Ecommerce Club Blog

24th November 2015

Online parcel volume growth was up 15.5 per cent in October – the highest rate recorded for the month of October since the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index launched in 2011.

23rd November 2015

Bonmarché reported revenues of £97 million in the 26 weeks to September 26, 6.5 per cent up on the same time last year, but online sales were hit when the launch of its responsive site disrupted search traffic.

23rd November 2015

Sweden has the highest smart device penetration with 150 per cent smart device penetration,while the UK surprisingly only ranking third.

20th November 2015

Despite booming ecommerce sales, Mothercare announced group sales of £349.9 million in the half-year to October 10, 6.1 per cent down on the same period last year.

19th November 2015

The UK government is offering a free virtual health check to companies to help ensure they can defend themselves against cyber attacks on their data – a Cyber Governance Health Check.

18th November 2015

Facebook is expanding its reach in Africa, giving free internet access to 17 countries in Africa via a deal with telco Airtel Africa, nine of which will be entirely new territories for the service.

17th November 2015

Ted Baker has reported ecommerce sales up by 74.3 per cent, and retail sales growth of 18.1 per cent in the latest quarter of its financial year.

17th November 2015

The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed that online retail sales recorded their lowest year-on-year (YoY) growth for the month of October since the Index launched 15 years ago – up just 8.9 per cent as retailers entered the peak period.

16th November 2015

Across five of the biggest platforms, users on Instagram who are most likely to see social networks as a viable channel for product/brand research, according to new data from Global Web Index.

13th November 2015

In its latest results, the US-owned grocer reported only a small improvement on the previous period’s figures, which had been the worst in its 50-year history.

12th November 2015

Halfords reported a fall in first half profits and announced the second phase of its transformation strategy, with an emphasis on using data to improve online and offline service.

12th November 2015

China’s online shopping holiday ‘Singles’ Day’ has broken all previous records, lead by ecommerce giant Alibaba, with a shopping total alone of $14.3 billion, up 60 per cent on 2014.