All Technology articles – Page 320
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AnalysisWhat makes websites work?
Minor tweaks to transactional websites can have a major impact on customer engagement and conversion rates.
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Opinion
Why Amazon is resilient to cyber attacks
Amazon was one of several companies to be threatened with attack from pro-WikiLeaks group Anonymous recently. The group managed to cause problems for payments giants MasterCard and PayPal, but appeared to admit short-term defeat when it came to bringing down Amazon.
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Opinion
What's the right approach to mobile commerce?
There’s no shortage of advice when it comes to what retailers should be doing about mobile commerce, but there’s still a question mark over how much the channel will contribute to sales.
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NewsM&S hit online by Amazon site failure
Amazon and Marks & Spencer’s websites were taken offline on Sunday night during the key Christmas trading period amid ongoing cyber threats by pro-Wikileaks saboteurs Anonymous.
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AnalysisCyber attacks
Amazon’s ability to shake off an attack by saboteurs attempting to overwhelm and crash its servers last week highlights the importance for etailers of having a good IT infrastructure in place
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Opinion
SPONSOR POST: Amazon Outage Aftershocks
As of just a little after 21:15 GMT on December 12th all domains hosted at Amazon’s Ireland data centre suffered about half an hour of downtime.
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Opinion
Bloomingdale's
Last week, Christmas shoppers in Bloomingdale’s flagship New York store were able to virtually try on Tacori jewellery using augmented reality technology.
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Opinion
Why it pays to back-up ecommerce systems
Last week provided a timely reminder that it always pays to make sure you have back-up options when it comes to e-commerce systems at Christmas.
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Opinion
Are poor postal services putting customers off buying online?
E-commerce director at Majestic Wine Warehouses Richard Weaver says postal delivery is one of the bigger hurdles facing online retailers at the moment, and it’s a sentiment most consumers would probably agree with.
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Opinion
O2 reduces PoS waste and cuts costs with new merchandise display system
O2 has reduced PoS waste by 20%, saved £500,000 in printing costs and around 17,000KG of CO2 by reducing deliveries of materials to stores after implementing a merchandise display system across its estate.
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Opinion
French Connection
In September French Connection launched its YouTique online store on YouTube, becoming the first UK brand to do so. The French Connection ‘channel’ features a series of videos hosted by stylist Louise Roe.
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Opinion
Matchesfashion.com vs Liberty.co.uk
Richard Anderson Vice-president of Client Services, International, Bazaarvoice
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NewsAmazon's European websites go offline amidst cyber-attack threats
Online giant Amazon UK was offline for half an hour during the peak Christmas shopping period last night amidst ongoing cyber threats by pro-Wikileaks saboteurs Anonymous.
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AnalysisDriving loyalty and footfall through mobile commerce
Mobile retail is empowering consumers, but it can be a positive tool for retailers.
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NewsRetailers hit as online payment service fails
Christmas trading at a raft of online retailers including Lovefilm.com and Sportsdirect.com was affected after online payments service provider Sage Pay experienced technical problems on Monday night.
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Opinion
Merry cross-channel Christmas
Many UK retailers are into what will be their first peak trading period delivering true cross-channel services. And by the end of January we should have a better idea of what difference these investments in customer choice have made to their trading.
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News
Browns of York improves operations through new EPoS and back office system
Browns of York has improved store operations through implementing a new EPoS and back office system.
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NewsHalfords mobile site goes transactional
Halfords has enhanced its mobile site by making it transactional to give customers a better multichannel experience.