Tech tips for a happy eChristmas

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Merchants are working on their web design and advertising campaigns ready for the big Christmas rush. But if one of your servers goes down or your website crashes at a critical time, all this effort will have been a waste.

Big data: a user guide

big data

How can big data be leveraged to gain competitive advantage? Who is using it in the most effective way? How can it be properly analysed? It’s spawned conferences, dedicated websites, ebooks – you name it.

Preparing for international ecommerce

International ecommerce

Over the last few years there has been a phenomenal interest in international ecommerce. But with over 240 countries sharing a diverse mishmash of languages, alphabets and addressing formats, accommodating for each and every customer in your web forms is no easy task.

Top tips for Valentine’s Day Sales

Valentines day

Romance is big business, last year consumers spent over 17 billion dollars on Valentine’s Day gifts, up 8.5 per cent from 2011 and it’s expected to increase even more this year.

Top tips for Halloween sales

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Over the last few years, retailers have benefited from a boom in Halloween sales. According to Plant Retail, sales increased by 12.5% over the Halloween period in 2011, amounting to a staggering £315 million. This makes Halloween the third busiest sales period after Christmas and Easter, even putting it ahead of Valentine’s Day – now that’s scary!

Postcode Anywhere releases Capture+

POSTCODE Anywhere has released a new auto-complete address service aiming to make mobile transactions simpler and faster.