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

Retailers advised to keep their premises a bit cooler

Retailers are using ‘thermal pleasure’ to entice chilly shoppers with roasting in-store temperatures and their doors wide open, according to research from business price comparison service Make It Cheaper.

Even in freezing conditions just one-in-20 shops along London’s Oxford Street has its doors closed to stop heat escaping, with their temperatures - recorded using a thermal imaging camera

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

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