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Five Christmas email marketing tips

Tom O'Leary at the Messaging Times has some sound advice to help you manage your Christmas email marketing campaigns.

Tom has five tips on how to streamline your email marketing to make the most of the Christmas retail season...

by Graham Charlton 23 November 2006 14:36pm 0 comments

Flickr launches new camera finder

Flickr has spotted a new revenue stream via the launch of its camera finder service, which displays the most popular cameras used on the photo sharing site.

Flickr is using the data from photos uploaded to the site to display the most popular makes of cameras and camera phones.

by Graham Charlton 23 November 2006 14:27pm 0 comments

Research reveals top 10 UK etailers

A new report has looked into the performance of the top 28 UK retailers as measured by traffic, and has found much room for improvement.

The research, carried out by Marketing Assistance Ltd on behalf of Blast Radius, looked at the whole online shopping experience, from from first visit to returning unwanted items.

by Graham Charlton 23 November 2006 11:27am 0 comments

Pink is the new black, search stats say

Pink technologies for girl gadget lovers are set to be hot-ticket gift items this Christmas, dominating a growing number of consumers' web searches for the colour.

Online marketing tracker Hitwise UK found mobile phones, games machines and handheld consoles were amongst the most searched-for pink products in November, with the pink version of LG's newly colourful range of Chocolate phones leading the pack.

by Robert Andrews 21 November 2006 12:22pm 0 comments

Online sales will rise by 40% in 2007 - IMRG

The IMRG has predicted that the UK online sales boom will continue through Christmas into next year, with the internet driving sales of up to £42 billion in 2007, up from about £30 billion this year.

The prediction comes in the wake of the biggest ever month for online retail sales. A record £2.7 billion was spent online last month by UK shoppers, beating the record set last December.

by Graham Charlton 20 November 2006 11:13am 0 comments

Online shopping boosts October retail sales figures

UK retail sales were higher than expected in October, with sales boosted by the growth in online shopping.

According to the Office for National Statistics, the volume of retail sales increased by 0.9% in October, higher than analysts’ predictions of 0.3%. This represents the biggest monthly rise since November last year.

by Graham Charlton 17 November 2006 12:14pm 0 comments

One in four web users own digital players

Research from comScore has detailed the habits of US digital music player owners, finding that they are likely to have an above-average income, and thus represent an attractive target for electronics marketers.

These consumers are more tech-savvy than the average surfer, and were found to be fans of online shopping - 49% believe online is the best way to shop, while 94% had made online purchases in the past six months.

by Graham Charlton 16 November 2006 15:55pm 0 comments

Workers like to shop online on Friday lunchtimes

New research from the Royal Mail suggests that, for those employees who like to do their online shopping from work, Friday lunchtime is the most popular time.

Of those online shoppers who have internet access at work, 65% are likely to buy during the week - and Friday afternoon at 1pm is the most popular time for one in eight.

by Graham Charlton 16 November 2006 14:07pm 0 comments

New local shopping search engine launches in the UK

AskTheLocal is a new shopping search engine that allows users to search for products in their local area, with the intention of directing customers to the offline - rather than online - store.

The site aims to emulate the success in the US of sites like ShopLocal.com, which reached 1.8 million visits per month just a year after its launch in August 2004.

We caught up with AskTheLocal co-founder Peter Abrahamson to ask a few questions about the new site...

by Graham Charlton 16 November 2006 11:35am 4 comments

Majestic Wine sees increase in online orders

Majestic Wines, the bulk wine retailer, has announced an increase of 43% in online sales but expressed concern about an upcoming EU ruling on tax duty on alcohol purchases via the web.

In its interim results for the 26 weeks ended 26 September, the company made a pre-tax profit of £6.5 million, a rise of 17%. Online sales were responsible for 6.4% of its UK retail sales.

by Graham Charlton 13 November 2006 15:06pm 0 comments