MasterCard and Borderlinx agreement ‘to make cross-border shopping easier’

UK retailers could be among the first to benefit from a partnership between MasterCard and Borderlinx that they say will make cross-border ecommerce easier for shoppers. Related news Borderlinx opens UK online shops to the world EU reports on barriers...

Online shopping set to grow in age of austerity

Online shopping came of age in the recession, says a wide-reaching new study from the IMRG and the British Population Study. That’s set to remain the case, it says, as the age of austerity sets in. Related news More than 50% of UK adults now shop...

Apps more popular for shopping with consumers than catalogues as mobile starts to prove itself , finds Portaltech study

Consumers are using mobile apps and m-websites more than catalogues to browse and buy retail items, as well as rating mobile higher than their papery counterparts, finds a study by e and m-commerce implementation consultancy Portaltech, carried out with...

Payment card companies move to corner mobile shopping experience with ‘mobile malls’

Leading credit and debit card companies MasterCard and Citi Cards, the payment card arm of Citi Bank are both using their brands to develop not only the payment tools for e- and m-commerce, but are also building ‘mobile malls’ where only their cards...

Bazaarvoice’s SocialConnect links social media and shopping

Social media specialist Bazaarvoice has launched SocialConnect, a product that allows retailers and brand marketers to integrate content from Facebook, Twitter and other social channels with their own websites. SocialConnect allows retailers to take...