Make checking out seamless, urges ecommerce expert

Ecommerce expert Kostas Papageorgiou has urged online retailers to ensure their check-out processes are rid of complications and hurdles in order to boost sales. Writing at entrepreneur.com, Mr Papageorgiou said this stage was crucial in increasing conversations and sales, as … Continued

Payment security can allay customer fears and develop growth

Privacy and security of payment processing services is one of the top roadblocks to ecommerce growth in 2014, according to a number of business analysts and consultants. One such analyst is Mike Randazzo, speaking to digitaljournal.com, who suggests that companies … Continued

Young adults play hard to get with ecommerce retailers

Young adults represent the hardest group to sell to when it comes to online retailing, research from Royal Mail has found. More than half  (54 per cent) of those aged between 16-24 have a habit of abandoning their virtual shopping baskets before going … Continued

Pinterest is an important marketing tool for e-commerce success

Pinterest can be really useful to those hoping to increase the number of people making an online payment through their website. That’s according to Paul Chaney who shared his advice on e-commerce specialists with practicalecommerce.com. Suggesting that the site has become one … Continued

China’s e-commerce sector up 45.3 per cent year on year

New research has shown that China’s e-commerce sector has increased by 45.3 per cent in revenue year on year, according to english.peopledaily.com.cn. Official data shows that the number of online payment transactions accumulated to a sum of 4.98 trillion yuan (£521.91 billion) in … Continued

E-commerce spending up again this year in US

The latest statistics show that the e-commerce spending is up again in the US this year, according to marketwatch.com. Research from internet analytics firm comScore shows that the number of American customers making online payment transactions has increased for the 15th … Continued

Chinese government to bring in new e-commerce measures

The Chinese government is to bring in new e-commerce measures after the country posted its largest decline in traditional exports in June of this year, according to usa.chinadaily.com.cn. It has been claimed that the country’s Ministry of Commerce is currently drafting … Continued

Popular retail websites are getting slower

America’s most popular retail websites are getting slower, according to new research. A study, conducted by application delivery company Radware, found that the websites appearing in the US Alexa Retail 500 list take 7.72 seconds to load on average. That’s 13.7 per … Continued