online shops
Your website is an extension of your business..
a place where you sell your services or products..
a place where you make money.. Well it SHOULD be!
We flew into Sydney to attend the Online Retailers and E-commerece Expo and it was an eye opener to say the least! 'Digitise or perish' was the main message from the seminar theatres, as some of the 'best of the best' from different retail industries spoke. You can read about this here on our Alice in Webland website.
some facts
The UK exports over a million Pounds worth of goods to Australia a week!
Australia Post is now delivering parcels 7 days a week to keep up with demand.. and most of it is from online shopping..
I Quote: Christmas Shopping. "Research undertaken by IBISWorld and Appliances Online indicates that most growth will be in online spending and that Australians are becoming more assured about making purchases online.
IBISWorld said online shopping would make clear advances with clothing, footwear, electronics and books the most popular items on people's wish lists, and the focus would be on buying gifts for children. That assertion was backed by data gathered by Appliances Online which said nearly 20% of people surveyed would conduct most – if not all – their shopping at online retail outlets.
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Some Facts:~
- Aus Post is now delivering Parcels 7 days a week to keep up with the demand.. and most of them are from online shopping.
- The UK is exporting over a million Pounds worth of goods to Australia every week.
- Australians spent $13.6 billion online last year. Up 13%.
- Price, Waterhouse & Coopers, say it is expected to reach $21.7 billion by 2015. (That's double in 3 years!)
- People are buying from their mobile phones and iPads.
- The World Wide Web has now become the World Wide Shop!
- The amount of money that circulates each week in your 'retail demographic' is shrinking, as consumers spend some of it online.
- Your customers are being hijacked by online retailers around the world!
What do you do?
Go and pinch some of theirs!