2010
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By armchair on April 20, 2010
The volcanic eruptions in Iceland have been impacting flights throughout Europe for the last few days. Unfortunately airplanes are also used to transport goods, so An Post is reporting severe issues. Royal Mail doesn’t appear to be as badly affected, but they’re still reporting issues. So how long is this likely to continue? Will businesses [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Ireland, Online shopping, shipping, Shopping
By armchair on March 13, 2010
Econsultancy have a “teaser” article about a research paper on shopping. Some of the figures they’re citing are more than a little impressive!
Posted in News, statistics | Tagged Electronic commerce, Online shopping, Shopping
By armchair on March 10, 2010
According to a report from Forrester research online sales in the EU are set to grow by 11% a year for the next 5 years. How do you think this will impact the Irish market? How will it impact your business?
Posted in News | Tagged Electronic commerce, Ireland, Irish, Online shopping, Shopping
By armchair on March 3, 2010
Eurostat‘s figures on online activity for Europeans up to the age of 34 may not be “light reading”, but it has some fascinating data. Across the entire EU (27 states) the biggest areas are: clothes / sports goods travel / accommodation Unfortunately the report doesn’t give much detail on what items / services people are [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Electronic commerce, Ireland, Irish, Online shopping, Shopping
By armchair on March 2, 2010
I setup Armchair.ie a couple of years ago as I felt that a directory of e-commerce / shopping sites ONLY would be a useful addition. If nothing else the site would help me, as I tend to buy more online than I do offline! Since the site’s launch the number of Irish sites selling actively [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Electronic commerce, Ireland, Irish, Online shopping, Shopping
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