Tag: online retailers

March 6, 2023

The UK’s biggest retailers Marks & Spencer (M&S), Sainsbury’s and Currys criticised the government’s business rates reforms for heavy taxes imposed on physical stores. According to This is Money, shops and other business properties are charged based on their rental […]

December 28, 2022

Asos investors are set to rebel early next year over pay policy “concerns” and the pay of executive bosses. According to reporting by the Daily Mail, the meeting taking place on 11 January is likely to see investors rejecting or […]

September 15, 2022

Huge crowds, long lines and crazy stampedes are things of Black Fridays past. Nowadays, more and more shoppers are flocking to ecommerce sites for the best deals. In fact, global ecommerce sales are expected to top $5.5 trillion in 2022 […]

March 25, 2022

If you haven’t already bought something as a direct result of scrolling through your social feeds and feeling the irresistible urge to click ‘shop’, you may well be in the minority. As one of the fastest-growing online shopping trends, social […]

December 21, 2021

Online retailers and couriers are experiencing a 17% surge in late gift deliveries as visits to the high street collapse by 25% amid Omicron concerns, according to research from ParcelHero. “The arrival of Omicron is nightmare timing for high street […]

July 14, 2021

It’s no surprise that the pandemic accelerated the decline of brick-and-mortar retail stores in favor of the convenience of online shopping. Amazon and other online retailers are essentially logistics companies that have become today’s consumer interface to deliver goods to […]

April 6, 2021

Consumers across the globe spent $900 billion more at online retailers in 2020 compared with the prior two-year trend, according to a report released Tuesday by the Mastercard Economics Institute. Shoppers are heading back to restaurants and returning to stores […]

March 30, 2021

The Ever Given’s blockage of the Suez Canal is set to cost traders a total of £4.35 billion as experts warn ecommerce retailers will feel the effects for months to come. The 400-metre-long container ship was successfully refloated yesterday after […]

January 29, 2021

Online retailers’ “green” claims are regularly exaggerated, false and even illegal according to a new study of hundreds of brands. A study into 344 “dubious” claims of sustainability made by online stores found that retailers often “pull the wool over […]

December 17, 2020

As advertising dollars have shifted from traditional media to digital platforms run by retailers, consumer product brands have speculated that there is a ‘halo effect’ happening – boosting sales far beyond the online retailers where the brand is advertising their […]

August 14, 2019

As e-commerce has soared in popularity, U.S. warehouses have evolved to meet the needs of online retailers, transforming from basic storerooms into automated, material-handling nerve centers. Driven by consumers’ desire for fast and reliable delivery of everything from furniture and […]

June 4, 2019

Allowing more smaller merchants onto its PayPal Commerce Platform is the online payment system’s latest move toward strengthening its market position. Just over a year ago, the company acquired iZettle, a small business commerce platform that’s popular in Europe and […]

October 10, 2018

The trend analyzed in JLL’s report reflects Gartner L2 analysts’ prediction a couple of years ago that physical stores are an inevitable tactic in any startup’s growth strategy. The study also demonstrates the value of pop-ups. Nearly 62% of permanent […]

October 4, 2018

Amazon has a clear lead in the online grocery wars, and the marketplace giant has shown no signs of slowing down as it expands services on its site and at Whole Foods stores. Just over a year since Amazon acquired […]

September 10, 2018

Cryptojacking is fast becoming the favoured cash cow of online criminals. Bad actors can generate huge sums by infecting eCommerce stores and content management systems with malicious code that mines cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Monero and Litecoin. WordPress sites and WooCommerce […]

October 12, 2017

Retail giants like Victoria’s Secret and Amazon are gobbling up market share, but there’s still plenty of room for aggressive entrepreneurs to grow, writes Yandy.com CEO Thom Brodeur-Kazanjian. Every year there are new stories out about Amazon devouring smaller online […]

August 10, 2016

Fewer consumers say they are deterred from making an online purchase if the retailer charges sales tax than said so a few years ago, according to a new survey by Bizrate Insights, a division of digital marketing technology firm Connexity […]

July 7, 2016

Less is more for Casper, which launched a little over two years ago with only one SKU: a mattress made out of memory and latex foams. The material allows the product to be shipped inside a surprisingly small box (small […]

June 16, 2016

The growth of e-commerce may be slowing, as a majority of U.S. shoppers say they don’t plan to increase their online spending over the next three years, a new report found. Even though roughly three-quarters of consumers say they’ve bought […]

May 16, 2016

Currently, there are nearly two million people in the UK living with sight loss – equating to around one person in 30. By 2050, this is estimated to almost double. These figures have led to many businesses, including the likes […]