E Commerce Expo 2009 Gallery

24% increase in attendance!   Once again this year, E Commerce Expo saw  double digit growth in attendees to the show.
 
In 2008 visitor numbers grew by over 30% and this year they grew by a further 24% to 4,100 (subject to ABC Audit).

Some findings from our initial research

 43% were attending with 1 or more colleagues
 76% attended at least 1 conference session
 64% were pleased or very pleased with the conference content
  80% intend to come back next year.

Why not get involved with E Commerce Expo in 2010? ...   Talk to us today ... call +44 (0) 1932 566415

Manchester, Manchester United Ground 27th May 2010                   

London, National Hall, Olympia, 19th & 20th October 2010

Justin Opie      jopie@ecommerceexpo.co.uk
Graeme Howe  ghowe@ecommerceexpo.co.uk

The 14 awards are listed here with details of the short list and winners.

Many thanks to all the companies that have contributed entries and nominations for the e-Commerce Awards for Excellence.

The winners were announced on the 20th October at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in front of 240 ecommerce industry leaders and pioneers.

All the winners for the e-Commerce Awards for Excellence

The seminar programme was recorded by Seminar Streams and is available now for free viewing.

E Commerce Expo 2009 presentations now available for viewing.

Claire Allen of Thorntons                                                                   presentation pointers.

• Changed navigation to support how and why customers shop
• Made the site more interactive and exciting to create an
element of ‘expected’ surprise
• Created wonderful images and product copy
• Added testimonials
• Increased promotional opportunities from the homepage

Martin Belam writes about Trenton Moss from Webcredible, and his presentation at E Commerce Expo on optimising the checkout process. Trenton was on solid ground as the entire event was geared around persuading people to buy.

He was looking at user experience and design factors in persuading people to shop, rather than technological solutions. He started off by demolishing some common E Commerce myths, including the idea that you should just copy Amazon.

They do 'crazy things' on their product pages, he said, like having them really too long, allowing you to wander off and buy the same products from competitors for a lower-price, and featuring Google Ads.

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More information about E Commerce Expo North 2010

The Next Exhibition and Conference takes place on Thursday 27th May 2010 at the Manchester United Football Club. E Commerce Expo North 2009 delivered 850 visitors - thats 350 more than forecast. 

Most of the visitors came from the North West and Yorkshire making the event a perfect compliment to the London E Commerce Exhibition which runs in October.

Click Here to Download Floorplan 2010 

If you want to discuss exhibiting at the show, please contact Justin Opie jopie@ecommerceexpo.co.uk or +44 (0)1932 566415.

Watch the Expo video.   UKFast was the main attraction at Ecommerce Expo in London October 2009.

The show represented a significant investment in offline marketing for them However it was a major success for the business. 

They met face to face with around 2,000 potential clients and partners of the future and the UKFast brand will certainly resonate even more amongst those engage in ecommerce going forward.

What their attendance at Ecommerce Expo 2009 shows is that when planned and targeted, offline marketing can still be very effective.

Watch our film to get a taste for what went on and what you can experience for yourself next year. For a gallery of photos visit the UKFast home page here.

Exhibition Floor Plan for 2010

"Maginus found ecommerce expo an extremely productive 2 days.

The event was busy for the duration of the show and we gathered a high number of quality leads."

Mark Thornton.  eCommerce Director, Maginus

IMRG  is offering a special introductory rate off listed fee's for the first 12 months of membership for e-Commerce Expo attendees and exhibitors.

If you are interested in joining & would like to discuss the opportunities in more depth please contact us at market@imrg.org and a member of the team will make contact with you.

This offer is open to new members only and applies to organisations who respond, quoting IMRGEXPO, before Friday 18 December.

 Exhibitor list for E-Commerce Expo 2009

Visitor Demographics

• 76% were attending for the first time
• 43% attended with 1 or more colleagues
• 76% attended at least 1 conference session

Martin Belam writes ... Andy Leaver of Bazaarvoice opened his presentation at E Commerce Expo by making a point that Google may turn out to be a generational thing.

For many years most of us have worked on the premise that the centre of the people's Internet universe is a search engine - and that usually that search engine is Google.

Here's a list   of some of the well known companies who visited E Commerce Expo 2009 and also some of the job titles.

Martin Belam writes ... Mike Tomlinson gave a brilliant case study at E Commerce Expo of how British Airways had used multi-variant testing on their website. The changes brought about by testing were not always huge.

Mike showed two slides of the first real changes they'd made to the site as a result of their own in-house A/B testing system.