The ‘Industry News’ Category
Skrill to continue successful partnership with Visualsoft eCommerce
Posted May 17th, 2013
Online payment provider Skrill is pleased to announce it's continued partnership with North East based eCommerce agency Visualsoft eCommerce.
With over 900 live websites, which collectively handle 200 million transactions annually, Visualsoft is one of the largest suppliers of eCommerce services in the UK.Since 2012 the company has been working closely with Skrill to implement fully funded payment services on its clients websites. in the result being 99 clients already taking advantage of...
Online sales up 16% in March
Posted April 1st, 2013
The cold weather and uncertain weather forecast seem to have made an impact on the High Street this month, as figures have shown a 16% rise in online shopping in March alone according to he The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index
Consumers decided against the high street in March, and instead chose to shop from the comfort of their own homes during the snowy weather in the UK, which resulted in online retail sales soaring. Sales from mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, rose a...
Shakespeare’s home town tops the eCommerce charts
Posted March 18th, 2013
Research has shown that Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon has taken the topshop in a list of places in the UK that are seen to be embracing the world of online shopping.
The town beat over 1,300 other towns to the top spot in the list, which revealed the UK's 'hot pockets of eCommerce' with a group of businesses from those areas were surveyed to see how they were using the internet to drum up trade.
According to research commissioned by Google, the tourist town made it's way...
Strong growth for mCommerce predicted in 2013
Posted January 10th, 2013
Smartphones and tablets have taken the technological world by storm in recent years, and despite some uncertainty over the popularity of mobile apps and mobile browsing from consumers, it is predicted that the market will expand by at least 300% globally before 2015.
The research, which was published today by Tapjoy, measured the mCommerce usage of a number of participants, and of these, 64% said they would be using their mobile phones to purchase goods in the run up...
Asda forecasts mCommerce sales to double
Posted October 8th, 2012
Many recent published research papers into the use of mCommerce have highlighted the forecasted increase in usage over the next three years, and supermarket chain Asda are bucking this trend by aiming to double grocery sales sales made via mobile devices in the next six months.
The company is planning to introduce a number of new strategies in order to achieve this huge growth, including the introduction of a revamped digital platform. Currently around 6% of the supermarket chain’s...
