Jan 21, 2013 | Content marketing, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, India, Latin America, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, Twitter marketing
During 2012, there were 2.4 billion web users and 1.3bn smartphones, recording 2.7bn Facebook likes and 175m tweets per day, according to new data. The findings, from website monitoring firm Pingdom, come as part of a new report looking back at internet usage 2012....
Jan 21, 2013 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing, Mobile
Amazon has updated its MP3 download app to work on iPhone and iPod Touch devices, letting Apple users buy music from Amazon’s digital store for the first time. Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music, says that since the launch of the Cloud Player app for the...
Jan 17, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Online video
Rental chain Blockbuster has become the latest UK high street store to go into administration, amid growing pressure from online rivals such as LoveFilm and Netflix. To see how far media technology has come, watch one of the company’s first UK commercials here:...
Jan 17, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing
HMV has suspended trading online via HMV.com following the appointment of administrators. The website has been replaced by a notice from administration firm Deloitte, informing customers that “no purchases can be made online until further notice”. It...
Jan 16, 2013 | China, E-commerce and E-retailing
Jack Ma, founder of China’s Alibaba.com, is stepping down as chief executive but will remain chairman. Since forming the company in 1999, Ma, a former English teacher, has built up the company to become an ecommerce powerhouse. The company has 24,000 employees...
Jan 15, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing
HMV has gone into administration, as the entertainment retail giant succumbs to increased competition from online retailers and supermarkets. The move could spell the end for its 92-year presence on the high street, and puts over 4,000 jobs in doubt. In a statement...
Jan 15, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages, Mobile
Nick Holzherr, a runner-up from last year’s Apprentice final has launched an online food app, based on his losing business plan from the BBC show. The app, called Whisk, combines online shopping with home cooking. It scans recipes, creates a shopping list and then...
Jan 14, 2013 | Content marketing, E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon is offering customers that purchase CDs a free digital version saved to its cloud storage service. The AutoRip feature allows customers to receive digital copies of new purchases for more than 50,000 albums. The program also offers AutoRip copies of CDs...
Jan 10, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Regulation
Online music and computer game seller Play.com is to close down its direct retail business and shift to an online marketplace from spring 2013. The move will make more than 200 staff redundant, including 67 workers from its Cambridge and Bristol bases and 147 in...
Jan 9, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, FMCG digital marketing food and beverages
Supermarket Morrisons is planning an online food as part of a “modernising” drive to recover from poor Christmas sales. Chief executive Dalton Philips said Philips said the group would provide more details in the spring but said being the last major...
Jan 8, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing, Marketing through gaming, Mobile
Digital sales of music, games and films have broken the £1 billion barrier for the first time in the UK, according to new data. The study, from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) indicates that shoppers spent £1.033 billion – an 11.4% rise – on...
Jan 8, 2013 | CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing
Channel 5 has teamed up with online retailer Very.com to offer a ‘click to buy’ website based on products featured in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother reality show. The partnership with Channel 5 and its agency Carat will see Very.co.uk supply selected products for...
Jan 8, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing
UK consumers made 113 million visits to retail websites on Boxing Day, a 17% increase on last year, while Brits spent a combined total of 14 million hours shopping online the day after Christmas, according to new research. Insights taken from the Experian Hitwise...
Jan 7, 2013 | E-commerce and E-retailing
UK Internet users made 84 million visits to retail websites on Christmas Eve and 107 million visits on Christmas Day up an astonishing 86% and 71% respectively compared to the same days in December 2011, according to new data. The study, from Experian, found that on...
Dec 21, 2012 | Content marketing, CPG, E-commerce and E-retailing, Facebook marketing, Marketing through gaming, Mobile, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Search engine marketing, Social media, Viral and buyrals
To round off 2012, we bring you our collection of top stories that shaped the digital landscape. It was an amazing year, with the continued speed of change towards a more digitally centric society: the rise and rise of social, the migration to mobile, the rising value...
Dec 21, 2012 | E-commerce and E-retailing
UK consumers will spend a total of 375 million hours shopping online in December 2012 with 17 million of these on Boxing Day alone, according to new research. The study, from Experian and IMRG, indicates that Christmas 2012 will be the biggest and busiest ever for...
Dec 21, 2012 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Amazon and John Lewsis have scored the highest in an online customer service study, while Ryanair saw the biggest drop and lowest score. Analytics form ForeSee looks at the customer satisfaction Index across the UK’s top 40 online retail websites. The findings in the...
Dec 20, 2012 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Thomas Cook has stopped offering online discounts on its website, in a bid offer standardised prices on the high street and online. The retailer claimed the move has ‘changed travel retailing forever’ by stopping online discounting. The operator is now...
Dec 20, 2012 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Christmas Day has been labelled ‘Tablet Tuesday’ as consumers redeem the vouchers bought for them by last-minute shoppers, according to a new report. The report, from media agency Mindshare, forecasts that in the UK, for instance, almost half the population (45%) now...
Dec 18, 2012 | E-commerce and E-retailing
Online loans company Wonga has begun offering “buy now, pay later” services directly on retailers’ websites. Until now, loans from Wonga, which have been highly criticised due to an annual interest rate of 4,214%, have been available only through its...
