A recent report has confirmed exactly what we have known for a while now – spelling mistakes on eCommerce websites can be hugely costly. Figures from the office for national statistics published last month showed that the UK internet economy is thriving, with sales averaging £527million per month, however it is thought that this could [...]

Online auction giant eBay has announced it has agreed terms to the purchase of popular open source e-commerce software magento. The deal is hardly surprising as just last year eBay purchased a 49% stake in the company for around $22.5million, as it is thought eBay wish to incorporate Magento into its own ‘X Commerce’ software [...]

In a time when every day seems to bring new news of a high street retailer or long time manufacturer suffering damaging profit reductions, or even losses in these tough economic times,  eBay has however bucked the trend and given a strong indication of ecommerce’s growth. All of the statistics released show good news for [...]

The UK economy has narrowly avoided a ‘double-dip’ recession, as the latest statistics released today have revealed, with growth of 0.5% The growth – for January – March 2011 – returns us back to ‘square one’ in a way, following the 0.5% economic contraction we saw in the last 3 months of 2010. The news [...]

Supermarket giant Tesco have officially become the first major retailer to sell used cars online. The company, who are Britains biggest retailer, have been adding more and more services to their repetoire over the past few months, with my opticians, phone shops, insurance and car tyres all available, alongside entertainment items, clothing and general groceries. [...]