The past few years have seen major advances in ecommerce, in terms of technology and user experience. In a recent article, Econsultancy made mention of a few ecommerce trends that can’t be ignored. Here are a few of them as well as some industry examples of who’s doing what. Read More

Last month I delivered a seminar on internet marketing to a group of about 40 or 50 independent retailers. Whilst discussing mobile commerce I asked them how many of them had used QR codes in their marketing and no hands went up. So I then reversed my thinking and asked how many of them knew what a QR code was. Less than half of them did. I was a bit surprised but then again maybe I shouldn't have been. Read More

I've just got back to my desk from the eCommerce Expo at Olympia. It was a bit of a bunfight (which means success in exhibition organiser language). I could'nt fight my way in to any of the seminars but I spoke to quite a few exhibitors. Quite illuminating to keep on hearing the same things from everybody. What are the main takaways? Read More

Steve Jobs has passed away but his legacy in the tech sector, giving us things we didn’t know we needed, remains. I’ve been having a look at Simply Tap a new service launched by Mobile Money Network (MMN). MMN is a new mobile services business that brings together a network of retailers, advertisers and banks to provide consumers with a simple way to find and purchase goods and services from their mobile phone. Read More

According to the British Retail Consortium, total retail search volumes grew 35% in the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year. A number of factors have driven this increase, including a rise in mobile search (+168%) and more overseas consumers searching for UK sites (+34%). In addition, there has been a growth in search volumes for multi-channel retailers of 26%. Read More