Article Archive of Posts Tagged “Ecommerce”

It's the time of year that online shopping goes through the roof, and companies like Amazon, Play, and Toys R Us are rushed off their feet with orders flying over the internet. When a friend of mine was shopping for her kids on PLAY.com she came across something that many consumers need to be... read more

When choosing a name for your business in the past, the process would have been to create the business idea and check out any related trademarks, the information at Companies House and conduct local business searches to make sure the business name is unique. With the advent of the internet as... read more

Although it will be hard to believe for anyone who saw the queues outside many Mark & Spencers yesterday morning all looking to buy merchandise for a penny, the retail landscape is feeling the effect of a decline in sales. This is not just exclusive to the high street either and despite... read more

I've just come across this 1994 promotional video about the internet from The Digital Equipment Corporation.I was at University in 1994 and remember using the internet to download games like the Prince of Persia. Looking back I remember it (the internet) being very textual but to be honest... read more

Whilst high street sales continue to fall and the recession takes a firmer grip on UK shoppers’ spending habits, online sales have hit new highs. Recent reports from the high street confirmed what forecasters had been predicting – that there was a 1.4% reduction in pre-Christmas sales in... read more

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, the Christmas period has a major effect on Search Marketing campaigns, and Christmas 2008 was no exception. I was reading in the Independent this morning that online sales hit a new high this Christmas. The article compares the fact that as high... read more

Exchange and Mart has always been a stalwart of the UK secondhand car buy and sell classifieds. Today it has been announced that Exchange and Mart is ditching the newspaper to go purely online. Some people may look at this with a fond sadness - thinking that it is yet another victim of the... read more

I've just been reading  that the internet trade body IMRG says the UK's Christmas online retail sales could reach £13.6bn ($19.9bn) and that sales of £320m are expected in Monday 8th December - with over £28m being spent online every hour. One in ten shoppers plan to shop online for some... read more

Yesterday's 2.5% decrease in VAT may have far reaching effects on e-commerce sites across the UK. With the reduction to 15% VAT effective on Monday, 1st December 2008, e-commerce websites will be scrambling to change their prices.For many e-commerce retailers this means editing every product... read more

You've heard the expression "you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink"? Well, that is sometimes how I feel when discussing e-commerce trading! You cannot establish a solid e-commerce business without a website that achieves six critical elements, in my opinion! These are... read more