We know that Amazon is a massive global marketplace with more than 300 million active customers in more than 180 countries around the world. But did you know that small businesses now account for more than half of the unit sales on its sites around the world? Amazon today announced that small businesses and entrepreneurs […]
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Irish Online Shoppers Will Spend €22 Million On Cyber Monday
Visa Europe has revealed that Irish online shoppers are set to spend €22 million on Monday 1st December, the busiest day for online shopping this year, which has been dubbed ‘Cyber Monday’. This represents a 17% increase on last year’s figures. The card company is forecasting that there will be approximately one million eCommerce transactions […]
Irish Online Shoppers Use Parcel Motel to Overcome ‘UK-Only’ Delivery Restrictions
Parcel Motel, the round-the-clock delivery service for online shoppers has released research detailing the savings available to online shoppers when shopping on UK websites. The preference for shopping on UK websites was shown to be prevalent amongst online shoppers, with over 50% of Irish adults shopping regularly* online on UK websites. The reasons behind these […]
Parcel Motel Research Finds Irish Adults Spend €6.6million a Day Online
Parcel Motel, the round-the-clock delivery service for online shoppers, have released research detailing the online spending habits of Irish men and women. A survey of over 6,000 online shoppers has revealed that over €2.4billion* is spent a year online by Irish men and women on goods being delivered to their home, workplace or Parcel Motel. […]
Buy4Now Ecommerce Brings Online Retail to Scale [Video]
Buy4Now is a total ecommerce solution for online retail: they design, develop deploy and support retail websites on a large scale. Bob Curran is International Business Development manager for this Irish company, and last week he was Master of Ceremonies at the first Ecommerce Expo Ireland held in Dublin. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CkwIwufFhwo[/youtube] “Most people that put the investment in […]
Fujitsu Brings Omni-Channel POS Retailing to Ireland
Fujitsu has announced the global availability of its new omni-channel Point of Service (PoS) application that allows retailers to significantly increase revenue while reducing IT costs. FUJITSU Retail Solution Market Place achieves this by supporting enterprise-wide transaction and order fulfilment to deliver a consistent and seamless buying experience to their customers via traditional PoS, online […]