online shopping december
UK spent £4.7bn online over Christmas
News Supporting research by Capgemini examining the habits of 2,000 shoppers showed that nearly half of consumers went to websites to research best prices, while a third did more than half of their Christmas shopping... [15 Jan 2009]
Web sales no match for worst December in 14 years
News The BRC has said the increase shows people are getting more confident about shopping on the web at Christmas, with the introduction of later last-order dates helping to convince them. According to new research from the... [13 Jan 2009]
Play.com gets 1,000-order-a-minute Xmas
News The results buck the trend of muted growth over the busiest shopping days of the year among web retailers. Online entertainment retailer Play.com has revealed 24 per cent year-on-year growth in sales... [02 Jan 2009]
Pure-play e-tailers help consumers get happy online
News Specialist online retailers score much better in terms of customer satisfaction than big high street institutions when it comes to internet shopping.silicon.com Retail & Leisure According to e-retail... [22 Dec 2008]
Legal Eye: Tech could brighten retailers' gloom
Comment Although the code's authors are at pains to stress this new addition is not a get-out clause for banks and retailers, the implied liability shift may turn off an already wary online shopping audience. [10 Dec 2008]
£980,000 shopping mega minute arrives for web retailers
News Despite continuing gloom on the high street, the UK online shopping industry is rubbing its hands together with glee - today is expected to be the biggest web shopping day of the year.... [08 Dec 2008]
Online buyers take Xmas shopping to the wire
News Kelkoo MD Bruce Fair told silicon.com online stores are most likely to see their highest sales on 15 December. Early last month, researchers from the Capgemini e-retail index forecast 1pm to 2pm on 8... [03 Dec 2008]
Lycos Europe barks bye bye
News It also plans to seek a buyer for other parts of its operation: its domains, Danish portal and shopping activities. The closure of Lycos Europe's portal, which includes search, online communities and... [27 Nov 2008]
Shop too late and risk an unmerry Christmas
News Consumers have additional rights when shopping online which in most cases allow you to change your mind and cancel your order for up to seven working days after delivery so check your order when it arrives. [27 Nov 2008]
Shopping online sees first ever decline
News Market researcher comScore said online shopping declined four per cent during the first 23 days of November, compared with a comparable time period last year. Gian Fulgoni, comScore chairman, said in a... [26 Nov 2008]
Britain's £28m Xmas shopping lunchtime
News The researchers say Monday 8 December will be the biggest UK online shopping day before the holiday, notching up sales worth £320m, with over 40 per cent of sales made out of office... [12 Nov 2008]
Internet shoppers clueless on web security
News Robinson said in a statement: "It is of the utmost importance that shoppers start to check up on their favourite shopping sites' security as only then will the UK's 62,000-plus internet traders take the shoppers... [26 Feb 2008]
Retailers count the online Xmas coffers
News The researchers noted that rather than growth in online shopping slowing to a natural market share of around 15 per cent, the trend is not stopping. Overall, online revenues reached... [17 Jan 2008]
Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment dangers
Leader It appears that the economic doom and gloom of the past few months was forgotten, for a while at least, with retailers such as Marks & Spencer launching their latest sales on midnight Christmas Day, ensuring consumers would not stop... [02 Jan 2008]
Customer service warning for Xmas retailers
News According to numéro, customers are leaving their online shopping to the last minute this year, because of the positive experiences they have had throughout the year.numéro director, Mark Chamberlain,... [03 Dec 2007]
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