Ecommerce Club Blog

5th May 2023

UK consumers racked up over a billion pounds a month in Buy Now Pay Later debt in the first four months of 2023, according to the latest Adobe Digital Economy Index (DEI) research. This represents 15% of a total of £32.6bn spent online during that period. The data show the trend towards mobile shopping continuing, with April… Read more »

4th May 2023

The UK is set to review the artificial intelligence AI market to make sure its benefits are available for everyone and that no single firm will dominate. The investigation by a competition watchdog will look at the software behind chatbots. The industry is facing scrutiny over the pace at which it is developing technology to… Read more »

4th May 2023

A recent Adobe report showed that the Coronation of King Charles III is set to leave a £128m hole in UK online spending, a fall of 26.6 per cent online spend compared with the same weekend period in 2022. The forecast is based on the Adobe Digital Economy Index (DEI), which uses Adobe Analytics to analyse tens… Read more »

4th May 2023

Discord the online chat service, which allows people to create and join groups based on their Hobbies and interests. Have a new system in place requiring all users to change their usernames over the next few week to a unique username following an “@” symbol, bringing it in line with Twitter, Instagram and other platforms… Read more »

15th December 2022

If you missed the Customer Experience Masterclass for Fashion and retail businesses you can listen to the webinar recording here Customer Experience Masterclass for Fashion Retail Businesses – YouTube

5th December 2022

Apple supplier Foxconn have said its revenue in November is down 11% compared to the same month in 2021, following unrest at the world’s largest iPhone factory.  It says the drop is a result of its plant in Zhengzhou, China being affected by coronavirus restrictions. Compared to October its revenue was 29% down, despite making… Read more »

3rd December 2022

The text message is celebrating its 30th birthday – the first was sent to a mobile phone by a Vodafone engineer in Berkshire in the UK on 3 December 1992. It was sent in order to test out the tech, and read “Merry Christmas”. Neil Papworth sent it to one of the firm’s bosses, Richard… Read more »

1st December 2022

Dr Barbara Sturm the aesthetics skin doctor and founder and CEO of Molecular Cosmetics, has launched a 3D virtual store for her skincare collection. Created by Emperia, the store is designed to offer a high-touch, luxury service in a unique digital environment where customers and clients can both interact with products directly. The metaverse store… Read more »

28th November 2022

Virgin Media 02 are working with the Big Issue Group to offer free O2 SIMs and data vouchers to all Big Issue vendors in the UK this Christmas. An extension of last year’s initiative, when O2 gave over 200 Big Issue vendors free data plans, enabling them to take contactless payments. 52 per cent of… Read more »

24th November 2022

The UK Digital Excellence Awards celebrate outstanding digital websites, campaigns, tools, and teams from across the country. The awards are not about the size of your campaign or agency they simply recognise and celebrate stand out innovation and creativity. The accolades are awarded for creative thinking in the production of websites; innovative use of data and technical… Read more »

10th November 2022

Pinterest have launched their Holiday Gift Guide to showcase products that will help its users discover, browse and shop their seasonal lists. In the UK, brands including Very, Sweaty Betty, John Lewis, M&S and The Cotswold Company, are among those who have selected products which align with the platform’s gift-recipient focused guides, with a ‘2022 Gift Guide’ badge… Read more »

10th November 2022

The price of Bitcoin has met a two-year low after the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange pulled out of a deal to rescue its smaller rival. The price of other digital coins also fell after Binance scrapped its deal to buy FTX, citing due diligence concerns. It has left customers unable to make withdrawals from the… Read more »