Brexit, a fall in sterling, new demands for technological sophistication… retailers will look upon 2017 with the same fondness that mice reserve for the Cats’ Protection League. The bad news…
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With Brexit making the UK economy as jittery as a coffee addict outside a closed Starbucks, British retailers have set about turning Black Friday into Black November, which sounds like…
Cleaned up in the UK? Or wherever you happen to be? It’s time to set your sights on the wider world of e-commerce. However, you should note that the world…
Worldpay has been consulting its crystal ball and has decided that credit and debit cards have had their day and that the UK is the next big thing in ecommerce….
Brits shopping online abandon £3.4bn of goods in their virtual shopping baskets each year. But much of this wastage could be saved if retailers did a better job of meeting…
The very real prospect recently of two men with very silly haircuts blowing the world to little bits has prompted a spike in niche survival products. US President Trump has…
Remember that Nokia 6110 you had back in the 90s? The one that could just about make a call if you were downwind and standing less than two feet from…
There’s far more to ecommerce than buying up a little corner of the web, sticking up your baubles and hoping folk will reach for their credit cards. Surprisingly, you’ll need…
From the land that uses geese as police dogs and names its children after the Olympic Games comes something even more bizarre. A drone that can deliver packages weighing as…
Forget the Clone Wars and the Jedi Knights. A much fiercer battle is emerging across Britain’s retail landscape. Department stores are striking back against online giants such as Amazon and…
