QVC and YouCam Makeup Team Up for TV-Mobile AR Shopping Experience

| MCM staff

Perfect Corp. has partnered with QVC and Laura Geller New York to give mobile consumers the opportunity to virtually try on beauty products via artificial reality during live QVC broadcasts. Find out how QVC is making this happen in real time and how it views the potential for emerging AR technology.

American Apparel Launches New Ecommerce Site

| Daniela Forte

Eight months after being acquired by Canadian apparel company Gildan out of bankruptcy for $88 million, American Apparel has emerged as an ecommerce-only concern with a relaunch of its website. See what has stayed the same and what has changed about this new launch.

Ecommerce in the UK Sees 17.8% Growth in 2016

| MCM staff

Ecommerce in the UK grew 17.8% in 2016 and was worth 174 billion euros or approximately $205 billion. A report by the Ecommerce Foundation revealed that in 2016, 82% of shoppers in the UK shopped online. Find out more about ecommerce growth in the UK as well as popular online categories and predictions for 2017.

The Roadmap to a Trustworthy Ecommerce Site

| Daniela Forte

Is your ecommerce site trustworthy? There are several ways retailers should make sure they can provide a safe environment for customers. Here is a breakdown of places where your customers may have concerns, and how you can make them feel safe from beginning to end.

Boxed.com Will Send You Detergent When You Need It

| Mike O'Brien

Boxed.com, an ecommerce seller of bulk items at discount – think an online Costco – has created one AI-based tool that alerts customers when items are running low so they can reorder, and another that automatically sends them when it senses they’re nearly depleted.