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November and December 2010 E-Commerce Growth Of 30% Year-on-Year

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Year-on-Year Online Sales Growth November & December 2010

Year-on-Year Online Sales Growth November & December 2010

Taking November and December total ecommerce sales together, the figures for 2010 show an increase of over 30% on the same two months in December 2009, states the eTracker 100 report published by MetaPack. This compares very favourably to instore sales for the same period, which by latest reports seem to have been only marginally higher in 2010 than 2009.

Large fluctuation

November online sales showed a 38% increase, while the final result for December was a more modest 26% increase – but still impressive bearing in mind the snow and ice that played havoc with pre-Christmas shopping. And although ahead of previous predictions – see blog post Mega Monday Exceeds Expectations – December online trade fluctuated week by week dramatically. (more…)

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Infinities Menswear Rolls Out New Stores And New Website

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Infinities websiteLeading independent menswear retailer Infinities has followed recent store openings with a new Visualsoft website, which went live at the end of November in time for the busy Christmas online trade. The new Infinities website enables shoppers to order a wide range brands ranging from classic stalwarts such as Barbour and Ralph Lauren to more recent favourites such as Y3 and Nudie Jeans. (more…)

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Cyber-war Affects Independent Retailers At Crucial Time

Monday, December 13th, 2010

WikiLeaks logoIn what has become termed as the world’s first cyber-war, the sales revenue of many innocent independent retailers has been curtailed at the most crucial time of the year. It is common knowledge that computer hackers supporting the WikiLeaks website (‘Hacktivists’) have targeted service providers that have terminated contracts with WikiLeaks. Monday 6th December saw Paypal services unavailable for about 4 hours, followed by Mastercard on Tuesday 7th December. Both of these instances have been attributed to Hacktivists supporting Wikileaks.

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Mega Monday Exceeds Expectations

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Mega Monday graphicMonday 6th December has been confirmed as the busiest online shopping day of the year (Mega Monday) with business exceeding expectations at £291m for the day, according to Retail Decisions (the online payment processing specialist). The busiest time was 1.15pm, with sales peaking at an incredible £831,000 per minute.

Busiest online trading day

Readers will note from my previous blog on this subject Christmas sales… that November 29th was originally tipped as being the busiest online trading day, but comments and anecdotal evidence from many Touchretail independent retailers disagreed with this – most said that their sales peaked a week later, or even after that. This was borne out by latest Retail Decisions figures, who say that online sales on 6th December were 2% higher than the previous Monday. How things can change in a week or so.

Online trading up 21%

Online sales December year by year

Online Sales December year by year

Another change in the last week has been more down to the icy cold weather and snow-laden roads and pavements. While High Street shopping has seen a dip, customers have voted with their mice and shopped more online – last Monday’s online sales were 21% up on the 2009 equivalent day. But with cold weather set to continue for a while, will we see another record day of online trading on Monday 13th December?

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E-commerce Integration For Leading Department Store

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Father Christmas at BarkersTouchretail’s e-commerce integration module has been implemented by one of the north’s leading independent department stores Barkers of Northallerton. The module provides a real-time interface between Barkers’ Visualsoft website and Touchretail’s Rapidstock unit stock control system, and has gone live in time for the busy Christmas trading period – heralded by the arrival of Father Christmas in traditional horse-drawn carriage this Saturday, 26th November. (more…)

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Touchretail Clients Shortlisted In Drapers Etail Awards 2011

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Drapers Etail Awards 2011 logoTouchretail are pleased to report that three of our clients have been shortlisted for the Drapers Etail Awards 2011. Our congratulations go out to:

• The Menswear Site – nominated in two categories: Best Customer Experience and Best Etail Marketing Initiative. Check out www.themenswearsite.co.uk

• Autograph – nominated for Best Independent Etailer. Check out www.autographmenswear.com

• Spoiled Brat – nominated for Best Pure-play Etailer. Check out www.spoiledbrat.co.uk

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Keith James Menswear Implements Touchretail EPOS and Website Interface

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Keith James Menswear have been selling quality menswear in Horsforth on the outskirts of Leeds since 1972. Throughout the last 30 years they have kept abreast of changing fashions, offering up to the minute styles for business, leisure and occasional wear. All brands have been individually chosen for their unique styles and the quality of clothing and accessories they offer.

Online business launch

2010 has seen a change to a higher gear in the company’s technology and systems. Keith James decided to launch an online business, and to implement EPOS and unit stock control to ensure maximum fulfilment to their website customers. (more…)

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Eyewear Outlet Launch Website with Rotational Photography

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

A long established Touchretail customer famous for retailing Oakley and Dragon eyewear ranges has launched its transactional website under the name EyewearOutlet.co.uk and is an authorised Oakley Online Outlet, specialising in supplying past season and end of line Oakley products at unbeatable prices. Eyewear Outlet guarantees authentic genuine Oakley items, with savings of up to 60% off the original RRP. (more…)

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Spoiled Brat go live with Touchretail

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Spoiled Brat logo

Supplier of designer brands to the stars, Spoiled Brat have this week gone live with Touchretail’s Rapidstock inventory system, including full integration to their Visualsoft e-commerce site. With turnover doubling every year, Spoiled Brat were in need of a stock system to help to monitor stock, sales and profitability by brand, product and size. With proven inventory and e-commerce integration software, Touchretail were selected to provide the back office functionality for this fast-moving business. (more…)

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Website design Top 10 Tips

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Website design

After around 10 years of website design and development for many retailers, it is now recognised that some design features work better than others. While it has cost the major players large amounts of investment to find out what works and what does not, many independent retailers are now making use of the salient points that are accepted as ‘best practice’.

Fashion retailers Top 10

We would suggest that the following points are worth bearing in mind when designing your website. I’ve particularly focussed on websites for fashion retailers. (more…)

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