E-commerce: Amazon to Open New Fulfilment Centre in Deltona, Florida
A new fulfilment centre will be opened in Deltona, Florida, Amazon has announced. This statement from the E-commerce giant has come less than 2 months after they declared that they plan to build a fulfilment centre in Auburndale, also in Florida. The fulfilment centre...
E-Commerce: eBay is re-adjusting its Seller Advertising program and Promoted Listing ads
eBay has announced that it will be testing new approaches to Promoted Listing Ads, which are advertising campaigns that eBay sellers use to increase the chances of making a sale. This is in response to experienced sellers on the platform feeling undermined by subpar...
E-commerce: Influencer marketing could have peaked in 2019
Influencer marketing experienced a prosperous year in 2019, where its average cost of placing a sponsor rose from $134 in 2014 to a whopping $1650 now. However, it has been reported that influencer marketing may very well have hit its peak as retailers begin to...
E-Commerce: Amazon has record-breaking festive season with shares increase of more than 4%
Amazon has reported that it has had an incredibly successful holiday season this year as a result of the huge number of deliveries and its improved logistics network. Boxing Day 2019 was the most successful day for Amazon’s stock since January 30th of 2019, and on...
E-commerce: $100 billion in unwanted gifts to be returned this year in the US
According to studies, US shoppers are expected to return a whopping $100 billion in unwanted gifts over the festive holiday season. Retailers are expected to see a six per cent increase from last year according to Optpro, as the number of purchases over the Christmas...
E-commerce: Online Retail Traffic Rose by Double Digits in run-up to Christmas
A global technology company’s Holiday Retail Index revealed that online shopping spiked dramatically the weekend before Christmas 2019. According to the retail index, in comparison with November, E-commerce traffic increased by double digits over the three days...
E-commerce: Beauty is booming on Amazon
According to a retail analyst who works for a top data firm, Amazon is increasing its investment in beauty to the point where it has shown it “has got clear ambitions in this space”. This year Amazon launched its own-brand skin care line, Belei, and also teamed up...
E-commerce: Adyen announce international payment app with McDonald’s
Global payment platform Ayden, announced its partnership with Mc Donald’s by extending its services across Mc Donald’s markets global market. Ayden’s platform provides simplicity and scalability through one integration so that food and beverage brands have a...
E-Commerce: November 2019 saw highest online growth in 18 months
According to an organisation that monitors the performance of the UK’s online retail market, in November this year online sales increased 54% in comparison to October. This is the highest level of sales growth that has been seen since April 2018. Research also...
E-Commerce: New Rules introduced by European Commission on Cross-Border Payments
The European Commission has introduced a new rule which affects cross-border payments between EU countries. From now on, all cross-border transactions made in Euros which take place in non-Eurozone Member States will be priced at the same value as domestic payments in...
