Is now the right time to expand overseas?

October 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The world is now a very small place, but is it the right time to take your business global? Suzie Larcombe took the chance to ask Justin Fraser, European sales director at SecureTrading for his view.

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Internet Retailing Awards 2013 opens for business

May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Online retail experts and ecommerce leaders will congregate in London next month to celebrate the best of the world’s top technology and retail brands at the Internet Retailing Awards 2013, sponsored by Venda.

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Leap in performance for UK online retail giants

May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The UK’s top online retailers have performed incredibly well in the first quarter of this year. Improvements have been made in website speed and downtime has been slashed. This news comes as it transpires online retailers in Britain enjoyed a bumper March with figures revealing a 16% rise in sales on last year.

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Q&A: Peder Stubert of Virtusize

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Online retail is flying. But there are still a few big challenges which prevent online shops from providing the same service as customers find in-store. The ability to try things on is an important one of these.

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A guide to cashing in on Cyber Monday

November 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Cyber Monday, otherwise known as 26 November, is likely to be the biggest online shopping day of 2012 with millions of pounds passing through UK ecommerce websites alone.

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Where do online retailers have the edge?

September 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

A couple of months ago, high street stalwart Marks & Spencer reported its worst first-quarter results in three years, with general merchandise sales down 6.8%. On the same day that M&S announced these disappointing figures, online-only store ASOS revealed total sales growth of a massive 49%.

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Occa-Home backed by ASOS team

May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Occa-Home, the furniture and homewares company, has received money from the investors who backed online fashion company ASOS.

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