Retailers missing trick with social media and recommendations
UK retailers are still failing to take full advantage of the opportunity that social commerce offers for growth, according to new research.
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Right to reply: Retailers missing a trick with checkout confirmation page?
Should retailers look beyond the confirmation page in order to maximise the return on investment from their marketing efforts? Dan Pearce, director at Have You Seen, argues that instead of seeing the checkout screen as the end of a purchase cycle, the initial customer purchase should be viewed as a launch pad for further sale … [Read more…]
UK online shopping trends- Brits beat Monday blues with e-tail therapy
Online shoppers in the UK are most likely to browse and buy on Monday evenings, but also enjoy boozy late night browsing on Fridays and take less than a minute to make a decision on clothes and books purchases according to new research.
Amazon takes on iTunes with cloud music relaunch
Amazon is set to relaunch its digital locker offer next month after agreeing licensing deals with all four majors.
Top Jubilee search keywords: ‘Bunting, concerts and cake’ dominate party planning lists
This weekend the UK will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with bunting, concert tickets and cake topping the party planning lists, according to new data on the top UK search terms.
Russian social gaming market nearly triples
During 2011 the total social gaming market in Russia reached $236m, marking a 180% increase from 2010, according to Mail.Ru Games.
Mobile commerce trends: UK mobile shopping sales ‘quadruple in just two years’
More than two-thirds (64%) of smartphone owners are now using their mobile device to shop online, a number that had quadrupled in just two years.
Tradedoubler beefs up mobile commerce tools
Performance marketing and technology company Tradedoubler has launched a campaign to help clients and affiliate marketing partners identify and harness the latest opportunities in online and mobile commerce.
Waterstones sells Amazon’s Kindle book reader
The UK’s top bookseller Waterstones is to sell Amazon’s Kindle book-reader and launch other Kindle digital services.
Waterstones sells Amazon's Kindle book reader
The UK’s top bookseller Waterstones is to sell Amazon’s Kindle book-reader and launch other Kindle digital services.