Leap in performance for UK online retail giants

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.

The European opportunity for retailers and brands

IMRG, the UK’s eCommerce trade association, says cross-border sales in Europe are set to reach €36bn in 2013 to account for 10.6% of total online sales in the region. This is a mouth-watering prospect for online retailers and brands but there are plenty of challenges and regional differences to tackle before success is assured.

Trade secrets of five great online retailers

Who are the UK’s top performing online retailers and what are they proving to be particularly good at. We take a look at EpiServer’s latest report into ecommerce performance to find out.

Social media: turning brand interaction into revenue

Scott Allan, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing at Rakuten LinkShare explains how online retailers can use social media to increase sales as well as engage and communicate with shoppers

Bringing your ecommerce website up to scratch – OFT report

A websweep conducted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) found concerns on the websites of the top online retailers, what can you learn?

Tag management – a guide for ecommerce businesses

Ecommerce businesses are typically at the forefront of using new technologies to streamline processes and enhance efficiencies for customers, and tag management is no different.

How etailers can bolster site security

For online retailers, turning browsers into buyers has always been the holy grail of their business operations. But with a spate of high-profile hacks and breaches, it is just as challenging for some to keep their sites open for business.

One iota wins over Mamas & Papas

ECOMMERCE agency One iota has won the contract to develop to a brand new mobile website for the children’s retailer Mamas & Papas.