One way to try and stem mankind’s impact on the world around us is to blockade the streets of national capitals, park pink yachts outside the House of Parliament, or even vote Green. Or each of us can take some simple, practical steps to change our behaviour to have a small, but significant impact. Increasingly, this is just what many shoppers are doing today: choosing green...
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Delivery is now one of the key performance indicators of eCommerce sites for most consumers. They don’t know it, but they are more inclined to look at the rapidity of delivery when faced with a choice of vendors online. If proof be needed, look no further than Amazon Prime and ASOS. Amazon Prime, while a loyalty scheme of sorts, is chosen by many shoppers purely because...
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Tesla electric cars are cool. They look cool, they are cool to drive and they are environmentally cool. While Tesla itself might hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, one story that should be in all the press is that the company is making an electric long-distance lorry. Yes, it sees the big future in electric vehicles being in delivery. And Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
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It’s prime time for eCommerce – and consumers have never had it so good. Thanks to Amazon Prime, consumers now live in an age where they expect to be able to not only buy pretty much whatever they want at a bargain price, but to also have it delivered almost immediately. For retailers and brands trying to compete, this puts enormous pressure on their own logistics...
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Welcome to 2019, the year of… well, what is this year going to be in terms of eCommerce tech? 2018 was certainly the year of mobile, tipping past the 50% of eCommerce transactions in the run up to Christmas – and now accounts for a quarter of ALL retail sales. But what else is going to be hot in 2019? Will it be ‘hot’? Unlike most ‘what...
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