Article Archive for May 2010
Multichannel retailer Best Buy broke its own records on the opening of its first UK store, following a social media campaign that helped build its UK profile online.
Multichannel retailer Boots enjoys the strongest corporate reputation in the UK, according to a new report from the Reputation Institute. John Lewis, M&S and Debenhams are also in the top 10.
Glue maker Evo-Stik rolls out an iPhone app that lets would be bonders assess what adhesive they need to join two different materials, find out whether its in stock and then order it by phone – all without getting their fingers gummed to the screen
Die verkürzte Widerrufsfrist von 14 Tagen , verbunden mit der Wertersatz-Möglichkeit, werden nun auch bei Ebay Realität. Ebay-Händlern fällt ein Stein vom Herzen.
Das ZVAB, das Zentrale Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher, hat nun beim Landgericht München eine einstweilige Verfügung gegen Amazon.de’s Forderung nach Preisparität an seine marketplace-Händler erwirkt.
Das ifo Geschäftsklima für die gewerbliche Wirtschaft Deutschlands, ermittelt vom ifo Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München, hat sich im April 2010 erneut kräftig verbessert.
Mit dem Aufstieg des mobile Commerce steigt der Bedarf an mobilen Bezahlmöglichkeiten. Ein kostenloses Whitepaper von Juniper Research informiert über die gängigsten Methoden und verschafft Kunden wie Händlern einen Überblick.
Der Sicherheitsanbieter Trend Micro warnt vor einem gefälschten Amazon-Newsletter, der zurzeit als Spam-E-Mail von Cyberkriminellen verbreitet wird.
Jeder dritte Internetnutzer in Österreich geht mit dem Handy mobil ins Internet (31 Prozent), in der Schweiz jeder vierte (27 Prozent). In Deutschland ist es jeder sechste (17 Prozent). Das zeigt die Untersuchung „Mobile Web Watch 2010“ von Accenture.
Webloyalty dehnt seine Aktivitäten erfolgreich auf Deutschland aus. Mit Webloyalty gelingt es jetzt der ungarischen Billig-Fluglinie Wizz Air, ihren Kunden das neue Bonusprogramm “Shoppen und Sparen” anzubieten.
Fashion shoppers will soon be able to sell as well as buy through the Asos website. Independent designers and retailers will also be able to sell their wares.
A staggering 53% of women in the US actively engage in mobile interaction with retail-driven mobile promotions, with 93% actively looking out for promotional offers sent to their mobiles or on the mobile web, finds a study by miBuys
With the news that Apple has sold a million iPads in just 28 days, is it time for UK retailers to make sure their iPad app is ready for the computer’s late May UK launch?
Consumers demand an online shopping experience akin to that of the high street, so why do suppliers and retailers think they can get away without quality imagery or current product data? asks Rob Tarrant, managing director of Brandbank.
As Premier League team Liverpool FC gears up to ship its latest home kit for May 6 delivery, making sure it gets there on time is vital, says the club.
The talk is that the new Never Knowingly Undersold ad has boosted John Lewis’ online sales by almost 40%. But is that really true, or are commentators getting carried away?
Smartphone users can now get to grips with their Tesco points on the move. We debate what that means for retailers and customers alike.
M-Retailing.net meets Laurence Pichot, head of shopping.com France and the company’s head of mobile strategy to talk about the company’s new strategy and how mobile – centred around its new iphone app to start with – is a key part of how the company is set to develop
Italian mobile specialist Dynamic Fun has created an m-commerce creation and hosting service designed to make it quick and easy for anyone from an SME to a large corporate to create a mobile shopping experience
BazaarVoice has formed alliances with Google and FACT-Finder to bolster their search functions. The American company shows an exponential growth in the market of user content and search technology. Internet Retailing has talked with Jacob Salamon, Head of International Marketing of BazaarVoice

