Tag: E-Commerce
Online sales up 60% year on year, ONS shows
October’s retail sales estimates, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reveal sales volumes – both online and offline – increased by 5.8% year on year (YOY), up […]
How Do Rotating Proxies Benefit Your Business?
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Rise of the grey pound. How businesses can cater for older internet users
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Night time online shopping is a growing habit, research suggests
Night time online shopping has increased by nearly a quarter in the past year, according to John Lewis Finance. Data from the John Lewis Partnership Card – a rewards credit card […]
Black Friday set to be worth £10.4bn in the UK in 2018, says GlobalData
Black Friday sales are forecast to grow faster than the UK retail market in Q4 2018, as the promotional period draws in spend from before and after the event. Says […]
How Mobile Phone Apps are Transforming the World of E-Commerce
Although it is hard to believe, mobile applications have already existed for just over a decade. Stemming from rather humble roots and initially designed to perform the most basic of […]
Online sales via mobile devices slow as smartphone growth falters
Online retail sales increase of 12.8% year-on-year (YoY) in August Month-on-Month (MoM) decrease of 1.7% from July, notably lower than last year’s drop of 4.8% M-retail growth (mobile retail) was […]
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Zavvi lives on, online
Zavvi – the remains of the Virgin Megastore brand – eventually closed a few weeks back, selling the majority of its remaining bricks-and-mortar stores to HMV and Head Group.
The name, however, has been bought by the Hut Group, which sees them taking ownership of Zavvi.co.uk domain. That domain has re-launched today, offering a much broader range of products.
Although the original site concentrated mainly on music, games and DVDs, the new version will be more like Amazon – selling electrical and computing goods, books, sports and leisure stuff, perfumes and lingerie as well as aforementioned music/games/DVDs trio.
The site is live right now, and have very similar prices to the old site – i.e. slightly higher than competitors Amazon and Play.com. Still, it’s worth a look. Especially if you’re into buying lingerie online.
