Instagram has unveiled three updates to its shopping tools aimed at making it easier than ever for brands to direct users to their products and encourage transactions. The update comes just as many retailers are ramping up their marketing activities ready for the holiday season. Instagram users will now be able to save shoppable posts […]
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 […]
While mobile applications’ immense growth in traffic and purchase volume has eclipsed that of desktops in the eCommerce space in the Asia Pacific, the latter remains relevant in the region, especially for larger transactions. A large part of desktops’ relevancy can be traced to innovations like browser extensions because it adds convenience to users’ shopping journey. Consumers […]
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 […]
UK consumers are forecast to spend nearly £2.5bn online and £4.75bn overall during Black Friday this November 23rd, with an average spend of £90, according to new research. The figure represents a possible increase on last year, when IMRG reported that £1.39bn was spent online, not including Amazon or other marketplaces. The research from Salmon, […]
Australia-based eCommerce platform Catch is launching its first pop-up concept store, which will explore the future of retail, in Melbourne. Located at Chadstone Shopping Centre, the pop-up store is touted to provide shoppers a unique shopping experience and will feature Catch’s top 500 products and a daily rotation of Catch’s most-loved products from leading brands […]
Instagram is having more and more impact on people’s decisions every day with the app leading a quarter of its UK users to make a purchase based on content they’ve seen. According to a YouGov survey of 500 Instagram users in the UK, commissioned by influencing marketing platform Takumi, 25 per cent of UK Instagram users […]
China’s online retail market is expected to hit $1.8tn in 2022, buoyed by local tech titans Alibaba and JD.com, according to a report by Forrester. The ‘eCommerce in China: Trends and Outlook for The Largest eCommerce Market in The World’ report, revealed the Chinese online retail market will be more than double the size of […]
Just a few weeks into Ramadan, online shopping consumption increased greatly during the fasting month. This was evident as iPrice Group, a price aggregator platform for hundreds of online merchants in Indonesia and Malaysia experienced double-digits growth in online sessions. Undertaking this study, there are unique consumer insights that only occurs during the month of […]
The percentage of online U.S. sales made on mobile phones dipped from 43% in 2016 to 36% last year, according to a study by Forrester Research. During that same time, e-commerce grew by 14%. Cumbersome payment methods that require too many keystrokes at checkout are impeding the adoption of commerce on mobile, where conversion rates […]