Posts tagged with 'Ecommerce'

Online shopping with a twist: Virtual Oxford Street

By Mru Kodali on 13 January 2010

Love shopping but hate the crowds? The answer may be Near’s virtual Oxford Street. They’re taking the world’s largest and best loved shopping areas and recreating them in the virtual world, Second Life-style with a focus on shopping. Reports are that big names including M&S and Liberty have signed up to display their shop … Read more about ‘Online shopping with a twist: Virtual Oxford Street’


Google’s new phone in its new store: A User Experience view

By Mru Kodali on 8 January 2010

Google’s launched its own branded phone (with HTC) after plenty of speculation in the mobile and business worlds. The move, however, came through its new e-commerce store, which was more of a surprise. As a User Experience enthusiast (and practitioner) I couldn’t help but investigate how Google tackled the customer experience  of their new online … Read more about ‘Google’s new phone in its new store: A User Experience view’


Registering your frustration

By Alexander Baxevanis on 17 November 2009

Following the launch of our recent Ecommerce Usability report, one the lowest scoring guidelines was focused on user registration and this made me think of a tip I wrote on this for our newsletter a few months ago.

Too many websites still force users to register without good reason, or provide an ineffective registration process, leading … Read more about ‘Registering your frustration’


Royal Mail will suffer from lack of innovation, not strikes

By Alexander Baxevanis on 29 October 2009

The message in the recent weeks is clear: after repeated strikes more and more businesses, especially online retailers, are prepared to desert Royal Mail for alternative suppliers. However, I think it’s not just the strikes that will drive businesses away from Royal Mail. It’s also that Royal Mail has failed to come up with innovative … Read more about ‘Royal Mail will suffer from lack of innovation, not strikes’


Ecommerce Expo and ecommerce usability

By Ismail Ismail on 22 October 2009

For the past couple of days a few of us have been over at Earls Court manning the Webcredible stand at Ecommerce Expo. Trenton ran a presentation on improving online conversions and we got plenty of interesting people to the stand. So, all-in-all it was pretty successful, you can check-out some photos from the show … Read more about ‘Ecommerce Expo and ecommerce usability’