Holiday spending set to jump nearly 25% across the UK, France and Germany this year, finds Adobe

Holiday spending set to jump nearly 25% across the UK, France and Germany this year, finds Adobe

Adobe released its online shopping predictions for the 2018 holiday season (from November to December), which found that spending in the UK, France, and Germany will jump nearly 25% compared with the same period in 2017.  The findings, based on Adobe Analytics data, also reveals shoppers in the UK will spend more than three times […]

Online purchase experience is worse at Christmas, say British shoppers

Online purchase experience is worse at Christmas, say British shoppers

A new online survey by YouGov of 2,024 British shoppers gives online retailers plenty to think about just as their busiest period of the year approaches. Commissioned by post-purchase communication experts parcelLab, the study reveals that although 49% of people now do at least half their Christmas shopping online, 44% say the experience is worse […]

eBay teams with News UK to become a leading retail destination this Christmas

eBay teams with News UK to become a leading retail destination this Christmas

News UK has launched a real-time commercial content partnership with eBay, to deliver branded content reacting to the news agenda across The Times, The Sun and News UK’s owned digital platforms. The cross-title partnership deal will run from 5th November – 21st December and will target eBay’s three key audiences with relevant content: men aged […]

Carluccio’s invests £10M in brand refresh and digital strategy

Carluccio’s invests £10M in brand refresh and digital strategy

Carluccio’s, the Italian high street restaurant business, announced a substantial digital overhaul that will extend the unique Italian food brand online. Partnering with BigCommerce, the leading eCommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, Carluccio’s relaunched website brings together for the first time rich content and online shopping in a single web experience. The website, hosted on […]

Kelkoo Group appoint new Commercial Director for UK and DACH markets

Kelkoo Group appoint new Commercial Director for UK and DACH markets

Kelkoo Group, the leading pan-European eCommerce advertising and shopping comparison service (CSS), has announced the appointment of Paul Lyonette as its Commercial Director for the UK and Europe, to service and expand the group’s client accounts. Based out of Kelkoo Group’s London headquarters, Paul will be responsible for building international partnerships with retailers and merchants […]

smp boosts dedicated Amazon team with new specialist appointments

smp boosts dedicated Amazon team with new specialist appointments

smp, the London-headquartered commerce marketing agency, announced two new specialist appointments to its Amazon team, to support the agency’s ongoing international growth. Bella Bui has been appointed Media Buyer, with Febby Mpundu appointed Content Specialist. Following a series of new business successes in the tech sector, the new appointments will bolster smp’s dedicated Amazon team […]

New stats show Brits now more likely to purchase big-ticket items via mobile or tablet

New stats show Brits now more likely to purchase big-ticket items via mobile or tablet

New purchasing stats from Wowcher show that UK consumers are becoming much more comfortable shopping via a mobile device, with three quarters of all purchases on the eCommerce platform being made through a mobile device. On big ticket items, where the AOV is over £412, such as long-haul holidays & cruises, wedding packages and beach […]

KENZO introduces Shopping League, the first e-shop in which you have to fight before you shop!

KENZO introduces Shopping League, the first e-shop in which you have to fight before you shop!

On Thursday 25th of October at 10am Paris-time, Kenzo launches the new Sonic sneakers with a brand new e-shop solely dedicated to limited edition products: shopping-league.com Designed for the most hardcore fans of the brand, Shopping League is a gamified take on e-shopping with innovative rules: only a limited number of players can take part […]

JD.com targets US customers with flagship store on Google

JD.com targets US customers with flagship store on Google

JD.com is set to launch a flagship store on Google’s shopping platform to target American shoppers. The online store, which will launch before the end of this year, will provide direct sales to US consumers in a bid to grow its presence in the market. The move is the first since the two internet giants […]

Duracell name Pathfinder 23 and Synthrone eCommerce partner for Europe, India, Middle East & Africa

Duracell name Pathfinder 23 and Synthrone eCommerce partner for Europe, India, Middle East & Africa

Duracell have appointed Pathfinder 23 as their Europe, India, Middle East & Africa eCommerce Partner responsible for brand building within 80 eRetailer platforms in 30 markets worldwide. The Pathfinder 23 offering for Duracell is integrated with Synthrone – an eCommerce performance tracking & eContent implementation tool. Both Pathfinder 23 and Synthrone are part of Brand […]