Group cancels online Ashes ticket sales

… winter. The group has cancelled 1300 tickets after discovering that touts had been … we will, where appropriate, cancel those tickets,” Sutherland said in a news conference. … also expects to unearth more scalped tickets before the Ashes series starts in …

New website targets ticket touts

… . "We estimate that the secondary ticketing market in Europe is currently worth … a secure and transparent environment, season ticket holders will be able to legally … . This will help the fight against ticket touts.” While viagogo's initial focus is …

Q&A: Bruce Tognazzini on human-computer interaction

… in travel sites, where the user spends an hour selecting airline tickets for dates five months hence, then tries searching for a … the last, fateful time, and ending up with worthless airline tickets for the wrong dates. Then there’s the worst single bit …

Saga launches silver surfers' social network

… the over 50s found that three quarters had bought flights online and more than half had purchased train and events tickets. However, there is clearly room for more research into the differences between pre-retired and post-retired web users. This …

Crowded airports boost web services

… -based check-in services within two years. Airlines said online ticket distribution represented 35% of their total ticket sales, while SITA predicts that 86% of all tickets will be electronically issued by the end of next year. …

eBay posts Q3 loss but sales growth continues

… said it "was a strong quarter": "The strength came from eBay International, PayPal merchant services, ticketing site StubHub, classifieds and advertising, which all performed above expectations.” There were some problem signs …

Five ways to make online travel sites better

… which occur before which a booking can be made. An obvious one - but many sites still allow users to search for tickets and holidays that are too late to book and only inform them once the booking process starts. To avoid this, state clearly …

New mobile payment system goes live in UK

It enables consumers to purchase content costing less than £10, including tickets, ringtones and games, from providers such as Multimap, I-play and Gameloft. Mobile Data Assocation chairman Mike Short told the BBC that PayForIt presented an …

Farecast extends service to hotels

… found Farecast’s results to be 74.5% accurate. In February, it launched a paid-for service allowing customers to ‘lock’ ticket prices for a week and protect themselves in case prices rise. Farecast said the new service would only initially analyse hotel …

US online retail sales rise again

… over Q2 2006. Sales in the sports and fitness category increased by 58% over last year, while consumer electronics and tickets for events also experienced sales increases, of 51% and 44% respectively. The comScore report also predicts that total …

M-commerce sites 'failing to satisfy users'

… that when using the lastminute.com mobile portal they could search for flights and vacations but could not purchase either tickets or trips.” The survey found that people would most like to see mobile versions of Amazon and iTunes.

78% of internet shoppers are happy with etailers - IMRG

However, only 13% preferred the web for home and DIY, and food and drink. The report also highlighted the importance of offering good product information online, whether customers end up buying online or not. However, just 75% of shoppers  …

Interview: Paul Cook, CEO of PositiveFeedback

… a quick buck at the till so lower unit cost items work particularly well. Books, DVDs and CDs work well for that, but higher ticket items don’t work as well. You’re not going to spontaneously sell a fridge to someone, for example, but that’s not to …

What role can sensory branding play in online marketing?

… actual physical delivery of the product; be it a book, ticket, lawn mower or insurance documents has for too long been a … concerns aside, those brands that have introduced the ‘e-ticket’ or printable papers (for example insurance companies) should get back …

Mobile Marketing Briefing - new report

… such as the Mobile Marketing Association. It is getting easier to pay for things by mobile, especially small-ticket items.  Weaknesses The mobile internet is not yet mass market which means that brands / advertisers are only …