Category Archives: Online Retailing

Bricks-and click retailing and online-only retailing are covered here. There are lots of posts on multi-channel retailing.

A New Showrooming Infographic

In April, we posted an interesting infographic on the impact of showrooming. But this phenomenon merits even more attention. As recently reported by Retail Touchpoints: “Consumers are increasingly using their mobile devices to search for the best deals, which is … Continue reading

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Social Media Still Not a Key Driver of Retail Revenues

Despite the popularity of social media by many retailers and their customers, social media are still not driving much in the way of retail revenues. As reported by Multichannel Merchant, Monetate conducted a 2013 research project on social commerce trends. Here … Continue reading

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Digital Europe

The digital revolution has taken off in Europe. Check out this infographic to see how. 5 Trends in European Digital Consumption infographic    

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