug 26, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, UK
Tesco has launched a same day ‘click and collect’ service for groceries as it moves to fight off threat from Amazon. Under the new scheme, customers will be able to shop from their smartphone, laptop or computer. The supermarket giant will offer the service from 300...
Aug 26, 2016 | Australia and New Zealand, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile
Domino’s has begun testing New Zealand pizza delivery via the first commercial drone delivery service in the world. The fast food chain has partnered with drone start-up Flirtey to launch the service, demonstrating the first stage with a pizza delivery in...
Aug 26, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
eBay Advertising predicts that the August Bank Holiday weekend will fire the pistol for early Christmas shopping, according to new shopper insights. With almost half a million searches for ‘Christmas’ on eBay.co.uk last August, and a 300% month on month increase in...
Aug 23, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
With less than 100 days to go until Salmon predicts will be not just Black Friday, but indeed a Black Five day week, with a record breaking £5 billion spent online from Thursday 24th November through to Cyber Monday – retailers need to be in the midst of their...
Aug 22, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video
Account sharing of popular TV streaming services such as Netflix and NOW TV has increased by 57% in 12 months – meaning that 41% now share their subscription with friends and family, according to new research. New research by broadband and TV comparison site...
Aug 19, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Online sales have enjoyed the highest yearly growth rate since November 2014, when Black Friday caused the Index to surge, with much of the increase down to heavy discounting. The IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index revealed online sales growth of +19% year-on-year...
Aug 17, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Most large UK retailers are continuing to face difficulty in delivering a consistent omnichannel experience, with almost three-fifths (59%) unable to link in-store sales to online activity and nearly two-fifths (38%) failing to offer consistent pricing across all...
Aug 16, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Snapcart, an Indonesian start-up app rewards people who send them photos of their shopping receipts with cash, is expanding to the Philippines. Snapcart taps into shopping data by incentivising shoppers to take photographs of their receipts in exchange for a small...
Aug 16, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Engaged customers are better customers, buying more and giving you better traction. This new DMA infographic explores what makes brands engaging and what consumers see in their favourite brands. The new Customer Engagement infographic highlights the four different...
Aug 10, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, UK
Online-only retailers are growing at a significantly faster rate than multichannel ones, and are seeing a higher average basket value, too, accordingto a new report from IMRG and Capgemini. Using data from the IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index, the report outlines...
Aug 9, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Retail giant Walmart has bought online retailer Jet.com for $3.3bn (£2.5bn), one of Amazon’s biggest online challengers, in a major statement of intent from the superstore giant. The move is seen as Walmart’s latest attempt to tackle the widening gap between Amazon...
Aug 9, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Over a third (35%) of UK consumers would become disloyal to the brand in question after just one bad experience online shopping , according to new research. The survey of over 1,000 UK consumers by Optimizely, the world’s leading experience optimisation platform,...
Aug 8, 2016 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Social media, UK
Over 8 in 10 adults (82%) in Great Britain used the internet every day or almost every day, according to research. The study, from ONS, indicates a rise from 78% in 2015 and more than double the 35% reported in 2006, when directly comparable records were first...
