ecommerce purchases in news
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... [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... [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... [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... [29 Jun 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... [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... [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... [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... [27 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... [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... [25 May 2004]
Melinda Messenger fronts Internet Shopping Day
News He believes while consumers may be the victims of people defrauding their cards with internet purchases, chances are the web wasn't to blame initially. Consumers card details are often compromised elsewhere - fraudsters... [24 Jul 2003]
Passport problems could hit Microsoft in the wallet
News Other ecommerce services also rely on Passport - it's used in transactions in online games and in purchases of Microsoft Reader e-books, for example. On Thursday, the software giant was scrambling to... [09 May 2003]
E-tailers enjoyed a bumper 2002
News The survey counts online purchases by US consumers connecting from home or work, regardless of whether the seller was located in the US. Ecommerce in the US during 2002 blew away all previous records... [02 Jan 2003]
Is this the biggest digital blunder ever?
News Music retail giant Tower Records has exposed the personal data of millions of US and UK shoppers at its online store - including email addresses, phone numbers and past purchases. The company said no credit card numbers... [06 Dec 2002]
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