Tag: ecommerce
Strongest May growth for online retail since 2010
Optimism around the Royal Wedding and the forthcoming World Cup led to strong online sales in May, according to IMRG Capgemini After a positive display from the High Street, the sun was also shining online in May, with UK online retail sales up nearly 20% year on year, according to the…
5 Questions You Should Ask Your WordPress Hosting Provider Before You Purchase Their Services
Setting up a website for business purposes is one of the smartest moves in this digital age. With a growing number of people who resort to online searches for shopping, you need to have that perfect site to showcase what you have to offer and raise some interest. After all, the World Wide Web has…
One in three UK retailers don’t have mobile shopping app
Image: Parsonage Retail Park, Wigan A new report launched today reveals that a third (32%) of the UK’s top retailers don’t have a mobile shopping app. The report, called the State of Digital Commerce, which was commissioned by Episerver, examines the retail and ecommerce trends set to shape 2017. It highlights that nearly…
Black Friday’s best year ever, reckons HookLogic
It may have started as a US import, but it seems that the Brits are finally embracing the Christmas shopping phenomenon. Black Friday 2016 saw more shoppers than ever before make purchases on major retail sites according to insights from performance marketing company HookLogic. Black Friday shoppers and purchasers were up 13.9% and 11.9% respectively,…
Google's content farm crackdown may be damaging legitimate sites
Content farms were first on the block, as Google announced a few weeks ago it had tweaked its search algorithm to "provide better rankings for high-quality sites". This meant moving content farms as far away from the first search…
UK broadband makes it cheaper to shop online, says uSwitch
Shopping online has always been seen as being cheaper than going to the shops, but a survey by uSwitch suggests that the UK's average broadband price is now so cheap that it's worth doing all of our shopping online rather…
UK shoppers are impatient, ditching high street for web and not waiting for slow sites
New research from Gomez reveals that UK shoppers are becoming increasingly impatient, ditching the high street for the online retailer, and not hanging around if a web site loads slowly. Nearly 2 out of 3 shoppers will spend more online…
