Amazon’s European growth spurt. It’s been 14 years since Amazon.com began selling online in Europe, and these days business is booming in the retailer’s core European markets of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, says one veteran Amazon analyst. Europe is now the second biggest market behind North America for Amazon.com Inc., No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, and represents the majority of Amazon’s international sales, says Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor and a longtime Amazon observer and blogger. Based on an analysis of Amazon’s year-to-date earnings, expected results for the full year and recent monthly visitor traffic from comScore Inc., Wingo estimates: European sales for Amazon.com will increase to $12.45 billion in 2010, up 33.3% from an estimated $9.34 billion in 2009.
Amazon, which usually reports its annual earnings in late January or early February, doesn’t break out sales for specific countries. Smartphones changing the way we shop | Technology. More and more shoppers are using smartphones while shopping - even when in the changing room. Photograph: Linda Nylind You used to have to wait until you got home for someone to answer "does my bum look big in this? " but the popularity of smartphones is feeding a new mobile shopping culture where the balance of power is shifting in favour of consumers. Phone companies on the lookout for trends in the millions of texts, calls and internet searches made every hour have identified hotspots around store changing rooms as shoppers photograph themselves trying on new outfits then beam the images to friends for an instant verdict. This week Vodafone UK chief executive Guy Laurence told a gathering of senior retailers they had "lost control of their shoppers".
He said: "A quarter of people now have internet-enabled phones, but among 16-24-year-olds that figure is 45%. " With smartphone ownership growing at 70% a year, three-quarters of UK consumers are expected to have one in 18 months' time. E-commerce : les 10 nouveaux modèles. Selon l’étude de la Fevad (Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance), les ventes sur internet ont progressé de 22% entre 2009 et 2010. Une hausse qui se ralentit un peu mais se maintient (+33% en 2009 et +34% en 2008). Le nombre de sites marchands a également augmenté de + 27% sur la période. Fin 2010, on comptait 73 200 sites marchands actifs en France, soit 15 000 de plus qu’en 2009.
Le e-commerce a dépassé 31 milliards d’euros de chiffre d’affaires pour l’année 2010. 72% des Français achètent désormais en ligne (+17 % en un an). Cause ou conséquence de cette confiance accrue, de nouveaux modèles de commerce se développent sur la toile, laissant présager une amplification du e-commerce en général. 1- Le couponing et ventes flash groupon Les modèles e-commerce basés sur les coupons de réductions et remboursement sur le montant d’achat se multiplient, portés par le fameux Groupon. 2- Le cashback 3- L’achat groupé Des sites comme bon-prive.com se lancent à leur tour sur ce créneau. U.K. outstrips U.S. in mobile coupon use. Over three quarters of the 2,000 consumers surveyed use coupons when shopping, and more British shoppers have used mobile coupons than their American counterparts - 29% vs. 15%.
However, these figures are destined to rise as 71% of British and 42% of American consumers expressed an interest in having coupons delivered to their mobile handsets. The coupon has shaken of any stigma attached to its use, perhaps in part due to the convenience of electronic and mobile formats. While only 1.5% of all coupons are currently distributed digitally, redemption rates are impressive at around 10-15% compared to an overall 1.2%. However, some mobile couponing firms, such as eNowIt, boast of mobile coupon redemption rates as high as 25%. "This success drives a lot of repeat business but it is surprising that more companies are not yet embracing this medium. Tags: mobile coupons, mobile shoppers inShare. MIG Sock Report: fashion retailers missing mCommerce opportunity | Mobile Interactive Group.