online shopping in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Online shopping spree
Comment So rapid has been the growth in the last year that those offering online food shopping and home delivery in the UK have hit full capacity as demand exceeds supply. Well, shopping has... [16 Dec 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Hassle-free Christmas shopping
Comment In common with around 50 per cent of UK adults, I tend to do as much of my Christmas shopping online as possible, and while things have moved on light years from the days when you could buy any present... [30 Nov 2006]
Xmas e-tail - the good and bad news
Comment When it comes to online Christmas shopping, we keep on hearing two things. It published eight examples of individuals benefiting from shopping online, including the man... [26 Nov 2002]
Xmas e-tail advances
Comment We expect to hear from even more readers next year who managed to do all their Christmas shopping online and all sorts of online outlets - from anythingleft-handed.co.uk to... [06 Jan 2003]
E-tail's Christmas test: Who will be the stars and who will be the turkeys?
Comment Internet companies must take some responsibility for consumers' cautious approach to online shopping, says Jones. A lot of e-tailers continue to exaggerate the online... [20 Dec 2000]
Enjoy the e-tail experience
Comment For Americans at least, online shopping is now an integral part of the whole holiday shopping experience. Jupiter's figures show that shopping visits during the week... [11 Jan 2002]
E-tail: the state we're in
Comment NetRatings agreed and reported that online shopping traffic surged 22 per cent the day before Thanksgiving and 20 per cent the day after compared with traffic for the rest of the week. So it seems there... [27 Nov 2001]
Boom or bust: why ecommerce still has a long way to go.
Comment This focus on the technical at the expense of everything else was graphically demonstrated by the online shopping experiences of a Silicon.com reporter over the Christmas period. On 18 December, a member... [03 Feb 1999]
Nothing new: patenting the online world
Comment Not only could injudicious patents make it easier for companies to monopolise markets, this trend could also be damaging for ecommerce as a whole, according to Eva Pascoe, joint-MD at online shopping... [13 Apr 2000]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.12.03
Round-Up Despite an assertion to complete the whole experience online from the comfort of the sofa with a glass of mulled wine to hand and Cliff Richard playing on the stereo the pathetic number of gifts bought so far (zero)... [19 Dec 2003]
Will's Web Watch: Let's get ecommerce right?
Comment Everybody has their own nightmare stories - and companies may well claim they are isolated incidents, but by the time everybody has suffered an 'isolated incident', the question marks over online... [19 Aug 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? And looking at the shopping experience, the relative inconvenience and service levels of the two countries, I can... [02 Jan 2003]
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment The growth in online shopping and in particular auction sites means that counterfeiters now have more direct and discreet channels to reach consumers than ever before. Recent research we conducted with... [22 Jul 2008]
What's the web ever done for us?
Comment Top 10 tips for safe online shopping http://www.silicon.com/a48496 Meanwhile, Tesco.com claims a customer who uses both on and offline shopping channels will spend 20 per cent more on... [29 Oct 2001]
The latest lessons for e-tailers
Comment They conducted the fourth and final part of a year long online shopping trial over the busy Easter period. It seems the seasonal online shopping spree last Christmas -... [09 Apr 2002]
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