20 Aug 2010
| by Sarah Shearman
UK shoppers spent 5bn online for the month, an increase of 18% over the same time last year ...
retailers, shows that the average UK shopper spent 81 online in July.
The biggest increase in online ...
, making flights and holidays the largest online purchasing sector. ...
19 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
FreshDirect as the branding for its forthcoming home-shopping business....made about the branding for the online business, despite applying to register the trademark last month ...
24 Aug 2010
| by Jennifer Whitehead
US clothing retailer Gap has introduced online shopping for UK customers for its Gap and Banana....
The launch of the UK stores are part of a wider push to make online shopping available in 50 countries ...
The shopping service launches with the offer of free delivery on orders more than 50 to UK addresses. Banana Republic and Gap have separate online sites but serve customers via one checkout ...
22 Feb 2010
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - The growth in the number of people shopping online reached a record low last month...Figures from the Interactive Media In Retail Group (IMRG) show UK shoppers spent 4.3bn online ...
began was attributed to the combination of strong online sales in December and tough year on year ...
January follows a strong December when online retailers were clearly well prepared for the festive season ...
09 Aug 2010
| by Katherine Levy
to a one-stop shop such as Amazon, according to a new survey....thousand online consumers among a nationally representative UK sample.
It found that whereas 42% of consumers would buy from an aggregated online retailer offering a choice of brands, just 13.6% would go ...
they didn't mind and 15.4% said they would visit an online store with a high street presence.
The report ...
20 Nov 2009
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - Marks & Spencer is driving online shopping in the run up to Christmas with a 1p standard...plugging the offer as A great reason to do your shopping online.' Standard delivery is usually 3.50 but Marks Spencer is refunding people with 3.49 when they buy online for a limited time. The deal ...
19 Dec 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
UK consumers are set to spend £186.4m online on Christmas day this year, 12% more than last year...they spent last year, with online sales set to reach 367.8m.
According to IMRG, more consumers are going online on Christmas day to deliver Christmas messages on social networks via desktops and mobile devices ...
: "Although shopping on Christmas Day might not appear to quite be in the Christmas spirit, it is worth ...
20 Sep 2010
| by John Reynolds
Ocado, the online shopping company, is to launch its own-label food range later this year....The online retailer, which recently listed on the stock market to great fanfare, is planning to start with around 200 own-label lines.
Currently, Ocado has a deal with Waitrose to sell its goods, which prevents commercial partnerships with other supermarkets.
The own-label products will run ...
22 Dec 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Microsoft has sold its online shopping portal Ciao to LeGuide.com, the pan-European publisher...into Microsoft's then new search engine Bing, including a Ciao shopping engine on the UK MSN site.
A ...
dominance in online search , penalising rival companies by placing them lower in the search rankings ...
17 Apr 2009
| by Nicola Clark
LONDON - Ocado - the online shopping site which partners with Waitrose supermarkets...-fareast-language:#0400;
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The online delivery group hopes to persuade consumers of the benefits of online shopping with the cheaper goods, which include Waitrose=branded olive oil, cheddar ...