• 'Mega-Minute'

    Lots of press coverage today about online shoppers spending £767,500 in a single minute at 1.09pm yesterday.

    Office workers taking advantage of their lunch hour to purchase gifts online are believed to be behind this record high, and the company reporting these figures, Retail Decisions, expected online sales for the full day to total around £370m, a 106% increase on the same Monday last year.

    Games and accessories for the Nintendo Wii were apparently the most in demand items, followed by the iPod Shuffle and the iPod Nano.

    By Kerry Reid
    Published: 11 December 2007
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  • Happy, stress-free Christmas Shopping

    In an article published in The Sunday Herald recently, it was stated that more than 27 million people are expected to shop online over the festive season turning Britain into the biggest online retail market in Europe.

    Total online sales are set to reach £40 billion this year and are predicted to quadruple to £162bn by 2020 when they will account for 40% of all UK Retail sales.

    According to uSwitch, UK Consumers could save more than £13bn a year by shopping online! Some of the most popular products bought online are music, films and concert tickets. More than half of online shoppers (53%) by music and films online; 35% buy tickets for events over the internet and about a third purchase books, clothes and sporting goods. Grocery shopping online is also becoming more popular.

    Here are links to some of our eCommerce websites:

    Guitar
    Scotch Whisky Shop
    Just Dogs
    Royal Mile Residence
    Woods of Windsor

    Source : The Sunday Herald, Naomi Caine

    By Melanie Russell
    Published: 30 November 2007
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  • Royal Mile Residence website

    One of our developers is a very happy chappy today as the RMR website went live after a long development process.

    www.royalmileresidence.co.uk  

    By David McGilvray
    Published: 12 September 2007
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  • UK online ad spend predicted to rise 25% to top £2.5bn in 07

    This year will see UK online ad revenues surpass £2.5bn, according to the latest forecast by Opera Media.

    The healthy state of the industry will reportedly continue, with predictions of online revenues increasing by 25% during 2007. This rise will see online, which stood at 12.3% of the total advertising market in 2006, account for 15% in 2007.

    Within online advertising, search is continuing to make massive gains. It now accounts for 58% of the UK's total online spend.

    Google continues to be the main driver behind search, with an 80% share of the search market. Its nearest competitor is Yahoo! with 8%.

    The mobile ad sector has potential to generate further revenue, with 54% of mobile owners accessing the internet every week via their phone.

    (Source: NMA magazine)

    By Melanie Russell
    Published: 11 September 2007
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  • Online shoppers trust reviews

    The latest research to come from Bazaarvoice suggests that 53% of online shoppers have more trust in brands that allow customer product reviews on their sites. 54% of UK shoppers thought it was extremely or very important to read customer reviews before making a purchase. What this points towards is the creation of ‘your own editors’, a meritocracy of users that will target rewards, and as a result enhance loyalty, as they get more and more recognition of their reviews and comments.

    By Super Administrator
    Published: 12 July 2007
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  • Online shoppers seek more information

    A recent poll by Harris Interactive that surveyed 2,873 US adults found that 44% of consumers had abandoned their shopping cart because they couldn’t find the answers to questions about the purchase or the product they wanted. It also went on to state that 68% of consumers said they were compelled to browse a website after receiving an email from a retailer. Download the Harris Interactive Online Poll report (pdf).

    By Super Administrator
    Published: 1 June 2007
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