e-tail
RSS e-tailTop high street shops are failing the e-tail test
News Major high street brands are still failing to make the leap online - with more than half the big name shops in town centres across Britain still on a 'watching brief' regarding ecommerce. Names such as the Body Shop, JJB Sports and... [17 Jun 2003]
Disaster recovery in the internet age
Comment The classic counter, as favoured by other e-tail sites, was the blanket refusal to honour the sale, hiding behind the small print of the sale agreement. The e-tail giant... [20 Mar 2003]
Amazon fails to honour Pocket PC bargain
News Hundreds of shoppers logged onto the e-tail site to take advantage of the bargain and while most immediately assumed it was a pricing blunder on Amazon's part, few let that prevent them from placing an... [19 Mar 2003]
Chinese domain names - the best thing EVER to happen to business?
Comment This Sunday the UK e-tail sector was presented with one of the best ever opportunities to grow their businesses. The major players in the e-tail arena will be chomping... [17 Mar 2003]
16 March: The most important day in e-tail history?
News On 16 March businesses outside China will be able to register dot-cn domain names for the first time ever - providing Western e-tailers the opportunity to gain access to the country's vast and rapidly growing online... [10 Mar 2003]
Amazon enters domain name game
News E-tail giant Amazon.com is to begin selling internet addresses to individuals and businesses having won approval to do so from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Amazon is... [03 Mar 2003]
Which? shuts down e-tail kitemark scheme
News The Consumers' Association has today announced that the Which? Web Trader scheme - a voluntary, consumer-focused code of practice for e-tailers in the UK - is to close at the end of the month. Which? Web Trader was... [06 Jan 2003]
Xmas e-tail advances
Comment On the back of Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense column last week ('Christmas Shopping 2002' - http://www.silicon.com/a56921) we received lots of feedback, most of which was positive about the future of... [06 Jan 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Christmas shopping 2002
Comment Is e-tail about to put real world shopping to shame, with far reaching consequences? Peter Cochrane reckons this past Christmas was a turning point, for him and thousands of others. Christmas 2002 was a... [02 Jan 2003]
Re:Viewing 2002 - Whatever happened to the dot-coms?
News But e-tail is about more than just auction sites as the continued success of all-conquering Amazon showed. By 2002 everybody was familiar with the idea that the whole dot-com phenomenon wasn't man's... [23 Dec 2002]
Christmas set to smash all e-tail records
News UK e-tailers can expect to enjoy the most successful Christmas ever online, if statistics out for November are anything to go by. According to figures released on Friday by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG),... [16 Dec 2002]
Ten more tips for safe xmas e-tail
News Then the e-tail industry indulges in some one-upmanship by publishing not four, not five but ten pointers to help make your e-tail experience this Christmas a good one.... [02 Dec 2002]
A pint of lager and a partridge in a pear tree please
News The inhabitants of mainland Britain's most remote village have the chance to join in the Christmas e-tail bonanza thanks to Yahoo! and a progressive pub landlord. Inverie in North West Scotland isn't... [02 Dec 2002]
Amazon takes on a high street flavour
News E-tail giant Amazon is increasing its offline presence with a deal to sell books and videos via high-street store Borders. Initially just in the US, the deal means Amazon customers will be able to pick... [28 Nov 2002]
Xmas e-tail - the good and bad news
Comment When it comes to online Christmas shopping, we keep on hearing two things. First of all, this year will be bigger than last. UK spending will top £1.7bn in the next month or so, according to Mori, and although they didn't put it this... [26 Nov 2002]
