The Christmas rush in numbers

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Ecommerce sites need to prepare for a rise in product demand and consumer traffic over the Christmas rush. With recent figures revealing that 72% of UK adults buy their goods online, consider how to make the most out of your sites during the busiest shopping period of the year.

Sustain Christmas sales in January and beyond

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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says online Christmas sales put in the strongest performance ever in December, rising by 17.8%, the fastest growth since December 2011.

PEER 1 Hosting predicts downtime on Cyber Monday

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Amazon has decreed it will be 9.20pm on Monday 3rd December. Cyber Monday; the ultimate online shopping peak for Christmas 2012 is approaching and it’s going to be big.