News

17 May 2013
Morrisons to launch online shopping with Ocado
Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has agreed a deal with online grocer Ocado that will enable it to launch an online grocery service early next year....more
22 April 2013
Online sales break £1bn barrier at John Lewis
John Lewis has revealed that annual online sales have reached £1bn for the first time, a year ahead of the department store retailer’s own forecast....more
27 March 2013
Internet slowdown following DDoS attack
Millions of internet users around the world have been affected by slow speeds, following a row between an anti-spam group and a web-hosting company....more
08 March 2013
Online sales soar over 40% at John Lewis
Department store John Lewis reports online sales soared 40.8% in the year to 26th January to £959m, with its online operation now accounting for over 25% of its business....more
25 February 2013
Tesco to launch online grocery operations in Thailand and China
Tesco is expanding its e-commerce business by launching an online grocery store in Thailand in the next few weeks, followed by its online debut in China in May....more
21 February 2013
Argos to close its TV shopping channel
Argos has revealed it will close its TV shopping channel as part of its plans to focus on expanding its digital business....more

An e-commerce entrepreneur has said that poor spelling could cost e-retailers millions in lost sales. It is estimated that just one spelling mistake could cut sales in half.
The EC has announced a public consultation on Personal Data Breach Notifications, in order to ensure consistency of policy over the 27 EU states in terms of harmonisation and technical measures.
BT has revealed it will extend access to higher-speed 20Mbps copper-based broadband to an additional 2.5m premises by 2013.
The government has announced it will invest £363m in broadband services in England and Scotland to improve internet speeds in homes and businesses.