Sep 15, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media, Twitter marketing
Twitter has teamed up with online payments startup Stripe to launch a new tool that lets merchants more easily sell their wares via tweets. Grab a new fall read and Downing in English Oak—a go-to pair of sunglasses for any season. Buy now from this tweet!...
Sep 11, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
July was a strong month for the online travel sector with a number of big brands moving up the list, including National Express, EasyJet, Thomson, Ryanair, Expedia, Lastminute.com and British Airways. The latest results from the IMRG Top 50 Retailer Ranking, in...
Sep 11, 2015 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Online advertising
Mondelez is planning a major push into ecommerce as the owner of food brands including Oreo, Cadbury’s and Kenco, embarks on a cost-cutting drive. The move comes as the FMCG giant announced several new targets Thursday including plans to increase spending on...
Sep 11, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Google is launching its second attempt at mobile payments, rolling out a new ‘Android pay’ service across the US this week. The firm previous attempt at replacing credit cards with mobile phones ‘Google Wallet’ failed to get much traction, and...
Sep 9, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, UK
The newly privatised Royal Mail in the UK has bought a stake in Market Engine, an start-up that powers companies’ online store fronts. Australia-based Market Engine lets firms build localised online shop front designs on websites such as Alibaba-owned Tmall and...
Sep 9, 2015 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages
Amazon is offering its own restaurant delivery service to Prime members in Seattle, marking its first push into an increasingly crowded market for meal delivery. The new scheme will let Amazon customers order food from dozens of restaurants in the Seattle area using...
Sep 8, 2015 | China, E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile, Social media
With China’s economic troubles making headlines this month, how is its digital sector doing? A new report indicates that Internet take-up is slowing in the country as the mature market approaches saturation point, with nearly 90% of the country’s web users...
Sep 7, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media
PayPal has launched a new peer-to-peer payments service called PayPal.Me targeted at the instant messaging generation. PayPal lets users create custom user links – such as PayPal.Me/digital – so users can send a personalised link to friends to request...
Sep 7, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
The UK is now a nation of ‘Pleasure-Seeker spenders’, carving out an average of 15% of their monthly pay cheque to spend on living life to the full, according to a new study. The report, from Vouchercodes and behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings, identified five...
Sep 2, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video
Apple is reportedly set to rival Netflix and Amazon with its own TV shows made exclusively for its upcoming Apple TV. According to a new report from Variety, Apple has discussed investing in original series. The publication cited a person familiar with the matter, who...
Sep 2, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Barclays is testing Bitcoin as it looks into the potential of the cryptocurrency for online banking, charity support and other use cases. Cryptocurrency is defines as digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of...
Sep 1, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
UK retailer Poundland has succumbed to pressure and launched a transactional website, offering all goods for £1 each plus a flat £4 delivery fee on all orders. The discount retailer, which broke the £1bn sales barrier earlier this year, has followed up its success on...
Sep 1, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Email marketing, India
Flipkart has been forced to apologise for sending a sexist promotional email after a customer took to Twitter to criticise India’s largest online retailer. On Saturday, Twitter user Richa Kaul Padte posted a screenshot of a Flipkart promotional email that cited...
Sep 1, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video
In a bold move, Netflix will not renew its deal with distributor Epix, meaning thousands of favourites like the Hunger Games and Transformers will no longer be available on the service as the video streaming firm bets its future on its rising roster of exclusive...
Aug 31, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Black Friday will see the UK hit its first £1bn online shopping day, according to a new report. The report, from digital commerce consultancy Salmon, forecast that online orders on Black Friday will grow 17.6% compared with last year, resulting in a £150m sales uplift...
Aug 28, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
As spending limit on Apple Pay increases from £20 to £30 new data shows sharp rise in contactless payments. Data released by Barclaycard today shows that contactless spending has more than trebled in the last 12 months. Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of all...
Aug 26, 2015 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages
Amazon is testing a fast food delivery service in the US as part of its Prime Now membership, according to a news report. The Prime Now service has been available in several cities like Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Baltimore, offering one-hour delivery. According to...
Aug 26, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising, Search engine marketing
Amazon has ditched the pay-per-click advertisements that previously appeared at the end of its search results. These product ads were a hit among small retailers who didn’t sell their products on Amazon, but who could showcase their merchandise via these ads at the...
Aug 26, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Spending by British consumers on their contactless cards has increased more than five-fold in the last 12 months, according to MasterCard’s UK spending data. Cardholders have driven 560% year-on-year growth in the value of transactions, up from a 373% increase in the...
Aug 26, 2015 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
The percentage of online sales completed through mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) may have reached a plateau, according to new research. The latest data from IMRG and Capgemini has revealed that in Q1 2015/16 (see note on quarters below) it was recorded as 42%...
