ecommerce purchases
Domino's online sales pass 20 per cent
News Online purchases now represent 21.8 per cent of all delivered sales for the company. The company said ecommerce sales grew by 85.1 per cent to £25.3m, up from £13.7m during the same period in 2007. Fast food takeaway chain Domino's Pizza UK has... [21 Jul 2008]
Xmas shoppers making merry in cyberspace
News Just nine per cent of the 169 respondents to a silicon.com reader poll said they won't be doing any of their Christmas shopping online this year, meaning the vast majority plan to make some online purchases. [17 Dec 2007]
Woolworths boosts ecommerce functionality
News The system by Avail draws on previous purchases on the site to recommend additional products to customers. Mixed merchandise retailer Woolworths has built on its use of product reviews on its website with the development of an automatic... [06 Dec 2007]
eStara rings up $48m buyout
News Bob Burke, ATG's president and CEO, said eStara's products "fit perfectly" with the company's strategy of helping consumers to complete purchases. Ecommerce software company ATG has announced it's buying Click to Call provider eStara in a $48m deal. [21 Sep 2006]
Google to make online shoppers pay
News AdWords customers who use the payment system will have shopping cart icons displayed in their ads so customers will know that they can use their Google Checkout account to pay for purchases. Consumers with a Google account can type their credit... [29 Jun 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Been let down by an e-tailer?
Comment There are some purchases where there is a far lower threshold of 'acceptable fallibility'. And when the nature of ecommerce means your nearest competitor is never more than a click away, controlling the rate of customer churn can be a problem. [08 Mar 2006]
w-HA (France Telecom) Grows Mobile / Electronic Payments Ecosystem With Valista Technology
White Paper France Telecom needed to create a world-class eCommerce service enabling purchases of goods and services via mobile, fixed-line and Internet connections Valista's payment processing platform, PaymentsPlus, allows FT to migrate its Minitel business... [19 Jan 2006]
eBay leaps onto mobile web with O2's i-mode
News The i-mode version of eBay provides most of the same functionality as the regular internet service, including the ability to bid, search the auction site and monitor the progress of auctions using the 'my eBay' function.eBay users won't be able to... [06 Jan 2006]
Merry e-Christmas on the way?
News In the week before the Thanksgiving holiday, 58 per cent of ecommerce purchases, excluding travel, occurred at work, according to ComScore Networks, a research firm that tracks human behaviour. While ecommerce accounted for 7.7 per cent of all... [29 Nov 2005]
Is Google aiming to squeeze eBay?
News We expect that 'Google Purchases' - the new micropayments service among users - will be also introduced as a complement to 'Google Base'. Some bloggers speculated that Google Base was the precursor to an ecommerce site that would go up against... [26 Oct 2005]
Chip and PIN heads for cyberspace
News Since 1 January this year, retailers have had to swallow the cost of fraudulent card purchases if they aren't PIN verified. Placing the card into the reader and tapping in the PIN will generate a one-time password which could be used to... [27 Sep 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.09.05
Round-Up And if that doesn't make you rush online to buy up as many bottles as you can cram into your cupboard marked 'stupid purchases', let the Round-Up give you a further nudge by telling you the price. The retail giant says it won't honour the purchases... [02 Sep 2005]
Ecommerce players put muscle into security
News Earlier this week, a survey by RSA Security found that one-quarter of online shoppers have reduced purchases in the past year as identity theft has risen. Joffe noted that Sony's online-gaming customers not only subscribe to the service but will... [22 Feb 2005]
Fake-software junk mail - a spam investigator's insight
News Other techniques used by the Alliance to track down culprits before handing their details to the authorities include test purchases, surveillance and following up leads from the public, as well as scouring P2P sites and newsgroups. [25 May 2004]
eCommerce Startup: Secure Infrastructure Implementation
White Paper Capitalizing on opportunities offered by a unified European market, an eCommerce startup saw a significant consumer market for online auto purchases. Security issues were paramount. The company's business model depended on ensuring that consumers... [13 May 2004]
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