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Research : “A fifth of eTailers fail to engage mobile customers” / Mastek

by Will Corry on June 26, 2013

Mastek research reveals top online retailers fall short on mobile services

Reading, U.K. – 25^th June 2013 – Mastek, the global IT solutions provider for the retail sector, today announced the results of a research project analysing how the top 50 online retailers in the UK are using mobile as part of a multi-channel approach. The results show that more than a fifth (22 percent) of eTailers do not have a mobile optimised website or an application available for smartphone users, meaning that many are missing a valuable opportunity to capture mobile customers and incentivise them to shop.For further information, please visit: www.mastek.co.uk [more…]

Research : Visits to UK retail websites are expected to reach 126 million on Wednesday 26th December, 31 per cent up on 2011

by Will Corry on December 21, 2012

UK consumers to spend 375 million hours shopping online in December 2012 with 17 million of these on Boxing Day alone

Experian, the global information services company and IMRG the UK’s industry association for e-retail have today revealed online retail predictions for this year’s festive season. Insights taken from the combined datasets of Hitwise, Experian’s online competitive intelligence tool, and the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index show that Christmas 2012 will be the biggest and busiest ever for online retailers in the UK.

Visits to UK retail websites are expected to reach 126 million on Wednesday 26^th December, 31 per cent up on 2011 and an increase of 14 million visits from the recent record breaking Cyber Monday. Consumers are expected to spend £472.5 million[1] on Boxing Day as they snap up sales bargains. [more…]

Ten top tips from Andrew McClelland, IMRG / Internet Retailing 2012 .. 9th October

by Will Corry on October 2, 2012

In this special preview of Internet Retailing 2012 (IR 2012), to be held in London on October 9, we have our latest in a series of interviews with speakers at the conference. We asked Andrew McClelland, chief operations and policy officer at retail trade association the IMRG, for advice for retailers thinking of expanding abroad. We’ve distilled his advice into a list of ten top tips.

Andrew McClelland will be one of the panellists discussing Balancing local engagement with a global experience across borders, in stream two of Internet Retailing 2012 . The discussion starts at 2pm.

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