Posts tagged with 'Amazon'
Pure-play web retailers are ahead of their multi-channel competitors when it comes to customer satisfaction, according to a new study.
Etail solution provider Pangora surveyed hundreds of UK online customers about their experiences of delivery, site quality and customer service, and firms with no high street presence came top in most categories.
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by Richard Maven
31 August 2007 10:00am
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Is there any future for DVD rental companies? Yet another UK firm, ChoicesUK, is about to call in the administrators, having previously complained about the threat of piracy in the entertainment industry, along with ‘unseasonably hot weather’.
While piracy may have played a role in the company’s demise, it is more likely that it has been ground down by pureplay online DVD rental firms, including one operated by mighty Amazon, which launched its service in late-2004. For starters, online DVD rental pureplays have much lower overheads than ChoicesUK, which seems to have been strangled by the costs of maintaining 170 shops and 1,800 employees.
But hold on. I’m starting to wonder whether the pureplays themselves will last the distance, in the face of changing consumer behaviour.
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by Chris Lake
21 August 2007 14:21pm
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Movie rental company Blockbuster has snapped up film downloading service Movielink after negotiations said to have lasted since March.
The move, the retailer hopes, will give it a stronger presence in a fast-growing but small and competitive market.
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by Richard Maven
09 August 2007 12:50pm
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Jesse James Garrett
, the man who coined the term 'Ajax' and president of Adaptive Path, has been talking to us about usability and the user experience. It makes for a great read.
Jesse's book, The Elements of User Experience, is one of the most widely read books on user-centred design, and he was recently named as one of the top ten user experience experts in an E-consultancy survey.
Here, we speak to him about the psychological background to web design, the pros and cons of behavioural targeting and Ajax, and why he thinks Amazon and eBay's usability has gone "astray".
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by Richard Maven
07 August 2007 12:24pm
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Amazon has confirmed plans to take on Google Checkout and PayPal with the launch of a rival payment system for etailers.
Dubbed the Amazon Flexible Payment Service (FPS), the system forms part of the etailer’s Web Services programme and allows firms to create checkout facilities with a set of developer tools.
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by Richard Maven
06 August 2007 09:21am
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Etailing giant Amazon is reportedly close to launching an online payment system to rival Google Checkout and eBay’s PayPal.
TechCrunch reports that the move would extend the etailer’s existing Amazon Payments service, which is used by third party sellers on its site.
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by Richard Maven
02 August 2007 09:24am
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Amazon's second quarter profits have more than tripled thanks to a combination of increased sales and a reduction in technology spending.
The company's share price rose by 21% yesterday in response to the news, with Amazon raising its full year income forecasts.
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by Graham Charlton
25 July 2007 15:53pm
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Zlio, the French startup which let its users set up DIY online shops, has announced that it has received $4m (£2m) in funding from Mangrove Capital Partners.
Users of Zlio can personalise and stock their shops from a choice of around 3m items. Affiliate commission is then earned on every sale referred from a Zlio shop.
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by Graham Charlton
10 July 2007 13:00pm
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The forthcoming final Harry Potter book has become Amazon's most ever pre-ordered item - and the pre-ordering isn't finished yet.
Online orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows passed the previous 1.5m mark set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yesterday.
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by Robert Andrews
03 July 2007 10:00am
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Amazon has extended its controversial patent on "1-Click" shopping to include items bought as gifts for others.
The original 1999 patent allowed customers to purchase products with just one click after entering their address and credit card details for upfront storage. but drew fire including a boycott when Amazon sued rival Barnes & Noble for using a similar method.
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by Robert Andrews
08 June 2007 10:30am
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