Since my last Etailwatch post I’ve seen a lot of interesting web stories.  Firstly though congratulations to all the companies who won an award or were nominated at the Drapers 2010 etail awards last night!
Laithwaites Wine
I must have read 3-4 reviews of the relaunched Laithwaites wine website so I thought I should check it out myself!  Internet Retailing highlighted the benefits of the ATG platform which allows Laithwaites to centrally manage sales across all their retail channels.
eConsultancy also posted a very in-depth review where they highlight the ease of shopping …

Mercedes GP who bought last years Championship winning team Brawn GP have become the first team to launch their 2010 F1 racing car.

The above teaser was released early this morning prior to the car’s launch at Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart.

The new Mercedes car is named the Mercedes MGP W01 and the paint work brings together the heritage of the Mercedes Silver Arrows and the blue highlights of their title sponsor Petronas.

Michael Schumacher says his target is to win the championship, and I think he’s in with a very good …

In this instalment of Etailwatch  Christmas sales stats, Augmented reality comes to etail, hover effects and the best of 2009.
Christmas day sales up by 29%
Econsultancy has commentated on an eDigital research survey which shows that Christmas day sales are up on last year by 29%.  Most interestingly over 75% of the people surveyed were online on Christmas day or Boxing day.  Read the full report and download the survey from Econsultancy here
Internetretailing.net also reported that Boxing day saw the most ever visitors to John Lewis’ site
Augmented Reality in etail
The web …

After stumbling upon David Baldacci’s latest novel in Sainsburys I have become hooked and am quickly working my way through his back catalogue.
Split second is the first book in the Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series.  In a split second everything can change, and the King and Maxwell it did in the worst possible way, both secret service agents lost their principles.  King’s was assassinated, Maxwell’s was kidnapped several years later, but is there a connection between the two?
Here’s the blurb from the back of the book
‘He was the only …

I’ve struggled to know what to do with the Barsley Brief, originally started to chronicle my charity cycle to Paris, since then I have lacked direction for the site and “blogged” about a range of different interests and thoughts.  A friend suggested I could use the blog to commentate on my interest of eCommerce / etailing.  I have decided to start ( who knows this could be the end too!) by looking at the etail news stories of the week.
Last Delivery Dates
One of the big stories that most sites have …