ONS Retail Figures – ‘Retailers must adapt and meet consumer demand’
The latest ONS Retail results for the month of July show a significant shift in consumer spending. Whilst food store sales rose by a disappointing 0.1%, specialist food stores like butchers and bakers saw sales jump by 4.7%. Sachin Jangam, CPG, Retail & Logistics Lead, Infosys Consulting, who previously led innovation teams at Tesco and Sainsbury’s and has spent his career helping […]
Do you specialise in Personalisation or Artificial Intelligence? We want to hear from you!
Each month on eCommerce & Payments Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on different parts of the market – and in September we’ll be focussing on Personalisation and Artificial Intelligence. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help eCommerce management buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a Personalisation […]
Last chance to attend the Smarter Payments Summit
Places are filling up fast for September’s Smarter Payment Summit (including fraud prevention), taking place on the 7th September at Hilton London Canary Wharf. We have limited complimentary places available and would love for you to join us. To register your place, click here. As mentioned, this pass is entirely free and allows you to meet with […]
Online sales ‘settling down to pre-COVID levels’
As the impact of Covid diminishes, UK e-commerce sales have fallen to their lowest level since the online boom started in March 2020. According to data release by ParcelHero, online sales have fallen from 37% of the entire retail market in February 2021 to 25% this June. The firm’s Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks […]
5 ways the checkout is changing
The retail landscape in the UK is changing. More and more UK shoppers are moving online, and this has created an opportunity for retailers with a strong online presence to win more sales. But new research from YouGov suggests that incumbent payment methods like cards, which were built for the pre-internet economy, are increasingly holding […]
YouTube partners Shopify to boost e-commerce for creators
Creators and merchants can now combine commerce and community with the launch of YouTube Shopping to Shopify’s millions of merchants around the world. Shopify merchants can sell their full range of products on YouTube in three ways: Live streams: Merchants can tag and pin products at key points during a livestream, and picture-in-picture playback means […]
Learn from the best at the Smarter Payments Summit
Have you claimed your free pass to the Smarter Payments Summit – we have an amazing line up of speakers offering outstanding thought leadership from the world of payments. Attendance to the Summit gives you access to free industry seminars, meetings to connect 1-2-1 with payment and fraud suppliers, and networking breaks to meet new peers. […]
Do you specialise in Google Shopping or Chargeback Systems? We want to hear from you!
Each month on eCommerce & Payments Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on different parts of the market – and in August we’ll be focussing on Google Shopping & Chargeback Systems. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help eCommerce management buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a Google […]
The evolution of the 3D-Secure protocol: from 3DS to 3DS 2.2
By Checkout.com New rules for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) came into effect in most European countries during 2021. Part of this mandate has been to use 3DS to authenticate payments. Since the first version of this technology was created there have been continuous improvements that have started to align security concerns with those of customer […]
How to improve your website conversion rates with functional testing
The ecommerce market is set to reach more than $8.3 trillion by 2025 according to fintech leader FIS. That’s a massive opportunity for online retailers and this article explores how thorough and ongoing functional testing can help you realise your digital potential and capture your share with fewer growing pains. What is functional testing? Functional […]
