From ecommerce perspective, game industry is probably one of the most successful ones. According to the Future Ads recent study 61% of online gamers are spending more time playing games online this year comparing to 2008. This tendency unsurprisingly has its roots in global recession. In this economic downturn all industries are looking forward to migrating to more effective, cheaper and consumer-friendly online business landscapes. Future Ads survey proves this tendency: in 200... [More]

According to the ZenithOptimedia study Internet will remain the only growing advertising media in 2009. The spending on TV advertising is predicted to drop by 7% and advertising in newspapers and magazines is foretold to be down 15% and 17% accordingly. Concerning the forecasts for online advertising in Russia, Internet marketing is also feeling better. In compliance with the most optimistic forecasts the growth of online advertising in Russia may reach the point of growth by 12%. ... [More]

Ecommerce continues to ramp up its influence on businesses and consumers’ choices in all parts of the world. For instance, ecommerce in China is becoming very promising outlet for online business. In this post I would like to focus on ecommerce statistics in select countries of Europe and analyze the tendencies in ecommerce state in this part of the world. For instance, the most active online buyers are now in Great Britain. With the Internet penetration rate about 70%, B... [More]

Recently I’ve posted some information about the state of ecommerce in car industry. I think it would be useful to continue analyzing the impact of ecommerce on diverse industries and outline the advantages of electronic commerce for any of them in harsh economic climate. Today my target is health industry.   If ecommerce stays relatively bullet-proof to the crisis, health industry on the web should remain invulnerable as well. No matter what the state of your purse is, yo... [More]

If you don’t know how to create your online store or you’re still hesitating about what online ecommerce solution to choose – you’re sincerely welcome to watch the CORE Ecommerce Flash Demo.  The Demo lasts just for some minutes but will walk you through all the features and add-ons of CORE Ecommerce product. You will see exactly how our system will ease and generate your online store management through visual step-by-step sequence of operations.   ... [More]

How do children with no bank accounts or permission to command their finances usually manage to buy something from the store? Usually it happens like this: a child selects a certain product he or she always wanted to get and then asks for the needed sum of money from the parents. Parents usually deliberate on their offspring’s choice, hesitate for some time and then make a decision that will make their children upset or, on the contrary, happy. The new ecommerce service called... [More]

Let’s see how much time people spend surfing the web and define the relevant conclusions can be made by ecommerce solution providers and online entrepreneurs. Online activity in Great Britain has its highest rates in Europe. According to the latest research the average Brit will spend more than seven years of his life in the Web. Internet bank Smile claims that an ordinary internet user in UK is about to spend nearly 6 weeks a year in the Internet, which is equal to almost 20 ... [More]

Fast-growing ecommerce market in China attracts more and more online entrepreneurs and ecommerce solution providers. Chinese online market represents a very tempting outlet as there are lots of unexplored fields in ecommerce solutions. Don’t be confused by the fact that internet penetration in China is only 19%. The recent rates have revealed an exponential increase in the Chinese online business. The trade volume in the Chinese ecommerce market grew 137% in 2008. The CNN... [More]

As marketers and advertisers are impatiently waiting for the so-needed global markets' shift to on-line ads, numerous reports have been made on online advertising statistics and forecasts during the two last weeks of March. Total obsession with the predictions on online advertising and marketing often leaded to some controversial data and too many scattered details. I want to summarize the information on the current state on the market and try to make a kind of a comple... [More]

Everybody’s crazy about football. This is probably the second topic discussed world-wide after the financial crisis. But it’s much more positive at least. UEFA Champion League’s matches and predictions on the World Cup 2010 are the objects of the global attention. While some people are supporting their beloved teams to the last atom, numerous ecommerce web-sites are trying to make some money from this fact. Online ecommerce solutions are widely utilized being the most ef... [More]