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| Feb 20, 2012 | Internet sales up 9% YOY for January |
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that internet sales were up from 9% in January last year. The report showed particularly strong sales of furniture and sports goods as shoppers were tempted by steep discounts. The figures from the ONS showed that internet sales now account for about 12% of total [Read more]
| Feb 20, 2012 | Pinterest: rapid growth, usage and virality [analysis] |
Pinterest seems to be growing exponentially. We found this interesting material on RJMetrics which explains things with more data & analysis. Here’s the summary: Pinterest is retaining and engaging users as much as 2-3x as efficiently as Twitter was at a similar time in its history. Pins link to a tremendously large universe of sites. [Read more]
| Feb 17, 2012 | M-commerce to increase by 55% |
Shopping on mobile devices in the UK is set to increase by 53% in the next year at £4.5billion, making the British the biggest mobile shoppers in Europe, followed by Germany (£2.7bn) and France (£1.9bn), finds a new study (see here for full report) Last year, almost half (46%) of mobile users in the UK [Read more]
| Feb 17, 2012 | Social media marketing: three great primers |
I recently listened to 3 podcasts from Internet Marketing/SiteVisibility on how to use social media effectively for marketing purposes. The material is brilliant for beginners or people who are in the early days of adoption, and experts will still find some good tips (as I did on both Twitter and LinkedIn). Here are links to [Read more]
| Feb 08, 2012 | Mobile e-commerce: the threat to retailers |
Great analysis from e-consultancy regarding customers using mobiles/smartphones as they shop in stores: – An iModerate survey found that more than half of smartphone owners are using the internet in stores, with price comparison, checking store locations, and hunting for discounts the most common reasons. – Our Mobile Planet data sees 24% of UK smartphone [Read more]
| Jan 31, 2012 | Netscape founder on e-commerce in 2012 and beyond |
Readable interview with Marc Andreesen, Netscape Founder and now VC. Here’s a few highlights: “Most of the people in the world still don’t have a personal computer, whereas in three to five years, most people in the world will have a smartphone…. If you’ve got a smartphone, then I can build a business in any [Read more]
| Jan 31, 2012 | Digital predictions for 2012 from Deloittes |
Deloitte’s State of the Media Democracy survey reviews media consumption preferences of nearly 2,000 consumers, ages 14 to 75 years old in the US, revealing significant trends including increased access to content driving consumption, smartphones continuing to challenge other devices and the role of digital video recorders in preserving consumers’ cable and satellite TV subscriptions. [Read more]
| Jan 20, 2012 | E-commerce on iPads versus smartphones [statistics & analysis] |
Further to our previous analysis regarding e-commerce in retail websites on mobile devices which are not-optimised for mobiles, we have drilled down into the nature of those devices themselves, in order to break out the usage characteristics of iPads as opposed to smartphones. As previously reported, iPads accounted for 47% on average of all mobile [Read more]
| Jan 20, 2012 | Internet Retailing Birmingham – we’ll be there 21-22 March |
After much deliberation, we’re pleased to say we can meet folk at the Internet Retailing exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. Do come along and discuss your ideas for your next generation online shop. We would be especially pleased to hear from niche brands considering Magento. You can register FREE here.