online shopping
RSS online shoppingPre-paid mobiles hit Christmas peak
News The world's largest online service said its members spent approximately $1.2bn on e-shopping between 26 November and 27 December 1998. In related news, America Online has also released impressive figures for the month immediately before Christmas. [05 Jan 1999]
Christmas e-shopping flops
News Britons may be rushing to get online, but there has been no rapid acceptance of e-shopping this Christmas, according to research commissioned by BT Click+. The pay-as-you-go Internet access arm of BT has found that although more than 20 per cent of... [22 Dec 1998]
US shoppers surf their way to a Christmas bargain
News America Online is claiming a 350 per cent increase in visits to its shopping site compared to last year. Jupiter Communications is predicting a total online spend of $2.3bn over the holiday season in the US. [17 Dec 1998]
Online shopping is no Christmas turkey
News Dataquest is predicting a huge rise in online spending this Christmas as consumer fears over ecommerce security decrease. Figures released by the research house predict worldwide online spending will reach $2.35bn - more than double the $1bn spent... [11 Dec 1998]
Supermarket shuns Internet selling, for now
News Asda started its home shopping service on Friday, but is holding off on a move to the Web. Dermot Hill, MD of online retailer, CDdirect, said: "Selling on the phone is OK for very well-known brands. Jenny Rogerson, customer services manager at... [06 Dec 1998]
Online retailers launch shopperconnection.com
News Nine of Amazon.com's top trading rivals have formed their own shopping mall which goes live today. Amazon.com's competition in Europe is also warming up with last week's deal between AOL and bookselling rival, Barnes and Noble which sees bol.com... [23 Nov 1998]
Dialog goes shopping as profits leap 285 per cent
News The new service will launch at London Olympia's Online show, in early December. Information company Dialog today announced profits 285 per cent higher than this time last year. The company also announced details of an ecommerce acquisition. [19 Nov 1998]
US set to spend $1.1bn online this Christmas
News The prediction follows the publication of two surveys, eMarketer's ecommerce retail shopping report and Deloitte & Touche's thirteenth National Retail Federation 'Mood Survey'. US consumers will spend $1.1bn online this Christmas according to... [12 Nov 1998]
Which? survey shows UK consumers still fear Internet fraud
News But 62 per cent also admitted that they consider the Net to be as safe as shopping through a mail order catalogue. Online shows that the UK public is nervous about buying goods over the Internet because they still fear fraud and a break down in... [11 Nov 1998]
US retailers join forces to create online shopping mall
News With the growth of ecommerce increasing competition between online retailers, the companies hope having all their products in one place will pull in more custom. Four US Internet retailers are creating a one-stop site for their products. [15 Oct 1998]
Boots home shopping benefits from Logica software
News The company is working on other home shopping projects and this could lead to online versions at some point," she said. Logica has won a contract with Boots The Chemist to automate its forthcoming home shopping delivery service. [14 Oct 1998]
NTL launches UK online shopping service
News The company claims it will be the first to offer shopping, banking and booking services in a single package. It's plans for a shopping channel developed by BSkyB won't go live until next year. Cable operator NTL has launched an online retail... [07 Oct 1998]
Microwave doubles as Net window
News The machine will apparently also include a barcode scanner so it can go online shopping for you and re-stock the cupboard. Cashpoint manufacturer NCR claims to have developed a prototype microwave oven that can display Web pages on its door. [11 Sep 1998]
In brief: European ecommerce set to thrive
News According to research commissioned by the UK telco, 40 per cent of all European shopping and business transactions will be conducted on the Internet within the next five years. BT is predicting a boom in European ecommerce, estimating that eight... [09 Sep 1998]
Women over fifty take to the Net
News However, he added: "It's inevitable that fewer groups of society will be left untouched by the technology because the Net is the underlying platform on which you do other things such as send email, go shopping and enter chatrooms. [28 Aug 1998]
