Study says more people buying beauty and personal care products online

December 16, 2014

The research found that Beauty and Personal Care, an industry traditionally rooted in the ability to touch, smell, sample and experiment with products in…

Survey says online shoppers lack trust in credit cards

December 16, 2014

Connexity's Bizrate Insights finds U.S. shoppers most trust their personal bank, PayPal and Amazon.

Luxury brand Sabon boosts e-commerce holiday sales by 35 percent via personalization

December 12, 2014

Sabon said it saw dramatic improvements across key performance metrics including user engagement, total page views, time spent on site and most importantly…

Three-quarters of all online purchases made within the first 60 minutes

December 11, 2014

Within the first minute of an online shopping session, brands lose 30 percent of their site visitors.

Report says mobile shoppers prefer Sundays

December 11, 2014

In the U.S., Amazon is the most popular shopping destination for mobile users, with a 36.3-percent market share of traffic; eBay comes in second with 1…

Reflektion launches visual site search for online retailers

December 10, 2014

The solution is generating an average of 315 percent more revenue per search term compared to standard site search.

Amazon adds 'make an offer' feature to its marketplace

December 9, 2014

Amazon has added a feature to its third-party marketplace that calls to mind the spirit of weekend yard-sale trips: haggling.

The basics of bitcoin for retail

E-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers targeting millennials and other tech-savvy consumers should give serious consideration to accepting the virtual…

MTA pilots digital signage shopping on Amazon in NYC subways

November 26, 2014

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, New York City MTA's "On the Go" digital signage information kiosks will showcase transactional Amazon.com ads to…

Twitter set to test card-linked offers

November 26, 2014

Social network also is still testing a Buy button as it enhances position as an e-commerce portal.

Survey names 'naughty,' 'nice' online retailers when it comes to security

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Criteria for judgment included password requirements, personal information requested and how much effort they put into helping their customers follow good…

Survey: Online shoppers have become deal-hungry

November 25, 2014

Eighty-one percent of survey respondents said the accessibility of discount, deal and coupon sites have affected their willingness to pay full price. In fact…

Webinar spells out five big mistakes retailers are making with mobile this year

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

As the holiday shopping season really gets underway, retailers need to make their online shopping experiences as frictionless as possible. This presentation…

RewardsPay allows its online shoppers to pay using bitcoin

November 20, 2014

Partners with Coinbase to provide customers with additional payment option.

The best time for online Black Friday shopping? Wednesday night

November 18, 2014

The online versions of these sales typically start many hours earlier and in some cases days before.

Amazon increases product listings 43 percent heading into holidays

November 18, 2014

Amazon added four times as many SKUs to its website between July and September as it did in the entire first half of 2014.

While others discount, Amazon raises prices on Cyber Monday

November 17, 2014

In the 2013 holiday season, while Amazon discounted the most on Black Friday, it then raised prices the most for Cyber Monday.

Research suggests online retailers lose sales through irrelevant promotions, poor follow-up

November 13, 2014

Survey underscores retail's disconnects: Three quarters of online retailers promote irrelevant products, while others fail to build customer relationships that…

Three-quarters of consumers plan to use their mobile for holiday shopping this year

November 5, 2014

According to a new survey, 82 percent plan to spend the same amount or more on holiday spending as compared to last year, while just 18 percent plan on scaling…

Amazon adding unlimited photo storage for Prime members

November 4, 2014

Online retail giant Amazon has just added another perk for members of its Prime program: Free unlimited photo storage.