Jun 30, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon has revealed that its third annual Prime Day will take place on and around 11th J?July 2017, enticing new members with a reduced subscription fee. Prime Day 2017 is officially on July 11, but Amazon is adding six more hours of shopping this year, presumably to...
Jun 30, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
The Fast Fashion industry has grown 21% over the past 3 years, with retailers collaborating with celebs and reality stars the MOST successful brands, according to new research.
Jun 29, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
The vast majority (69%) of consumers are open to trialling a new financial product if it offers a clear benefit regardless of who is offering it, but many are held back by data privacy and trust issues. The research, from consumer insight agency, Strive Insight, looks...
Jun 29, 2017 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Social media
Popchips, the makers of the ‘popped’ alternative, to traditional crisps, is taking on the big names and winning, through engaging marketing campaigns and “healthier” messaging, according to new research. The hi brands Brand sustainability survey was conducted by...
Jun 28, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Online retail delivery order volumes were up 13.9% year-on-year in May, according to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index. This follows a slow-down in growth in April, which may have been influenced by the surprise announcement of the general...
Jun 27, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation, Search engine marketing
The European Commission has forced Google to pay a record fine of £2.1bn (€2.42bn) for abusing its dominance as a search engine. The watchdog said the search engine, owned by parent company Alphabet, breached anti-trust rules with its online shopping service. It said...
Jun 27, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online advertising
Online action sports retailer, FreestyleXtremeused an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cloud marketing platform to increase revenues and engage more effectively with customers. The challenge The company started as a family business in a garden shed and has grown...
Jun 23, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
A new campaign that helped the Åland bank calculate the carbon footprint of every credit-card purchase has taken one of the top digital prizes as this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. The Åland Index Initiative for the Bank of Åland (Ålandsbanken) won a Grand Prix in the...
Jun 22, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Ecommerce businesses could add as much as 6% to their revenues, representing tens of billions of dollars globally, by focusing on the most effective optimization and personalization techniques, according to new research. The study, from Qubit, a personalisation tech...
Jun 21, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon has launched a beta test of Amazon Prime Wardrobe, which could be a game changer for the clothing retail industry. The service, which currently being tested in the US only, lets Prime customers try on up to 15 items of clothing at home before they pay for them....
Jun 21, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, UK
Online retail growth is slowing in the UK, with the clothing sector taking the biggest hit as Brexit and a hung parliament take their toll on consumer confidence, according to new data. UK online retail sales were up +10.2% year-on-year (YoY) in May, according to the...
Jun 21, 2017 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Social media
The number of online reviews a product has directly correlates with its sales performance, even if some of the reviews are negative, according to new research. The study, from global e-commerce analytics firm Profitero and dunnhumby’s micro influencer marketing...
Jun 21, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Social media
Dune London is introducing user generated content (UGC) on its product detail pages to inspire customers during the shopping journey, and has reported an 82% increase in sales where UGC played a part in the transaction over a two week period since the feature went...
Jun 20, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
More than three quarters (80%) of consumers claim that receiving a personal service is important when purchasing online highlighting the need for human interaction to be available in real time through customer service channels, according to new research. The study,...
Jun 20, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Total revenue increased in shopping centres by 65% this Father’s Day, according to Coniq, a European CRM and marketing insight platform for shopping centres. The number of transactions also rose by 61% in comparison to last year, as shoppers continue to spend money on...
Jun 19, 2017 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Social media, Viral and buyrals
On Saturday 17th June, mobile advertising experts video intelligence (vi) helped a small Cannes crêperie increase its footfall by over 400%, after conducting an experiment to coincide with the start of Cannes Lions 2017. Agency vi wanted to demonstrate the...
Jun 19, 2017 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7bn (£10.7bn), shaking up the grocery sector. The transaction will see the online retail giant take over a business with 460 stores in the US, Canada and the UK which enjoyed sales of $16bn (£12.5bn) in the 2016...
Jun 9, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Automotive marketplace Auto Trader has struck a strategic partnership with user-generated content platform Reevoo. Initially the partnership will see Reevoo provide Auto Trader with feeds of its dealer reviews, which will appear on the its website alongside Reevoo’s...
Jun 9, 2017 | E-commerce and E-retailing
There will be four distinct business models that will define retail over the next decade, built around sharing, replenishment, personalisation and services, according to new research. The report. From Accenture, surveyed +25,000 consumers across 33 countries and found...
Jun 6, 2017 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, Social media
Nike leads the way for UK high street fashion retailers on Instagram, with 72 million followers, over three times more than closest competitor H&M with 21 million, according to new research. Straight up. Shut down. #airmaxday wraps up in NYC with @travisscott. A...
