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The TV remote becomes a shopping tool as Amazon teams up with TiVo
Consumers now can buy items that appear on TV shows or in commercials from their TiVo digital video recorders. Amazon.com will fulfill the orders. Amazon and TiVo have been working together for 18 months, selling digital content to TiVo viewers.
CVS sees new web features as the Rx for bigger sales
CVS.com, which carries an online inventory of about 25,000 SKUs, has been expanded to include thousands of additional health and beauty products. Better online pharmacy tools also have been added.
E-commerce figures heavily into HSN’s growth
As multi-channel retailer HSN moves closer to spinning off from parent IAC/InterActive, the home and apparel merchant has plans to increase its e-commerce revenue. The web accounted for about 33% of 2007 sales.
Dell rolls up multiple e-commerce options into a new microsite
Dell is launching Dell.com/Bestofweb, a one-stop shopping site for a wide variety of computer services. On the shopping pages visitors will have access to Dell Perks, which feature 2,000 merchants.
Web sales hold steady at 64% of revenue mix at PetMed Express
First quarter fiscal 2009 sales at PetMed Express rose 16% to $68.4 million, up from $59 million a year earlier. Web sales accounted for 64%, or about $43.8 million, about the same percentage as they did for fiscal 2008.
ValueClick expects lower Q2 earnings, adjusts 2008 financial outlook
Online marketing firm ValueClick said last week it will not reach its Q2 revenue goals because of the weak economy. The company also lowered its 2008 revenue expectations.
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SimonDelivers.com selling down inventory ahead of closure
Longtime online regional grocer SimonDelivers.com has succumbed to cost pressure and waning customer interest and will cease operating by the end of July.
Brown Shoe sees strong web future, but only average growth in 2008
Brown Shoe, which operates Shoes.com, sees its annual direct-to-consumer revenue surpassing $350 million in five years. But the company has its work cut out: direct sales are only forecast to grow by single digits in 2008.
More bang for the buck at online gun and ammo auction site
Online shooting sports products retailer CheaperThanDirt.com has launched an auction and classified ad section on its e-commerce site to enable buying and selling of firearms and ammunition.
Apparel/accessories merchants delivered the best performance in June
Shoppers with a high broadband connection in June could visit an apparel site in about 6.20 seconds, Gomez says, compared with mass merchants at 6.27 seconds and specialty merchants at 6.84 seconds.
The web is integral to bricks-and-mortar shopping, new research says
80% of consumers who made a consumer electronics purchase in a store bought from a retailer whose web site they visited first, Nielsen Online says.
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