In today’s digital age, it can sometimes feel like hardware has taken a back seat to the software that drives devices. Button of the Month is a column that looks at some of these buttons and switches on devices both old and new to appreciate how we interact with our devices on a physical, tactile level. Shopping … Read More →
CALIFORNIA: You may have risked your life with drunkdriving, but have you ever shopped under the influence of alcohol? Well, it turns out a lot of people make at least one drunk purchase. The Hustle ran a survey of more than 2,000-alcohol-consuming American adults and found that drunk shoppingis an estimated US $ 48 billion per industry. It discovered that … Read More →
Facebook-owned Instagram on Tuesday made a move into potentially lucrative e-commerce by adding an option to buy products shown off in posts by selected brands. A new “checkout” button for instant purchasing was launched in the beta version of the app in the US with a limited number of businesses, according to the popular image-centric … Read More →
Clownish… a badly made Insta dress. Photograph: Kellie French. Hair and makeup: Sarah Cherry Photograph: Kellie French/The Guardian It started last summer. Clothes adverts flooded my Instagram feed, and it was uncanny. One minute, I’d be envying a friend her Agnès B boiler suit (it has a bumflap, so you don’t have to take it … Read More →
Google Images is now a default placement option for Google Ads users who are running shopping ads. An email went out late last week to inform advertisers of this change. Previously, users had to manually opt-in to the Search Partner Network in order to have shopping ads displayed in Google Images. The images section of … Read More →
The atypical nature of an e-commerce transaction necessitates a consumer protection framework, the draft e-commerce policy said. Online shoppers are set to get respite from promotional messages and emails spamming their devices from e-commerce marketplaces as the government aims to regulate them with a legal framework. “Unsolicited commercial messages (on various platforms including but not limited to … Read More →
One of my mom’s biggest pet peeves is pulling together a grocery list, doing the week’s shopping, getting all the way home and realizing something was forgotten. Trying to get everyone to focus and add what they want to the grocery list is almost impossible. The text that said “Can you pick up shampoo?” on … Read More →