Amazon UK paid just £2.4 million tax last year- despite £4 billion sales
Amazon’s UK subsidiary paid £2.4 million in corporate taxes last year the online retailer’s accounts show- despite making sales of £4.3 billion.The tax bill was…
Clicks move to bricks for UK shopping growth
Against the odds and media hype- online ecommerce websites are opening high street shops to grow thier sales.We’re a nation of shoppers- we spent more…
Mobile phones celebrate 40th anniversary
The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago- on 3 April 1973.Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at…
Martha Lane Fox to get peerage
My fellow Millennium Product award winner and ecommerce pioneer Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords.The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com –…
Mobile internet usage growth also rockets in the USA
Further to the Dyenamic Solutions post last week: Huge rise in UK internet usage reported which reported on the growing usage of mobiles to browse…
Huge rise in UK internet usage reported
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in it’s lastest survey of internet useage in the UK reported that online growth is still expanding rapidly. The…
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…
America is main source of EU credit card fraud according to Europol
Data breaches from America account for most of the credit card fraud affecting the EU according to the Europol police report.Criminal gangs are making about…
Online shopping saved retaillers’ Christmas sales
Strong online shopping growth saved retail sales falling over Christmas- according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).Sales in December were up only 1.5% compared with…
Ecommerce retailers brought forward online sales promotions
The battle for the UK consumers’ money has moved online with retailers bringing forward the start of Christmas sales after reports of lacklustre spending on…