Retail

How visible is your business?

You’ve got an awesome looking website, a great brand and a good social media following, yet web generated sales just don’t seem to be happening. In addition, the number of clicks through to your site from key search terms seem to be few and far between, and getting less each month.

Online shopping bloopers cost Brits £5bn

UK online shoppers have on average £107 worth of unused internet purchases lying around their home which they have never used. Collectively this equates to unused goods bought on the web, totalling a whopping £5bn, according to a new survey of the nation’s online shopping habits by the Money Advice Service.

TopCashback launches Home & Garden Hub

TopCashback has launched its Home & Garden Hub, where consumers can access the very best home and garden cashback deals on the market.

Affiliate Window launches first ‘second screen campaign’ with NOW TV

Affiliate Window successfully launched its first ‘second screen campaign’ for NOW TV. In an effort to provide an enhanced viewing experience, a display campaign specifically targeted on tablets & WIFI only, ran simultaneously during TV commercials for NOW TV.

Five FIFA scams to watch out for online

NetNames, the leading online brand protection company, has released details of the most prevalent scams to watch out for in the run up to this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

M&S transformation continues with big online push

Marks & Spencer has moved forward with its International, Multi-channel transformation plan with a briefing on its recently launched .com business. It also launched a brand new customer campaign aimed at promoting its online selling channels to new and existing customers.

Affiliate Window launches offline voucher solution

Global performance network, Affiliate Window has partnered with card-linking platform, Birdback to introduce its offline voucher solution, StoreWindow.

February retail sales saved by online

Online sales of Non-Food products in the UK grew 14.3% in February versus a year earlier. In February 2013, they had increased by 12.3% over the previous year.

The changing face of our high streets

In the early 1990s, a British computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, (at least partially) invented what we now refer to as the World Wide Web. In 1991, his team at CERN created the first ever website and put it online.

ID fraud risks for younger consumers

Equifax, the ID fraud expert, is urging younger consumers and parents to look after their personal information to keep fraudsters at bay. The latest advice comes on the advent of Safer Internet Day on 11th February 2014. The initiative asks people to help create ‘a better internet together’ and focuses advice and support on carers and teachers, as well as children and young people.

Ukash welcomes Safer Internet Day

Leading online cash payment provider, Ukash, welcomes Safer Internet Day on 11th February 2014. The initiative calls for people to create ‘a better internet together’ and is aimed at carers and teachers, as well as children and young people. Ukash helps consumers make safe and easy purchases online, without the need for a bank account or credit card, making it ideal for young people.