56% of Brits shopped drunk last year wracking up £29bn in sales
Drunk shopping accounted for £28.7 billion in sales in the UK in 2019, as more than half of Brits admit to shopping while under the influence.
Fifty-six per cent of…
Online sales growth in 2019 was the worst ever recorded
Online retail sales performance in 2019 was the worst ever recorded despite an unexpected boost in December.
For the full year online retail sales grew just 6.7 per cent, the…
N Brown group rolls out True Fits AI-driven technology across all its brands
N Brown group has become the latest major fashion retailer to adopt True Fit’s artificial intelligence (AI) driven personalisation platform.
True Fit’s solutions, which use hundreds of millions of data…
Amazon to deploy 10,000 electric delivery vehicles in India despite growing tensions
Amazon has revealed plans to deploy a fleet of 10,000 electric delivery vehicles in India by 2025 amid a troubled push into the market.
The online giant said on Monday…
Number of ecommerce retailers has tripled since 2013
The online retail sector has seen the number of news businesses triple over the past five years, seeing more growth than any other business sector.
The number of new online…
Amazon, Alibaba and Ebay told to tackle counterfeits as China-US trade deal looms
Amazon, Alibaba, Ebay and other ecommerce giants have been warned that the upcoming US – China trade deal will dramatically clamp down on counterfeit goods.
Peter Navarro, the White House…
Ocado could soon deliver groceries via driverless vehicles and robots
Ocado could soon be delivering groceries via driverless vehicles and robots which carry your order to your door.
Tim Steiner, the online grocery retailer’s chief executive, told NRF this week…
Asos launches ‘See My Fit’ AR app displaying products on 16 different virtual models
Asos has launched a new augmented reality (AR) app allowing users to see what items look like in different sizes and on different body types.
‘See My Fit’ is being…
Alibaba accused of forcing sellers off its platform for using rivals
Alibaba is reportedly pushing users off its platform if they sign up to sell on its rival online marketplace Pinduoduo.
Merchants are being told by the Chinese ecommerce giant to…
Amazon attacks Honey as security risk after PayPal paid $4bn for it
PayPal’s recently acquired shopping app Honey “tracks you private shopping behaviour” and represents a security threat, according to Amazon.
Honey, which PayPal bought in its largest deal to date for…