Retail

Oxfam and PayPal team up to launch new form of donation

Oxfam and PayPal have joined forces to launch 100% giving, a groundbreaking new partnership that sees PayPal paying for the running costs on every donation made to the charity in February via oxfam.org.uk/giving.

British Airways joins forces with PayPal

Business and leisure travellers in over 75 countries can now pay for their British Airways flights, with PayPal at ba.com.

Buying a mobile phone online offers better experience

Consumers are flocking to buy their mobile phones online as high street outlets do not meet the grade with unsatisfactory customer service and poor value for money.

Loveless Brits celebrate anti-Valentine’s Day with Twenga

As the most comprehensive shopping search engine, Twenga has products for the least romantic, the most hopeless, or those who see Valentine’s Day as a great excuse for some self-indulgence.

Shop safe and protect your PC

MBNA is offering a year's complimentary online security protection to millions of its UK customers. The security software is being provided by McAfee, the world's largest dedicated security company. Soaring levels of online shopping are seeing customers demanding greater security from credit card companies.

Top entrepreneur warns ‘protect your private parts’

The latest results from CyberSource highlight that 2011 looks set to see a boom in e-commerce, while with data privacy day on the horizon, top entrepreneur Lawrence Jones urges businesses to become PCI compliant.

New website offers money saving codes for shoppers

CouponCoupon, one of the world’s fastest growing money saving websites, has launched in the UK, offering millions of up-to-the-minute promotional codes, discount codes and voucher codes for huge discounts when shopping online and on the high street.

Fiat Marylebone creates new website

A new website, designed to make choosing, testing and ordering a new car easier and more enjoyable, has just been launched by Fiat’s London flagship dealer, Fiat Marylebone.

Argos introduces PayPal as payment partner

Over 26 million UK PayPal accounts can now be used on the UK high street's leading online shop in time for the arrival of 5,000 new catalogue product lines.

Brandosa launches online shoe store in the UK

One of the largest online shoe stores in Europe will officially launch its new site in the UK today, Brandosa.co.uk.

Be a savvy spender in 2011

We are now 12 days into 2011 which means that the average household in Britain has already spent close to £800*. With belts tightened and a VAT price hike also in effect, cashback and voucher code site Quidco advises Brits of the savvy way to spend.

British Car Auctions online sales break 100k barrier

BCA has released details of online sales volumes for 2010, which surged past 100,000 units in the UK for the first time on record. In Europe, a further 89,000 units were transacted online by BCA, meaning the company is fast approaching 200,000 annual online sales.