Ocado voted Which? best online supermarket for second year running
Ocado has been voted the top supermarket for online grocery shopping by consumer watchdog Which? for the second year running.
According to a survey of over 14,000 people Ocado rated…
Ebay close to selling $10 billion classified-ads business
Ebay has seen its share price jump more than two per cent after reports emerged that it was in talks with multiple parties regarding the sale of its classified-ads business.…
Tuesday is the most lucrative day of the week for online retailers
Tuesday is the most lucrative day of the week for ecommerce retailers seeing the highest percentage of conversion rates.
Conversion rates for online sales were 2.5 per cent on average…
Amazon’s 1st ever employee says it “scares” him and should be broken up
Amazon’s first ever employee Shel Kaphan whose work “allowed them to come into existence” said he believes the company should be broken up.
Kaphan, who joined the retailer when it…
Digital retail payments backlash reaches UK as chancellor warned cashless society will “put our economy at risk”
The UK’s shift towards a cashless economy is threatening to “leave millions behind or put our economy at risk” as our cash system nears collapse.
A new report from a…
Google-backed retail technology startup NearSt bags £2m in funding
NearSt, the Google-backed retail technology start-up aimed at driving more people into physical shops, has raised £2 million in funding.
The funding round was led by consumer tech specialists YYX…
Apple issues financial alert as outbreak hits supply chain
Apple has issued a financial alert warning that it will not meet revenue guidance for its current quarter as the coronavirus continues to severely impact Chinese industry.
The iPhone maker…
Amazon wins landmark injunction halting $10bn US defense contract with Microsoft
Amazon has won a landmark ruling after an injunction was granted blocking the US government from proceeding with a $10 billion defense contract with rival Microsoft.
Yesterday a federal judge…
UK’s first live facial recognition CCTV deployed at Westfield Stratford shopping centre
London’s Metropolitan Police have deployed the UK’s first live facial recognition CCTV at Westfield Stratford shopping centre despite serious doubts over the technology’s effectiveness.
Westfield Stratford was targeted by the…
Alibaba banned from programme allowing Chinese investors to buy shares
Alibaba has been blocked from a stock connect programme which would allow Chinese investors to buy its shares in Hong Kong.
In a potentially significant financial blow to the $500…