Posts tagged with 'Shopping'
One of the biggest factors holding back consumers from doing their Christmas shopping online is concern about delivery times, according to a survey by shopping site GreasyPalm.co.uk.
The survey finds that concerns about delivery are likely to be hurting online sales this Christmas, with 55% of those surveyed citing delivery times as the major obstacle to doing their Christmas shopping online.
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by Graham Charlton
13 November 2006 14:13pm
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Four seconds is the maximum length of time the average online shopper will wait for a web page to load before potentially abandoning a retail site.
In the research by Akamai, poor site performance ranked second only to high product prices and shipping costs as leading factors for dissatisfaction among online shoppers.
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by Graham Charlton
13 November 2006 10:41am
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Men who can’t be bothered to go out shopping are helping to drive rapid growth in online retailing, according to a survey by the British Council of Shopping Centres.
FT.com reports that men have a ‘hunter’ approach to shopping – they know what they want and want to get it as quickly and painlessly as possible. Online shopping is the perfect way for them to do this.
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by Graham Charlton
08 November 2006 10:57am
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Research in the US has revealed the extent to which frustrated online shoppers hold grudges against online retailers and their physical counterparts.
The research, by US internet performance tracking company Gomez, reveals that 65% of online shoppers would stop or reconsider shopping at a company’s physical store if they had a poor online experience.
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by Graham Charlton
06 November 2006 11:53am
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The government is considering closing a tax loophole that is apparently being used by big retailers such as HMV, Tesco and Amazon to sell DVDs and CDs more cheaply over the web.
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by Richard Maven
06 November 2006 11:52am
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Asda, the UK’s second largest supermarket chain, is to massively expand its etailing capacity after admitting it underestimated demand for online shopping.
The Wal-Mart-owned group wants to regain ground on arch-rival Tesco, which dominates the online grocery space.
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by Richard Maven
06 November 2006 09:43am
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Amazon is testing a new advertising programme, Clickriver, which allows businesses to place sponsored links on Amazon.com next to search results and on product detail pages.
Amazon's Clickriver Ads, which appears to be a version of Adwords, was built by A9.com, a search technologies subsidiary of Amazon.
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by Graham Charlton
03 November 2006 10:46am
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A new pay-as-you-go Visa voucher for online shopping has been released today, in an attempt to get more people shopping online.
Figures from the 3V Transaction Services ‘online shopper’ study reveal that around a fifth of people want to shop online but are reluctant to do so, and that over 9 million people in the UK are left behind by the online shopping boom.
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by Graham Charlton
01 November 2006 13:46pm
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Tesco reportedly plans to begin selling clothes over the internet next year via its non-food etailer, Tesco Direct.
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by Richard Maven
01 November 2006 07:29am
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Employment experts suggest that the cost to business of employees surfing the net for their Christmas shopping on company time could be £7 billion this year, although frankly this research is somewhat misleading.
The prediction comes from the Employment Law Advisory Service (ELAS), which advises employers to lay down rules for staff to minimise the risk of losing hours to internet shopping.
All things considered, this sounds a bit Orwellian for our liking. But first, let's look more at this ELAS research...
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by Graham Charlton
30 October 2006 19:23pm
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