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The conclave of judges for the Internet Retailing Awards – sponsored by Venda – has gathered and are considering the entries to the ten categories in this year’s awards and we expect to see …
Camden council will take a major step forward in enhancing digital services for local businesses, traders, retailers and residents through a new deal with Arqiva to deliver public wifi to streets and open spaces across …
As thoughts turn to summer holidays, TUI Travel, owner of Thomson, is going mobile, offering an app to its customers that can take them through from choosing a holiday, to getting to the airport and …
William Hill, the UK’s largest bookmaker, has placed all its 2390 high street retail location on the NearMe location based mobile application, confirming William Hill’s continued adoption of mobile technology to support the increasing demand …
Despite wanting to shop in bricks and mortar stores – especially boutique and independent shops – consumers are being put off because they simply can’t find them as they have no mobile or online presence, …
Almost two-thirds of smartphone and tablet users access websites on a daily basis and more than a half shop via their mobile device at least once a week, according to new research from e-commerce and …
BT has signed an agreement with Fenwick Ltd giving shoppers free, unlimited wifi at its 11 UK premier department stores – visited by some 64 million shoppers annual, all of whom can now browse for …
High street retailers who offer free wifi look set to reap the benefits with one in seven people (14%) insisting wifi access is crucial for them to consider entering a coffee shop while one in …
Prostate Cancer UK has chosen SDL – the now parent company of bemoko – to help connect with supports and donors when they are on the move. The Sledgehammer initiative is a hard hitting …
A new study has found that UK mobile searchers are committed to the research process leading to a longer purchase decision cycle than those in the US. It also revealed UK mobile users’ emphasis on …
The annual – and much coveted – Internet Retailing Awards, this year sponsored by Venda , are looking for nominations for this year’s gala dinner to rival the Oscars on 26 June. This year, the …
When looking at the mobile channel for marketing, many retailers ignore email, but with a growing number of consumers using mobile email as a comms channel, perhaps its time to think again. Matt Swan, Client …
76% of major UK retailers do not offer free in-store wi-fi, according to new research from mobile marketing agency Sponge, and so are losing out on collecting rich data about their consumers that they can …
The arrival of universal 4G in Britain could boost the retail economy by around £1.8 billion over a year, according to new research revealed today by eBay. The boost represents a 113% year on year …
A third of businesses, regardless of size, believe that 20% of their revenues will come from mobile by 2014, with smaller merchants expecting more growth in the mobile channel and are as likely to have …
Arcadia Group, the UK’s largest privately-owned retailer, is to launch five new iPad apps for its main high street brands – Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Wallis – as sales through mobile have grown by …
With Internet Retailing Expo 2013 continuing as you read this, we take a look at some of the key take aways from the SoLoMo (Social-Mobile-Local) session on day one. Look out in the coming weeks …
Just 50% of the top 100 UK retailers have optimized their websites for mobile devices, compared to 100% of Top US retailers, finds a study by Skava, a mobile app company headquartered in San Francisco.
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Mobile will evolve as the main platform for retailers over the next three years says Martin Gill of Forrester Research.
The comments came ahead of next week’s Internet Retailing Expo (IRX 2013), where Gill is a …
Research in the US by Adobe suggests that apps are actually winning out over apps in m-commerce. Could the apps vs m-web battle be reaching a conclusion – and what does it mean? Ahead of …
