In order to evaluate the use of e-commerce in a brick and click organisation, we’ll use the example of the high street fashion retailer ‘Next’. Next is a british clothing, footwear and home wear retailer with over 500 physical stores …Continue Reading →
When designing an interface for an e-commerce business, it’s good practice to research existing successful e-commerce websites and your competition in order to find out what trends and patterns exist between the sites. We’ve gone in to detail previously on …Continue Reading →
Different payments systems used by e-commerce systems include credit or debit cards, paypal, stripe, digital currency, cheques, bank transfers and digital or physical gift cards. Credit and Debit Cards Visa and Mastercard credit & debit cards are the most common …Continue Reading →
All e-commerce websites face the challenge of trying to prevent security issues from arising whilst also having procedures in place to deal with issues when they do arise. Cyber crime is constantly evolving and as the technology get more sophisticated, …Continue Reading →
Promoting an e-Commerce website can involve a mixture of technical, analytical, creative and marketing skills. There are various paid and free methods of promoting a website ranging from traditional advertising such as flyers and billboard ads to social media to …Continue Reading →
Every business needs to plan an e-Commerce strategy in advance of setting up online to make sure they’ve researched the benefits, drawbacks and overall impact of introducing an e-Commerce system to their organisation. Once they’re committed to the idea of …Continue Reading →
The social implications of e-Commerce on society have been vast up until now and even today e-Commerce continues to change the way the world does business. Consumers are buying more goods and services online than ever before and as a …Continue Reading →
Every country has their own set of rules, laws and regulations which govern how eCommerce websites must operate. In the UK, there are three major acts and directives that eCommerce sites must comply with (Data Protection Act 1998, Distance Selling …Continue Reading →
Potential risks that an eCommerce organisation may encounter are credit card fraud, identity theft, chargeback fees and delivery disputes to name but a few. We’ve previously spoken about the advantages of introducing an eCommerce system to an organisation however we’ll now …Continue Reading →
eCommerce has changed the way the world does business and has given consumers convenience, more choice and lower prices whilst enabling businesses to sell to a global market. There are many advantages to introducing an e-commerce system to an organisation …Continue Reading →