Category Archives: e-commerce trends

“Deutsche Post Tests Drop-Off Boxes to Spur Online Retail”

“Deutsche Post is testing secure boxes installed at people’s homes to enable a drop-off even when the recipient is out as the German mail service seeks to boost deliveries of food and consumer goods in its home market.” Read Full Article >

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“Emerging Markets Drive Facebook User Growth”

“India, Brazil and Russia, along with the Middle East and Africa, are driving the biggest gains in Facebook’s worldwide user base. According to new estimates from eMarketer, Facebook will pass 1 billion active users worldwide in 2013 as the company sees particularly strong growth in its Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Latin American user bases, with each region set to rise by about 30% or more this year. By next year, Facebook will reach 1.26 billion global users.” Read Full Article >

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“Google deal with EU regulates search results”

“In a sweeping proposed deal with European antitrust regulators, Google has agreed to increase the prominence of links to competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor in its search listings, and to clearly label in-house services such as Zagat.” Read Full Article >

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“U.S. e-commerce to grow 13% in 2013″

“A new Forrester projection says that online shoppers in the U.S. will spend $262 billion this year, thanks in large part to mobile commerce and investment by chains in e-retail. In Western Europe, meanwhile, e-commerce is set to increase 14% this year.” Read Full Article >

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“Tablet traffic surpasses smartphone traffic for the first time”

“8% of global web traffic stems from tablets, according to the Adobe Dig­i­tal Index, which ana­lyzed more than 100 bil­lion vis­its in February to more than 1,000 web ­sites worldwide. This marks the first time, according to Adobe, that traffic from tablets surpassed traffic from smartphones, which accounted for 7% of global web traffic.” Read Full Article >

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“7% of online transactions in Africa are fraudulent”

“Africa had the highest online fraud rate in 2012 when compared to other continents, according to fraud prevention technology provider iovation Inc. The vendor analyzed billions of online transactions processed through its ReputationManager 360 device reputation and fraud prevention service to identify geographic trends.” Read Full Article >

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“Russian ecommerce is reaching a tipping point”

“It’s been a long time coming. So far Russia has been a Cinderella market for both ecommerce and the Internet economy more generally, lagging far behind the US and playing catch-up with Europe. But plenty of evidence suggests that this is changing – and changing quickly.” Read Full Article >

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“Nielsen Aims to Gauge Online TV Viewing”

“Nielsen Holdings is taking a step towards extending its TV-ratings business to measure online viewing, aiming to gauge how much viewership has drifted away from traditional TV to online outlets.” Read Full Article >

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“Why Coke Went Dark On Twitter For Nearly Two Hours During the Super Bowl”

“The Super Bowl was a good night for Twitter, which had the most talked-about ad of the evening – Oreos’s response to the black-out — published to its platform. But a different major advertiser whose social media “war room” was also at 360i’s lower Manhattan headquarters had its tweet-posting operation halted for two critical primetime hours due to an obscure Twitter rule.” Read Full Article >

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“Nielsen: Banner Ads 1.5X More Effective Than Text Messages”

“‘Consumers increasingly find the Internet and mobile are compelling vehicles to get information about new products,’ the firm says. ‘However, potential reach and ease of execution varies substantially.’” Read Full Article >

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