eCommerce Industry News & Trends

29/05/2017

Amazon's new voice activated, touch screen Echo Show is the latest in releases in the home assistant market, designed to rival the most recent offerings from Microsoft and Google. The new Echo Show includes a 7" touch screen, voice activated controls and gives users the ability to make phone calls to other Amazon Echo users.

26/05/2017

The recent attack that took place in London caused some delays in eBay deliveries. This online marketplace was forced to extend the seller protection system. This article explains all the reasons behind this, and the implications on the sellers and buyers.

24/05/2017

Google came to the decision to expand their tech base in the UK  via increased presence through tech seminars. This is the latest addition in this segment.

23/05/2017

Mobile e-commerce becomes more and more important in the world of online trade. Fraud prevention is still the weakest link in this segment, and these are the latest findings in the field.

09/05/2017

The new Capital Radio Breakfast Show with Roman Kemp was launched last Monday with its brand-new sponsor – eBay. As one of the world leaders in e-commerce, eBay is already a household name, but is looking to inform the radio show`s target audience of 15 to 34 year olds about just what they can offer consumers especially in this age range.

10/02/2016

Did anyone else notice that the Christmas lists received from their loved ones last year had miraculously expanded? Now containing such absurd anomalies which you can barely pronounce and other items of which you never knew existed, these lists have become ludicrous! And I think I know why. Prior to the internet, as a child, we’d maybe get the chance to sift through an Argos catalogue or witness a spellbinding TV advert in between an episode of The Rugrats and it was these few and far between opportunities which helped us dream up and conjure our wish list to Santa:

29/07/2015

The ecommerce business is a tough enough industry on its own without making menial mistakes. Hopefully, this guide will prevent you from making the errors and common mistakes which make many ecommerce store owners falter rather than prosper.

17/12/2014

You may have heard the buzz about responsive web design following the Google update a few months back which punished websites that weren’t mobile friendly. Suddenly those with separate mobile sites were left rushing about to make alterations or change to a responsive design before the crawlers came and re-read their site.  But, just what is a responsive design – and why should we all be adapting this change?