Brands have been able to personalize text, images and audio in their marketing campaigns for years and with the onset of AI resources, this has helped them scale their work. Now, Generative AI video platform Gan.ai has announced a $5.25M seed funding round as they breach the final frontier of personalising video for mass marketing campaigns. With Gan.ai’s studio-quality video personalisation software, brands simply need to record a video once, add dynamic keywords to a script, and Gan.ai will generate millions of hyper-customized videos in one click. Businesses can also create personalised lan ..read more

AI will drive the next industrial revolution of ecommerce. Mark Stanley, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Shopware takes a look at the “how” and the “why,” as well as what you can do to better prepare. AI will drive the next industrial revolution of ecommerce. Here’s a look at the “how” and the “why,” as well as what you can do to better prepare. As pervasive as it is, AI is still in its infancy. It’s early days and while there’s resounding excitement as to what it can do and make possible, the reality is this is just the beginning. Sometime soon, AI will be part of everything—wo ..read more

At The Delivery Conference this morning, new research was revealed from Metapack, ShipStation and Retail Economics, showing shoppers may have to pay more for less in 2023 as inflation adds £18.2 billion to UK non-food sales despite volumes decreasing by 4.9%. UK non-food retail sales values are expected to hit £249 billion in 2023, but the 2.6% increase, or additional £18.2 billion of spending on the previous year, will be driven by rising consumer prices. The Ecommerce Delivery Benchmark Report 2023, commissioned by Metapack’s operating company, Auctane, in partnership with economics consulta ..read more

BigCommerce  have announced a collaboration with Microsoft Advertising with the release of Microsoft Ads and Listings in the BigCommerce Marketplace. BigCommerce merchants of all sizes in the US, UK and ANZ can now directly integrate their stores to reach Microsoft Advertising’s audience of more than a billion people who have greater purchasing power, engage more with ads and are more likely to make a purchase online.  Eligible BigCommerce merchants in the US who are verified Bing Places for Business account holders that spend at least $250 on ads will r ..read more

Just before Christmas, ClearCourse, a software and payments business, acquired SellerDeck, a UK based business that enables small and medium sized businesses to sell online. The company will form part of ClearCourse’s Retail Division and expands the latter’s established and growing footprint in the ecommerce space. Sellerdeck’s solutions align with its clients’ commercial goals, catering to a wide range of businesses seeking to expand their online commerce operations by allowing them to focus on growth. Through its own proprietary SellerdeckDesktop platform and specialist partnerships wit ..read more

As the New Year starts, Mark Elward, Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Huboo, and Peter Edgar, Chief Financial Officer at Huboo share their thoughts on ecommerce and retail lessons for 2023. Retail lessons for 2023 – what can we learn from a turbulent year in ecommerce? The retail industry’s cautiously optimistic outlook going into 2022 has been eroded by strong economic headwinds, geopolitical instability, soaring inflation and plummeting consumer confidence. But for online retailers, there are still opportunities to ride out the downturn and grow their businesses. So let’s reflect on the ..read more

With today marking the very last collection for next day shipping, we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and our Best Wishes for 2023. 2022 was always going to be a challenging year, but no one could have predicted a war in Europe, spiralling cost of living and a Peak period beset with strikes. Carriers took the unprecedented step of bringing forward final delivery dates for next day shipping to a full 8 days before Christmas, with only Evri collecting up until the 21st with an expected delivery before the big day. This has been a fraught run up to the holidays, more so than any previous ..read more

We take a look back at the articles you engaged with the most throughout 2022. We always value your comments and here’s what mattered the most to you from the past 12 months: January – 2022 Predictions We started the year with an interview with Murray Lambell, VP eBay UK, and Murray looked back at the challenges of the pandemic and how it had impacted ecommerce. Murray reviewed the support eBay had powered through the pandemic but pointed out that 2022 would be a year where many of the previous year’s challenges were set to continue, with economic uncertainty, supply chain issues and inflation ..read more

With 2022 drawing to a close, we sat down with Harmony Murphy, Head of Retail UK/I at Google, to talk advertising and retail trends and what to expect from the year ahead. As Head of Retail at Google, Harmony looks after retail customers and assist them with their growth strategies. She also shares some exclusive insights from Google as well as setting out a focus for retailers to embrace as we enter 2023. In this interviews, Harmony discusses: 00:41 What’s the most important thing for retailers to be focussing on after multiple crises? 05:20 How can a retailer use their online presence to su ..read more

New research from Bazaarvoice’s Influenster community reveals the impact of inflation on consumer shopping habits ahead of Christmas. As purse strings tighten amid rising inflation, the research reveals that British consumers are most willing to splash the cash on quality skincare and cosmetics. The squeeze caused by the cost-of-living crisis means that in the run-up to Christmas over two-thirds of UK consumers say their shopping habits have been affected by inflation (68%), with almost all Brits actively price-matching to get the best deals (98%). Despite many retailers celebrating their bigg ..read more