Consultation Announcement Oversight Expectations For Links Between Retail Payment Systems

The Eurosystem has established a harmonised single set of oversight expectations for retail payment systems to properly oversee the link arrangements between these systems. This document, entitled "Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems", covers risks related to legal, financial and operational arrangements, as well as issues related to access, governance and efficiency.

Intershop to Present New Intershop 7 Platform at Internet Expo & Digital Marketing in Stockholm

In-depth product demonstrations at Booth C05
Robert Kornfeld to speak on mobile commerce and multi-cross commerce

Stockholm, Sweden, 13 March 2012 – Intershop is presenting its new cross-channel commerce platform, Intershop 7, at the Internet Expo & Digital Marketing show, which takes place at Kistamässan in Stockholm on 14 and 15 March.

With

Struggling with crippling rents? Good news! You have a retail champion!

Britain’s struggling High Street shops have been thrown a lifeline with a new way of reducing crippling rents.

A retail champion is saving companies around 50% a year in charges so they can carry on trading and landlords don’t have to board up stores.

Financial experts believe the shopping landscape could be obliterated as rising rent reviews and poor sales force shop-owners to hand back the

UK Company Supports Local Retailers Moving To Internet Shops

Today saw the announcement that up to fourteen retail shops closed every day in 2011 as shoppers move to internet buying. Bracknell based Insight Group, a specialist website provider, has responded to this by offering a free copy of its WebMaker website builder product to every tenth purchaser.

WebMaker SHOP costs just £17 a month for a comprehensive website solution that enables

Boost for shopping on Facebook?

Shopcade is a new social shopping experience on Facebook and it is helping worldwide brands and retailers expand their social media strategy, reach and sales, while empowering consumers to create a relevant shopping experience for themselves and their friends.

With its recent launch, Shopcade offers brands and retailers a new avenue to

Fasthosts reveals 1 in 3 consumers has posted a negative review of a firm online

Fasthosts, a top UK web hosting provider, has revealed that one third of British consumers has posted negative material online relating to a company or product.

The survey of 1300 UK consumers, commissioned by the web hosting company, found that it is now common place for Britons to express their gripes openly online, most commonly on

Synovate reports early Christmas cheer on the high street

Latest data released by Synovate Retail Performance show that retail footfall in the UK is rallying. For the month of November, the number of shoppers entering non-food stores fell by just -1.7% in the month against November 2010, according to Synovate's Retail Traffic Index (RTI), the industry's barometer of shopper numbers. This marks an

We don't like Mondays? Yes, we do! Mega Monday Double for ekmPowershop.com Retailers

Industry hype around Mega Monday confuses most people at this time of year, pundits included. So when does the biggest online shopping day of the year really fall? Is it the last Monday in November, or the first Monday in December? Truth is they’re both ‘Massive Mondays’ in the online shopping calendar, according to ekmPowershop.com's latest research.

Last year many news sources rang the

Do your premises have the Arghhhh factor? Are you chasing your customers away?

Study illustrates the danger of retailers leaving the sound of their brand to chance.

Apparently half of Britain's shoppers have left a store because they were annoyed by the music. This is the result of a study carried out by Immedia Plc, which develops music strategies for retailers.

The findings illustrate the danger High

Thursford Collection family theme park invests in Eurostop retail systems

Thursford Collection visitor centre in Thursford near Norfolk has chosen Eurostop systems to manage stock and sales in its five stores. The centre has five themed shops, The Corner Shop selling a range of ladies and children’s fashion and toiletries, The Christmas Shop with toys and decorations, The Stable Shop selling cards, books and pictures, The Pantry, a sweet shop and Fantasyland

UK SME Online Retailers Experience Slowdown in Sales

But Actinic research reports ecommerce still better than High Street retail

The fifth quarterly UK online sales survey conducted by ecommerce specialist Actinic shows a continued slowdown in online retail growth for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).

The research reports both an average 7% increase in sales revenue as well