Tagged: Retail

Ker-ching! US e-comms spending up 12 per cent
Web-savvy bargain hunters have driven US e-comms spending up 12 per cent - with video games, books, software and consumer electronics fast becoming the web's shopping basket favourites.

Google challenges Spotify, iTunes with music streaming service
The search giant looks set to launch a music streaming service allowing users to upload, store and stream their music collections on the web.

Advertisers – do behave! Only 1% of web users turn off behavioural ads
Less than 1 per cent of web users stateside have opted out of behavioural advertising since the introduction of anti-tracking browser features last year.

Near-field communication to get UK rollout in near future
According to the BBC, high street retailers will be trialling payments by NFC-enabled mobile phones, hoping mobile payments will take off this summer.

Twitter moves for further security with HTTPS connection
Microblogging masters move to block bogus tweets by switching users to more secure connections.

Google's mad men say 2011 will be mobile advertising's year
As billboards get a mobile payment tech makeover as out-of-home advertising looks back to the future, Google's mad men have tipped 2011 to be the year of mobile and in-app ads.

UK's top web brands revealed
The UK's top web brands have been revealed and the results show Digital Britain is increasingly turning online to use information sites, network and spend.

No second thoughts on DoubleClick: Google reports display ad exchange profits soar
Mountain View's mad men claim Google's DoubleClick Ad Exchange has online publishers double-taking as online display ad profits soar.

Grow, grow, Groupon! Innovators clip out a $950m investment
Online coupon-clipping site Groupon is set to grow, grow, and grow after securing US$950 million in financing to invest in fuelling its global expansion.

More Britons swapping shopping trolleys for smart phones
Statistics from ForeSee shows shoppers are increasingly picking up smart phones rather than setting off to the shops for a retail experience.