A recent report on the ABC suggested that Australia was 12 to 15 years behind most European countries when it comes to online retailing. The same article suggested, and everything I read supports the view that failure to embrace online shopping, has contributed significantly to the decline of Myer and David Jones. I saw Bernie [...]
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Google Researches Holiday Season in US
In 2011, Google researched online sales over the holiday season in the United States. Following are some interesting statistics: E-commerce grew 15% over the 2010 year 76% of consumers researched online prior to purchasing during the holiday season 4% of online visits to retailers websites were from mobile devices 9% of online sales were [...]
Gerry’s Ill Conceived Campaign
By any measure, the recent campaign by Gerry Harvey, supported by a number of other retailers, to fight online purchasing of goods under the value of $1,000 – was a disaster. Whilst on one level you can see how it is only reasonable that there is a level playing field, and certainly I can understand [...]