Lessons from Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2015
With the dust settled and the numbers counted, I think it is safe to say that this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday event was not as low key as some feared. The absence of high profile retailers...
Mike
BT Expedite elves are essential in ensuring a successful peak trading period.
We’ve been helping our customers prepare for their peak Christmas trading period and it’s all kicking off this week with Cyber Weekend. It’s our team’s job to make sure our customers’ tills ...
James
Focus Interview: Liz McNamara, Marketing Director, GetTheLabel.com
Online fashion retailer Getthelabel.com aims to make people happy by discounting iconic brands such as Adidas, Lipsy, Armani and converse. With Black Friday just around the corner, marketing directo...
Liz
E-commerce focus group brings suppliers and customers closer together
On Wednesday 18 November we held our latest e-commerce Customer Focus Group, which was kindly hosted by our partners Powa Technologies at their stunning offices in Bishopsgate, London. ...
Melanie
Black Friday 2015 – what should we expect?
November 28 2014 (Black Friday) was meant to be a day for extraordinary business activity and huge sales for many UK retailers. Many retailers had lined up deals and offers that were meant to draw sho...
Diane
Here it comes again: Preparing for Peak
With the peak trading period about to hit, a panel of experts got together at the recent BT for Retail Summit to share their thoughts on what we’d learned from last year’s peak trading period – ...
Jessica
Hot Retail Topics 2015 (Part 1)
For my first few blogs for BT Expedite, I thought I’d write about some of the key things retailers are talking to me about, and wanting to crack, this year. ...
Jo
UK Retailers reap revenue rewards as Black Friday online sales break records…
Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday we reported a 96 per cent rise in sales during the Black Friday weekend 2014, which surpassed all expectations. On the Friday alone, online retailers experience...
Asif