Twitter Set to Remove and Archive Inactive Accounts
9th May 2023
Elon Musk has announced that Twitter plan to remove accounts left dormant for years as he says it’s important to free up abandoned handles. The move has been criticised online, as people feared losing access to accounts of relatives who had died. Musk hinted this may be avoided, as old accounts would be archived rather… Read more »
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Bauer to launch Dabbl
25th September 2015
Bauer Media has announced the launch of a new ecommerce platform, Dabbl, as part of its ongoing investment into digital products.
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Blackstone buys in to ISD expansion
23rd September 2015
Inflexion is to sell its stake in UK based multi-channel home shopping retailer Ideal Shopping Direct to fund manager Blackstone.
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House of Fraser ecommerce up 31%
22nd September 2015
House of Fraser has reported that its ecommerce sales grew by 30.8 per cent to represent 17.5 per cent of sales, during a half-year that saw innovation across channels.
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ONS reports online sales up 7.4% in August
18th September 2015
The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show online sales up 7.4 per cent for August, year on year. This was the 29th consecutive month of year-on-year growth.
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Global ecommerce up nearly a quarter in 2014
17th September 2015
Global B2C ecommerce of goods and services continued to grow significantly in 2014, with an actual growth rate of 24 per cent in 2014, in line with preceding years. While lower growth is expected in 2015, it’s still expected to show double digits (at 16 per cent).
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Brand measurement a challenge for over 80% of retailers
16th September 2015
More than four fifths (83 per cent) of UK-based brand marketers find measuring the impact of branding more challenging than measuring the impact of direct response, according to a new survey from Visual IQ.
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Ecommerce has weakest August since 2000
15th September 2015
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed that UK online retail sales were up just 5 per cent year-on-year in August and down 6 per cent on July. Although the good news is, the Index has still seen an increase of 10 per cent in 2015 so far.
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Digital ads to overtake TV spend in 2018
14th September 2015
According to the latest report from ZenithOptimedia’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, advertising spend on digital could outstrip TV advertising by 2018.
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Google Pay version 2 with Android
14th September 2015
Google is rolling out a new ‘Android pay’ service across the US.
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Could the Royal Mail become an ecommerce logistics engine?
10th September 2015
The latest reports say that the Royal Mail has bought a stake in Australian start-up Market Engine, a retail platform that enables brand to build their storefronts in some of the world’s largest online malls, such as Alibaba and JD.com
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Top 50 Retailers: travel, home and garden and electricals soar
10th September 2015
The latest results from the IMRG Top 50 Retailer Ranking, in association with comScore, reveals July was a strong month for the online travel sector and home and garden, but the two biggest climbers the two biggest climbers were in the electrical sector, Currys and Carphone Warehouse, both up 10 places from July 2014,
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Working Lunch Report: The Evolution of Ecommerce: Google Shopping and Buy Buttons
2nd September 2015
The Ecommerce Club’s latest Working Lunch London, hosted by Net Media Planet, took at look at how ecommerce is evolving. There are massive changes taking place in the way in which customers may be able to buy, and it’s the goal for marketers to understand where those changes are taking place and what advantages and disadvantages those change can provide.
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