Mixing trade and consumer sales in e-commerce can cause all kinds of problems. It is different to running a bricks-and-mortar shop. In a nutshell, you risk poor presentation, complex coding, and disappointed or annoyed customers. Imagine A Shop On The High Street Imagine a shop on the high street where anyone can look around at…

Selling in the USA is a minefield unless you know how to negotiate the issues. If you do, then the USA is an attractive place to do business. To introduce this article, Selling in the USA: A guide for UK Businesses, and to put it context, the text is based on my notes of a…

The history of commercial greeting cards in the UK started in 1843 with Sir Henry Cole. Up until the middle of the 19th century, if you wanted a greeting card you made it yourself. That was fine if you only needed a few cards for friends and family, but Sir Henry Cole was a busy…