Study: Online shoppers taking more time to hit 'buy' button
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Blog: Prospective buyers are increasingly inclined to take extra time to search for the best price and features, according to report.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily January 18, 2005 - NEW YORK - Technology has enabled consumers to splurge with a click and a keystroke and retailers to target those customers with ever increasing precision. Ed Carey, global managing director of the consumer business practice at Deloitte &amp; Touche, says "[retailers] are moving from mass merchandising to a more targeted approach &#8230; taking six billion consumers to one," noting retailers' use of directed mailing campaigns, consumer loyalty programs and personalized in-store promotions this holiday season.
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Boom in internet shopping leaves many Britons waiting to pick up parcels ordered over the web
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Search patterns provide a surprising window into the minds of buyers and sellers in the current unsettled market
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Internet retailers are figuring out what online shoppers really want and adding features to help, such as top-10 lists of hot sellers, gift picks by category and product ratings and reviews.
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Net surfers have turned their attention from sex and porn to online shopping, researchers say. According to their studies, the thrill of the internet is gone. One thing hasn't changed, however: Users still want instant gratification.
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The holiday shopping season is hurtling toward its close, but demand remains soft and inconsistent. With just 11 days before Christmas - and heading into the last full weekend of shopping - retailers have been steadily easing prices. But a burst of late spending  has yet to materialize.
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Retailers, hoping to lure shoppers at a time of soft sales, are tapping technology to make browsing and buying easier.
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Shopping search engines make it easy for people to research and buy products. They can also be a powerful and cost-effective customer acquisition channel for merchants.
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A new study suggests consumers save billions of dollars by shopping on eBay auctions.
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Most people shopping online for food will pick healthier options when offered a choice, research suggests.
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U.S. consumer scientists have conducted one of the first studies detailing how car purchasing has changed since the advent of the Internet.  The investigators found online research has largely supplanted time spent at a dealership.
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Too often, retailers' Web sites don't work right, if at all...and they keep chasing after new customers instead of trying to retain their current ones. Are some big online retailers focusing too much on the competition at the expense of their own evolution?
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Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs.
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By INTERVIEWS BY Daisy Hildyard  British shoppers spent [pound]150m on the internet last Monday, as high street stores admitted their sales were down. Are we all online shoppers now?    Rob Harris, 25    CHEMIST   Car insurance.
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By James Daley The internet has proved both a blessing and a curse when it comes to shopping around for the best financial products. While consumers now have instant access to more information than ever before, this has also made it much harder to find exactly what you're after.
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Research suggests that retailers can use targeted ads to make even those who resist purchases more likely to buy.