Posts Tagged ‘ Amazon ’

Travel brands dominate latest Hot Shops List

Tweet This week we released the latest issue of the IMRG-Experian Hitwise Hot Shops List which ranks the UK’s top 50 online retailers by Internet visits. As expected, Amazon, Apple and Argos remained unmoved at the top of the list and many of the fastest moving websites climbing up the rankings were travel related because [...][ READ MORE ]

Early sales lead to record Christmas retail figures

Tweet New records were set for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day retail figures as consumers went online in their droves to buy last minute Christmas gifts and take advantage of early discounting. UK Internet users made 84 million visits to retail websites on Christmas Eve and 107 million visits on Christmas Day up an astonishing [...][ READ MORE ]

Cyber Monday sets new online shopping record

Tweet As expected, Monday 3 December 2012 dubbed “Cyber Monday” set new online shopping records this year in the UK. British Internet users made a massive 112 million visits to retail websites on Monday, the most visits the retail industry has ever seen in a single day. This represents a 32% increase compared to last [...][ READ MORE ]

Argos must change demographics to challenge Amazon

Tweet This week Argos announced that it would be realigning its strategy to become more digitally focused. According to The Guardian, Argos wants to become a ‘digital-led retailer’ with new initiatives to provide a wider range of products and attract a new demographic of customer who are more affluent and have higher disposable incomes. Argos [...][ READ MORE ]