Online sales in UK now £1 in every £8 spent

According to the Financial Times the UK leads the world in our takeup of online sales as roughly £1 in every £8 spent is now…

Google tries to offer deal to end Brussels anti-trust probe

Google has proposed a package of concessions as it seeks to end a long running investigation into its European search business.The suggested changes to its…

U.S. online winter spending grows 14pc to $42.3 billion

$42.3 billion was spent online during the entire November-December holiday shopping season, marking a 14 percent increase from 2011.The latter portion of the season saw…

UK digital sales break £1 billion barrier

More than £1 billion was spent on downloaded films, music and games in the UK in 2012- the highest annual total.Sales increased by 11.4% from…

Cyber Monday sales- record ecommerce shopping day

The US is projected to have had a record ecommerce shopping day- according to analysts.Research firm Comscore said consumers would have spent $1.5 billion (nearly…

Ecommerce websites face new OFT scrutiny

UK regulators are examining ecommerce websites on how they may be monitoring online shoppers in order to target them with different prices.The Office of Fair…