Cell phones are necessary tools by which many Americans get information, with an increasing number of people looking for phones which offer access to email, the Internet and picture taking, according to a new report conducted by BIGresearch for the National Retail Federation (NRF).

Online retail sales in the UK increased 22 percent in May compared to last year, the highest growth since June 2008, according to the IMRG Capegemini e-Retail Sales Index. Shoppers spent $6 billion online during the month, equal to $108 for every person in the UK. The Index shows a 3 percent increase in sales [...]

U.S. retail ecommerce sales, not including travel, will be down by 0.4 percent to $133 billion in 2009, but will rebound in 2010 growing 9.8 percent to $146 billion, according to a new forecast by eMarketer. The research firm benchmarks against the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) when forecasting ecommerce sales. The DOC estimated online [...]