by Dave AtkinAt the start of this ‘Month of Design’, we had a lot of work to do, as the month went on we became inundated with new requests for help while existing projects started to accelerate towards deadlines and launches – So our own marketing, blogging and general getting ourselves out there has taken a back seat.
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by Lexy MooreIf you make sure [some of] these areas are covered, you will definitely be on the right track no matter what kind of site you have, but e-commerce also has some very specific usability and functions you want to be sure to tackle – some more obvious than others.
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by Lexy MooreAccording to the ONS – November 2018 saw Online Sales in the UK reach a new record of 21.6% of all Retail Sales, but the figure that is most impressive is that 89% of customers start the purchasing process by online search.
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by Lexy MooreThe current figures estimate 90% of businesses will be using some form of social media for customer service by 2020 and people spend up to as much as 40% more with companies that they have engaged with on social platforms.
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by Dave Atkin| Who is this for? | SMEs, Startups |
| What is it About? | Catching the wave of ecommerce |
| Reading Time | 3 Minutes |
Daniel Priestley. Entrepreneur and bestselling author.
But the circle isn’t squared unless the way we buy from the supply-side is equally innovative.
According to China Daily, the Chinese Government’s 13th 5 Year Plan sets out ambitious targets for the country’s e-commerce sector. By 2020 impressive goals such as: Increasing the trading volume of e-commerce to 40 trillion yuan (£4.5 trillion), and an expectation that 50 Million people will be employed in the sector by the same year, is not the most interesting thrust of the many layered plan, (which will affect every sector of the Chinese, and Global, economy): They are looking to drive transformation by deepening supply-side reform and achieving the integration of the internet and the real economy. By “real” they mean Traditional Industries.
“The next step … how to better integrate traditional industry with e-commerce.”
Lu Zhenwang. Wanquing Consultancy, Shanghai.
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