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UK Retailers Facing E-commerce Divide
News In total, around three-quarters of UK retailers are already making some use of e-commerce methods in their businesses. The UK's retailers are making progress in adopting e-commerce and developing e-business solutions.
[July 29, 2002, 10:36]
Survey: UK Retailers May Miss Chip & PIN Deadline
News More than a quarter of UK retailers are wary of moving to the latest Chip & PIN smart card technology for plastic card transactions, according to a survey conducted by Retail Logic, a maker of payment processing software, and the Retail Bulletin...
[May 18, 2004, 15:49]
Survey: UK Retailers May Miss Chip & PIN Deadline
Talkback Only a couple of retailers in my area have the Chip & Pin hardware installed but it does not fill me with confidence when I use it. Response times for the system are extremely poor which leaves the shopper standing in the queue feeling embarresed...
[May 19, 2004, 12:44]
Survey: UK Retailers May Miss Chip & PIN Deadline
Talkback This is because not all retailers will have the new equipment yet, but all retailers will be upgrading within the next 12-24 months. Questions worth asking: Will high-value credit cards & PINs become the target for fraudsters?
[May 18, 2004, 17:05]
Poor Performance 'cost E-tailers £300m' Over Christmas
News Site Confidence, a UK Web monitoring company, analysed 35 shopping Web sites throughout December, which is traditionally the busiest period for both online and offline retailers, and estimates that UK e-retailers could have generated 10 percent...
[January 15, 2004, 16:25]
AOL Broadband-in-a-box Hits The Shops
News Leading retailers Carphone Warehouse and Comet have started offering 'Easy-Install' modem packs for AOL Broadband. Both retailers will share marketing costs with the ISP. Comet will distribute the kits in 260 shops across the UK.
[December 24, 2002, 9:18]
Google Checkout Launched In The UK
News Google has made its online payment service available to retailers in the UK. It's] great news for retailers because shoppers will have a better experience when visiting their sites," said Google's senior product manager Jerry Dischler, who claimed...
[April 13, 2007, 13:35]
UK Falling Victim To Foreign Card Fraud
News According to payments-industry body Apacs, the amount UK retailers lose to card fraud has dropped by around a third since the chip and PIN technology was adopted in 2005, now standing at £47.4m for the period between January and June this year.
[October 2, 2008, 8:11]
Retail Internet Fraud Is Rife: Survey
News Internet credit card fraud as high as 40 percent is crippling British retailers' online efforts, according to one of the UK's biggest ever retail surveys, released Thursday. The study found that nine out of ten fraudulent transactions go...
[September 14, 2000, 7:49]
UK E-shopping Site Gives Cash-back
News Users who buy items through GreasyPalm.co.uk will get a cash rebate when they buy items from a range of 150 Internet retailers, including Carphone Warehouse, bol.com and WHSmith.co.uk. GreasyPalm claims that this cash-back system is a good...
[July 25, 2003, 13:26]
UK's Lax Wireless Security Threatens TJX-style Hack
News Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. Security at hundreds of medium-sized retailers is not...
[August 7, 2008, 8:22]
UK Banks Trial 'smart Chip' Credit Cards
News Major retailers, banks and consumers are today beginning a trial of credit and debit cards that will use secure chip technology to tackle the UK's annual £425m card fraud bill. Over 150,000 people in the town will be issued with the new cards with...
[May 20, 2003, 11:12]
New Time Goes For The Direct Model
News But according to a statement from the company, the operation will still be a manufacturer of products, including PCs and plasma TVs, for retailers and trade customers "in the UK and Europe". Since last year, our aim has been to have a varied range...
[January 26, 2006, 11:35]
'Tap And Go' Payment Launched In London
News The rollout of contactless card readers has started in London, in several areas including Canary Wharf, with participating retailers in the rest of the UK set to get the technology over the course of next year.
[September 5, 2007, 9:20]
Whats With The Pricing?
Member Review But when UK consumers are being ripped off once again, and so universlly from all the retailers, you have to assume Microsoft has a piece of this under the table. Microsoft's view on this is that country pricing is with the retailers.
[January 30, 2007, 15:43]
UK Heading For A Record E-Christmas
News Online retailers can look forward to a particularly merry Christmas, with latest research predicting a record breaking season for UK Internet shopping. At the current rate of growth, online retailers are set to have their best year yet," said...
[November 24, 2005, 16:40]
Amazon UK Lands Borders Deal
News Announced on Wednesday, the deal adds to similar relationships Amazon.co.uk has with other high-street retailers such as Waterstones, and provides Borders with an e-commerce site with a look and feel very similar to Amazon's own site.
[October 27, 2004, 13:00]
Microsoft Defends Xbox Console, Software Sales
News Analysts in the UK and the US are predicting strong growth in sales of videogame software and hardware, although UK retailers have warned of disappointing demand. The sunny figures have been undercut, however, by high-profile profit warnings by UK...
[December 19, 2002, 16:04]
Vonage Brings VoIP Service To The UK
News Along with marketing directly to customers, Vonage is in talks with UK retailers to bundle Vonage services with products sold in stores, as it has done with retailers in the US. US-based voice-over-IP company Vonage has opened for business in the...
[January 6, 2005, 16:00]
'Slap And Ship' OK For RFID Says Analyst
News Overby's comments contradict the approach of UK retailers such as Wal-Mart and Tesco, which have adopted ambitious RFID adoption plans for their supplier base. Forrester Research is advising suppliers to go ahead with a slap-and-ship approach to...
[May 26, 2004, 14:00]
