The Black Friday period has been forecast to shrink by nearly a quarter (22%) this year, with overall spend during the Black Friday period predicted to reach £5.5bn, according to new research.
Ecommerce and digital fashion skills have topped the list of small business requirements in the UK in the past 6 months, as well as wider interest in business expansion and survival on a global level.
Ecommerce technology provider, Attraqt, has entered into an agreement to acquire Artificial Intelligence (AI) Search IP assets from Aleph-One GmbH.
The majority of consumers don’t think the economy will get better next year, in fact they think it will get worse, with two-thirds (69%) of consumers having less confidence in the economy in 2021 than they do in it now, according to new research.
Pinterest has launched a range of new features letting users shop directly from Pins, on boards, from search, as well as new monetising shopping surfaces for UK advertisers.
The majority of people feel customer service should be back to pre-Covid levels; in contrast to the three quarters who were prepared to make allowances for brands during lockdown, according to new research.
Amazon has launched a new payment system called Amazon One, that lets shopper pay by a wave of their hand rather than via cards or phone.
Ted Baker has fulfilled an extra 101,000 online orders in one year following a new omnichannel initiative, which sees a proportion of orders packed and shipped by stores.
More than half (51%) of consumers have purchased a product or service based on an influencer endorsement in the past two years, according to new research.
Health food retailer Holland & Barrett will trial Mercaux’s in-store digital solutions to support store colleagues to deliver specialist health & wellbeing service to customers.
Over three quarters (75%) of consumers in Europe anticipate that most of their festive shopping will be done digitally during this festive season, according to new research.
Following a massive 66% spike in daily online sales in May when most physical stores were shut and consumers in many locations were still under strict pandemic lockdowns, new data suggests ecommerce performance globally has levelled off, now averaging 7% higher online sales daily and 3% greater traffic than at the same time last year.
Global online content consumption doubled in a year to an average of 7hrs. The shift online means brands need to turbo-charge their content marketing skills. Fake news is driving brand risk, while connected TVs and TikTok are surging.
HubSpot has launched of Sales Hub Enterprise, its new CRM platform designed to directly compete with Enterprise CRM giants.
Nike has seen a huge rise in online sales as it bounces back from a coronavirus slump and has witnessed digital sales rocket 82% during the June to August quarter, offsetting falling revenue in its stores.
Lockdown may have encouraged more consumers to support businesses closer to home, yet, new findings suggest that this isn’t likely to be top of mind when it comes to buying habits this Christmas. Just 15% of UK shoppers plan on basing their purchase decision on wanting to support local shops over larger chains.
Clothing brand Mint Velvet has appointed London organic and paid performance search marketing agency Avenue Digital to take over its Paid Search remit in the UK, following a competitive pitch process.
Twinings, McCain and Mars are among the top FMCG product innovators in the UK, with Brits proving they are more adventurous in sampling brand new products than the rest of Europe, according to new research.
51% of holiday shoppers plan to shop with local businesses during the 2020 holiday period, with 48% turning to marketplaces for inspiration.
Two leading vehicle brands Toyota and Lexus have selected Feefo, the reviews and customer insights technology company, to transform their respective customer product reviews in the UK.
