UK Survey Reveals Retailers' New Year's Resolutions for eCommerce and Site Search to Drive Sales in 2013

UK Survey Reveals Retailers' New Year's Resolutions for eCommerce and Site Search to Drive Sales in 2013 PR Newswire LONDON, Dec. 13, 2012 - SLI Systems' Survey of 110 UK-based Retailers Finds That Site Search, SEO, and Mobile Commerce Strategies will be Biggest Priorities in 2013 News Highlights -Survey of nearly 110 retailers in the UK shows improving conversions and attracting more customers to their websites are the biggest challenges retailers face, in addition to improving logistics and expanding internationally -To address these challenges in advance of the 2012 holiday season, retailers in the UK increased focus on SEO, better visualization and improved merchandising, better refinements and navigation, and more relevant site search -Enhancements to site search, SEO and mobile commerce strategies top retailers' list of priorities in 2013, as well as improving their eCommerce platform strategy -Merchandising, refinements, and Rich Auto Complete get highest ranking of new site search features retailers will add in the new year to ensure an optimal customer experience, as well as A/B testing and AJAX technology -Nearly half (41%) of retailers will add a mobile version of their website in 2013, with 24% planning to improve the site search on their existing mobile Commerce or mobile app LONDON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global eCommerce sales will pass the $1.25 trillion mark in 2013, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG).