Festive shoppers should refrain from purchasing all their Christmas shopping online this year and instead look to the high street, according to the Forum of Private Business.
Co-op launches interactive Christmas Kitchen
5 December 2011
The Co-operative has launched an interactive virtual Christmas Kitchen to add “an extra helping of fun to customers’ festive preparations”.
Parking fees and petrol prices are ‘tempting’ Christmas shoppers online, says new research
29 November 2011
New research by MasterCard Prepaid reveals how the extra costs associated with Christmas shopping trips, including unplanned purchases, coffee, meals and transport and parking fees, are tempting consumers onto the internet instead.
Sainsbury’s snaps up online entertainment company
12 October 2011
Sainsbury’s has acquired the online entertainment company Global Media Vault from MBL for £1m.
Facebook: turning ‘likes’ into buys
23 August 2011
Selling through Facebook is set to be the next big thing, argues Damian Hanson at e-commerce provider One Iota
Naked Wines shortlisted for Orange Innovation Award
2 August 2011
An online wine retailer has been named as “one of the most innovative businesses” in the country.
Consumers ‘struggle’ to find good deals on online retail sites
3 June 2011
Retailers are failing in their online marketing, according to results revealed in an online YouGov survey commissioned by Keybroker.
Sainsbury’s set to extend Click & Collect online ordering to 800 stores
31 May 2011
Sainsbury’s has unveiled an “ambitious growth plan” for its Click & Collect service.
Online wine sales top agenda at LIWF conference
27 April 2011
The second London International Wine Fair Conference, organised by Punch Events on behalf of Brintex, will take place in the afternoon of Monday 16 May at London’s ExCeL exhibition centre.
Retailers and Google link up to measure online retail activity
24 March 2011
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Google are using the BRC’s Multi-Channel Retail Conference today to announce plans for a new quarterly report that will quantify the growth of online retail traffic.
