#Tech As the cost-of-living crisis continues to grip UK consumers, many retailers and platform providers are looking to technology to help them make as many sales as possible. Research out this week shows that retailers have lost on average 29% of ...
Sunday, May 28, 2023
Saturday, May 13, 2023
EDITORIAL: Coronation and Eurovision delivers mixed benefits for retail growth
#Tech Last weekend’s coronation delivered pageantry, pomp and public joy in a sea of ermine and large hats. This coming weekend sees the campness turned up a notch further with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Together, these ...
Sunday, April 16, 2023
EDITORIAL Making hay in March: UK retail has a good month, but is that all about to end?
#Tech The IMF may have given the UK economy a sick (man of Europe?) note this week, but when it comes to ecommerce, things are looking reasonably healthy. Data from GfK and Wunderkind both point to March’s figures showing consumer confidence up two...
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Online retail revenues remain resilient in March, while Mothers’ Day sees rise in low-priced gifts
#Tech Online retail revenues rose significantly year-on-year in March, despite cost-of-living pressures continuing to squeeze household budgets, data shows. The study from Wunderkind’s Marketing Pulse, which analysed more than 149.2 million shopper...
How fashion label SikSilk drives 25% e-commerce growth from AI-powered on-site search
#Tech Urban streetwear brand SikSilk has seen a 25% increase in ecommerce purchases from on-site search and a 36% fall in site exits from its search pages since implementing new AI-powered site search technology. SikSilk is a British-born fashion b...
Sunday, April 2, 2023
EDITORIAL AI image generation – is it poised to take over content marketing?
#Tech In a week where we saw the Pope – and Boris Johnson – sporting puffers and bling, possibly prompting Elon Musk and others to call for a temporary halt to AI development while we work out how to use it as a force for good, we find the travails...