Mail strike — 75% of businesses plan to drop Royal Mail

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With the threat of a strike by Royal Mail workers set to disrupt Christmas deliveries, 75% of UK businesses say they are considering dropping Royal Mail altogether— what are you planning to do?

HMV adds Endeca search engine to its website

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The addition of the new search engine is the first step in HMV’s move towards a new ecommerce solution being developed by marketing and technology agency LBi.

M&S launches online deliveries to 73 more countries

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Orders for international delivery to a total of 80 countries can now be placed online, by telephone or in-store, says M&S.

70% of businesses say their online conversion rate has improved this year

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But 39% are still dissatisfied with their conversion rate, according to new research from Econsultancy and RedEye.

Phones 4u picks Communicator for segmented email marketing solution

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The new system will be integrated with Phones 4u’s CRM system so that email marketing can be tailored around each customer’s contract terms and what stage they are at in their contract.