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Hitwise reports that Pindar client Thorntons is now the largest site in its sector: Shopping & Classifieds – Flowers & Gifts. Visits to the website had increased by 137% compared to the Easter week in 2007, and were 25% higher than the Christmas 2007 peak.

We were extremely pleased with New Media Age’s review of the Frost French fashion website: “The site is certainly fresh, offering a sleek user experience, while the commece function makes shopping look like it has never been easier.”

Visa is so committed to PCI/DSS that it has launched a video that puts it into perspective. We are pleased to see that our security partner One-SEC is interviewed.

According to Hitwise, the miserable weather over the bank holiday weekend caused a spike in online shopping in the UK.

A Shop.org study conducted by Forrester Research of 170 retailers, found that Americans last year spent more online on clothing than they did on computers for the first time in history. The report found the apparel, accessories and footwear category reached $18.3 billion in 2006 and is expected to hit $22.1 billion in 2007. This [Read more]

Landing pages are often overlooked if not ignored entirely. The fact remains that on a well optimised e-commerce website, visitors from search engines are likely to end up on category pages and product pages. Here’s a nice summary by e-consultancy on how to optimise your landing page.

Not all online retailers do well at PPC in an e-commerce context says CNN Money: “What didn’t work for some online retailers during the past holiday season may come as a surprise to most [people]. Considering the strength and size of the Internet’s largest search engine, Google (Charts) proved to be an extremely poor marketing [Read more]

Gardening for Dummies has picked Two West Elliott’s Greenhouse Girl weblog as Weblog of the Week, citing its “fresh design and uncluttered appearance”. “Intriguing because most garden bloggers are those just talking about their gardens whereas these bloggers are sharing some of their wisdom and advice as an added service to what they already do.”

Dubbed “Greenhouse Girl”, Two Wests & Elliott, the greenhouse & gardening suppliers, has launched a weblog to develop its online community. The blog can be seen at www.twowests.co.uk/weblog.