Tagged: Online Shopping & News
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Nearly half of consumers will be ‘social shoppers’ by 2021 – Barclays News
23.05.2012 Sales from social commerce, driven by the influence of social media, are expected to more than double within the next five years, according to research from Barclays.Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Sales, Marketing, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital BusinessTags: Social Commerce, Online shopping, Sales, Retail, Marketing, Social Media, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, -
Rise in fake job ads, e-commerce sites seeking personal data News
02.05.2012 There has been an increase in false job adverts, fraudulent websites offering cheap goods and other schemes online to trick people into sharing their personal and banking... -
Marks & Spencer launches its Republic of Ireland website News
23.04.2012 Shoppers in the Republic of Ireland can now purchase clothes and home furnishings from Marks & Spencer online and have them delivered to their doors, as the retailer's shopping... -
Buyandsellyourgames.com to let gamers set prices for used games News
20.03.2012 Two Cork entrepreneurs have launched Buyandsellyourgames.com to let people set their price when selling their old video games and to buy used games online. -
Tech start-up of the week: Von Bismark News
18.03.2012 Our featured tech start-up this week is Von Bismark, a Dublin-based venture that is aiming to be a game-changer in the online shopping space. Drawing upon the Microsoft Kinect’s... -
Tracking the growth in mobile spending in Ireland (infographic) News
15.03.2012 Figures on mobile spending that will be presented at the Techovate 2012 B2B conference at Wexford Opera House next week show how consumers appear to be migrating to the...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Tablet, Smartphone, Ireland, Digital Economy, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Bill Liao, Mobile, Consumer, digital, B2B, Online shopping, -
Tesco won't honour £49.99 iPad offer, UK chief exec steps down News
15.03.2012 Supermarket chain Tesco is refusing to hand over the new Apple iPad tablet computer to customers for £49.99 (€60) despite the price being listed on its website. Tesco's UK chief... -
Marks & Spencer to bring online store to Republic of Ireland News
13.03.2012 Retailer Marks & Spencer will bring its shopping website to the Republic of Ireland this spring, allowing customers to order M&S products such as clothes and homeware online and... -
Profitero pinpoints errors in Tesco online pricing News
09.02.2012 Pricing intelligence company Profitero, which just last week won the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year, claims it has found flaws in Tesco’s online pricing. -
Over 55s are UK’s most frequent online shoppers - survey News
31.01.2012 Individuals over the age of 55 are the UK's most frequent online shoppers, with 86pc shopping online regularly, a study commissioned by website builder Basekit.com suggests. -
Strike day 2011 tops for online shopping in UK News
23.01.2012 The day public-sector workers went on strike in the UK over pensions - Wednesday, 30 November 2011 - turned out to be the most popular online shopping day in 2011, figures from... -
Virtual mirror shows how Kinect could transform online shopping News
19.01.2012 Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor system has not only turned video gaming on its head, but is on the cusp of bringing the activity of high street shopping directly to your PC or... -
More than 170,000 .ie domains by end of 2011 - IEDR News
04.01.2012 The total number of .ie domains reached 173,145 by the end of 2011, according to the IE Domain Registry (IEDR), growing by 12.9pc since 2010. -
eBay acquires BillSAFE News
22.12.2011 E-commerce giant eBay has acquired BillSAFE, a provider of purchase-on-invoice technology in Germany. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. -
The UK is a nation of online shoppers News
14.12.2011 UK consumers are not only paying lower prices for their communications across the world but also use the internet more for their shopping than any other major countries, new... -
December may be worst time for workplace computer viruses News
30.11.2011 December is the time of year when corporate computer networks are most at risk from virus infections because more employees may be Christmas shopping while at work. -
Cyber Monday’s online sales up 33pc from last year News
29.11.2011 US retailers experienced strong growth on this year’s Cyber Monday, with online sales up 33pc from last year, according to IBM’s cloud-based analytics findings. -
Cyber Monday - attack of the online shoppers News
28.11.2011 Forget Black Friday, it’s Cyber Monday and there could be around 7m online shoppers tapping away on the internet today in Europe, eager to scoop up goods and get the best deals...Categories: Private Irish Business, Online Business, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Business, Computers -
Irish shoppers to spend €257m online for Christmas as Cyber Monday kicks off News
28.11.2011 Irish consumers could spend €257m online on presents for Christmas, with each person spending €155 on average, according to research released for Cyber Monday, the busiest... -
Black Friday deals come to Ireland through e-commerce News
25.11.2011 Black Friday, a major US shopping day before Christmas, has arrived on European shores, bringing deals from retailers such as Apple, Gamestop and Amazon.