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The first signs of post-COVID recovery for worst-hit sectors
The last few months have hit businesses hard. Retail sales in April 2020 fell by a record 18.1% and, with consumers in lockdown, several sectors suffered abrupt revenue declines. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Bank of England has pledged an extra £100bn for the UK economy to curb ...
Website Wars: Sainsbury’s vs Tesco vs Asda
Thanks to lockdown, the weekly shop has radically changed. Research reveals almost half of grocery shoppers are buying more or started buying online since the outbreak, with online grocery sales predicted to grow by 40% in 2020 alone. Deliveries are now a lifeline for many families, with several big brands boosting their services in ...
What is exploratory testing?
With the ever-increasing complexity of websites, the huge number of plugins and integrations and sheer amount of devices and browsers now being used by website users, exploratory testing has never been more essential. Having carried out thousands of exploratory tests over the last nine years, Digivante has seen some incredible business outcomes as a ...
The Covid-19 impact on ecommerce over three months of lockdown
The digital economy is booming, right? Not necessarily. As lockdown and the restrictions associated with Covid-19 continue, some online businesses are thriving – while others have watched their revenues plummet. New research from Digivante Digivante has analysed Google Analytics data for more than 100 UK and US online companies from April 2020 and compared ...
Why your regression testing process needs revisiting
Regression testing is defined as a type of website and application testing used to confirm that any recent new programming or code changes have not, or will not, negatively affect and impact existing website or app features or functionality. Whether deployed fully or partially on a website or app, testing highlights critical issues with ...
“Usability testing” or “You do the testing”? Which is best?
Usability testing is vital but notoriously difficult to get right. You need a testing group that is genuinely representative of your target audience for results to be meaningful. But you also need to have a consistent way of gathering and processing their feedback so results can be helpful to your organisation. With everything else ...
