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Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment dangers
Leader It can't be denied that the holiday period has been a bumper haul for internet retailing. One early poll put increases in customers at 27 per cent and increases in revenues at 46 per cent compared to the same period in 2006. [02 Jan 2008]
Xmas shoppers making merry in cyberspace
News So much for speakers blaring out decades' old Christmas hits and shop windows groaning under truck-loads of fake snow, cyberspace is fast replacing the high street as the place of choice to net Xmas gifts. [17 Dec 2007]
Open sourcers welcome BBC iPlayer for Linux
News Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the BBC's move to make its iPlayer online on-demand TV service available for streaming on operating systems other than Microsoft... [17 Dec 2007]
CIO Essentials: Xmas gadgets, mobile ban and green IT
News Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and explains why they matter. [11 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... 'me hearties shun Vista… techies on the move?… bosses out of tune
Comment ¦ Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas ¦ Top 10 weird data disasters What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas
Photo Sat-navs have taken the gadget market by storm, so there's no shortage of devices to stick on your Xmas list. You'd think it's a bit of a stretch to call a laptop a gadget but not so with this dainty offering from Asus,... [03 Dec 2007]
Customer service warning for Xmas retailers
News Retailers have been warned the increase in online sales over the Christmas period will lead to a flood of online and email complaints from customers. Customer services departments will have to deal with a five-fold increase in the 10... [03 Dec 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 16.11.07
Round-Up Podcast Online Christmas shopping, the soap opera for bloggers, wi-fi theft and Cliff Richard's download success are all up for discussion in the latest Weekly Round-Up podcast from silicon.com. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the studio by... [16 Nov 2007]
Online shoppers think plastic is fantastic for Xmas
News The most marked change is in the UK, where only 19 per cent of consumers expect to spend more overall for Xmas this year. European online shoppers will prefer to use credit cards rather than debit cards or PayPal when... [14 Nov 2007]
Online shoppers get savvy in run-up to Xmas
News The vast majority (86 per cent) of online consumers suffer some sort of difficulty in making their purchase. A survey of more than 2,000 UK consumers, aged 16 or older, showed 37 per cent of those who experience problems with an online... [05 Nov 2007]
UK to lead Xmas online shopping spree
News The UK will be Europe's biggest market for online shopping in the run up to Christmas with 27 million shoppers expected to generate €20bn in sales. The total European revenue from online shopping is expected to hit €51bn during the... [24 Oct 2007]
Leader: E-tailers can get it right this Xmas
Leader What are the chances this will be the Christmas when the e-tailers finally get it right? Every year we hear from readers who tell us they placed orders well before the final date for guaranteed delivery and yet presents didn't arrive... [27 Nov 2006]
Christmas shoppers take a chance on delays
News Meanwhile only eight per cent of respondents said they won't do any Xmas shopping online this year. UK shoppers aren't heeding the warnings about delays to orders placed online - and many who are planning to shop online... [27 Nov 2006]
Record breaking Xmas on the cards
News Royal Mail expects to deliver around 100 million Christmas presents bought online between now and 23 December - that's 30 million more than in 2005. And incredibly, in the UK more than £4m will be spent online each hour on presents in... [22 Nov 2006]
Four days left to buy Xmas presents online
News Only four days remain for online shoppers to order their Christmas presents if they want to guarantee the gifts arrive in time for the big day, one consumer advisory group is warning. As long as you order by 23 November, goods should... [20 Nov 2006]
