BufferOnline fashion retailer Missguided has launched its own iPhone app in a bid to expand its online retail offering. The business, which specialises in “catwalk looks and celebrity inspired women’s fashion”, hopes to use the application to strengthen ties with customers … Continue reading
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Zara owner puts smartphones and tablets at centre of online sales venture
BufferSpanish fashion retailer Inditex has announced it will start online sales later this year. The company, which owns brands including Zara and Massimo Dutti, is due to open an online store on September 2 covering the United Kingdom, France, Germany, … Continue reading
Online sales up while uncertainty remains on the high street
BufferUK internet, mail order and phone sales were up 21.9 per cent year-on-year last month, according to the latest figures released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The month-on-month increase was 15.9 per cent on April. The BRC-KPMG retail sales … Continue reading
Retail sales via mobile internet forecast to more than double in three years
BufferMobile phone users bought nearly £123million of goods in the UK in 2009 using their smartphones, according to a new report, and this figure looks set to more than double in the next three years. As total online retail spending … Continue reading
Online sales boost for Laura Ashley
BufferHome furnishings and women’s fashion retailer Laura Ashley has announced a 74 per cent increase in online sales during the first 17 weeks of its current financial year. Continuing growth from its web operations helped lift the business’ total UK … Continue reading
April’s online sales up 13 per cent on 2009
BufferBy Richard Morris The latest online sales figures covering the month of April show consumers spent 13 per cent more over the internet compared with a year ago. The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index for April revealed that shoppers spent … Continue reading
Argos joins rush to sign up i-Phone users
Buffer“Don’t just shop for it, i-Phone it to Argos” – that might well be the latest variation of Argos’ well-known advertising catchphrase promoting the retailer’s latest idea to open new channels for its customers. The high street company has followed … Continue reading
Nexus One online sales nixed
BufferGoogle’s Nexus One phone is no longer available from the company’s own website, after the company admitted buyers had proved reluctant to buy the phone without putting it through its paces first. In an announcement on its blog, Andy Rubin, Vice-President … Continue reading
Good news for online advertisers as US display ad impressions hit one trillion in first quarter
BufferTotal display advertising impressions in America numbered 1.1 trillion in the first quarter of 2010 according to data released by comScore. The research firm found a 15 per cent increase in the number of display ads shown to internet users … Continue reading
Mobile payments set to quadruple by 2014, says UK research firm
BufferThe value of payments for physical and digital products made through mobiles will reach almost $630bn by 2014, according to industry experts. Hampshire-based research firm Juniper Research said the gross value of all mobile purchases stands at $170bn this year, … Continue reading
