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Flooring retailer iFloor.com goes to the mat on better warranty coverage
Description: Flooring retailer iFloor.com goes to the mat on better warranty coverage Multi-channel flooring retailer iFloor.com is offering online shoppers a $1 million limited warranty for
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ColdwaterCreek.com has best high broadband availability in November
Description: ColdwaterCreek.com has best high broadband availability in November Web shoppers in November could access a top 50 retail site with a high broadband connection an average of
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Drugstore.com expecting year-end sales spike in FSA sales
Description: Drugstore.com expecting year-end sales spike in FSA sales Drugstore.com Inc. anticipates a lift in year-end sales via its online FSA Store as consumers spend down their
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Redcats eyes more organic e-commerce growth in 2008
Description: Redcats eyes more organic e-commerce growth in 2008 Its been a busy couple of years for Redcats USA Inc. with its acquisition in 2006 of The Sportsmans Guide Inc. and the
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Wal-Mart and iTunes are most searched-for retailer-specific gift cards
Description: Wal-Mart and iTunes are most searched-for retailer-specific gift cards Searches related to gift cards were up 14% during the four weeks ending Dec. 15, compared with the same
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Bidz.com is sold on non-auction site and international markets
Description: Bidz.com is sold on non-auction site and international markets Web-only jewelry auctioneer Bidz.com Inc. plans to launch a non-auction site early next year in order to reach into
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Orders pour into online wine sites
Description: Orders pour into online wine sites These are heady days for online wine merchants, according to wine comparison site Winezap.com. Traffic to those sites is up 35% from last year,
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Bankruptcy court approves sale of online wireless provider InPhonic
Description: Bankruptcy court approves sale of online wireless provider InPhonic InPhonic Inc., an online seller of cell phones and wireless plans that filed for bankruptcy last month, has
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Traffic to e-commerce sites was up 10% last week, Nielsen says
Description: Traffic to e-commerce sites was up 10% last week, Nielsen says Traffic was up 10% last week compared to the same week a year ago to the 120 e-commerce sites tracked by Nielsen
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Lounging around with chocolate online
Description: Lounging around with chocolate online Marble Hill Chocolate Lounge is expanding its operations beyond the bricks-and-mortar walls of its Cincinnati store. The specialty retailer
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Evo.com launches as a green portal for 1,200 retailers
Description: Evo.com launches as a green portal for 1,200 retailers E-commerce veterans from eBay and StudentAdvantage.com have launched Evo.com, an aggregator site for 1,200 e-retailers
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Holiday gift guides make for popular blog posts
Description: Holiday gift guides make for popular blog posts Gift recommendations dominated online holiday discussions on influential blogs during November, reports Nielsen Online. An
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ExactTarget files for an initial public offering of stock
Description: ExactTarget files for an initial public offering of stock Though the company has yet to set terms, e-mail services provider ExactTarget Inc. has filed for an initial public
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West Marine selects Geoff Eisenberg as CEO
Description: West Marine selects Geoff Eisenberg as CEO West Marine Inc., a multi-channel retailer of boating supplies and accessories, has appointed Geoff Eisenberg as president and CEO. He
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Shutterfly adds three senior managers in finance and marketing
Description: Shutterfly adds three senior managers in finance and marketing Online digital photo services retailer Shutterfly Inc. is adding to the ranks of senior management. To replace
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Channel Intelligence names Ron Sparks vice president of development
Description: Channel Intelligence names Ron Sparks vice president of development Channel Intelligence Inc., which connects manufacturers and retailers through e-commerce portals, has named
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Online spending up 18% so far this year, comScore reports
Description: Online spending up 18% so far this year, comScore reports Lower income consumers are keeping online shopping for the holiday season so far at 18% growth over a year ago, comScore
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PayPal recruits execs from Visa and American Express
Description: PayPal recruits execs from Visa and American Express PayPal Inc., the online payment service owned by eBay Inc., has created four new senior management positions and filled them
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Epicor acquiring NSB Retail Systems for specialty retail software
Description: Epicor acquiring NSB Retail Systems for specialty retail software Epicor Software Corp., a provider of enterprise software for mid-size and large retailers, is acquiring
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Harte-Hanks promotes Glen Hartman and adds four new execs
Description: Harte-Hanks promotes Glen Hartman and adds four new execs Direct marketing company Harte-Hanks Inc. has promoted Glen Hartman to managing director of its Digital Practice unit.
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AmeriMark makes an acquisition
Description: AmeriMark makes an acquisition AmeriMark Direct LLC is adding to its e-commerce and catalog base by acquiring Dr. Leonards Healthcare Corp., a direct marketer of health
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Local search specialist Localeze hires Andy Gordon as vice president
Description: Local search specialist Localeze hires Andy Gordon as vice president Localeze, a provider of merchant data for local search services, has hired Andy Gordon as vice president of
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Former Yahoo executives launch luxury shopping service ViaLuxe.com
Description: Former Yahoo executives launch luxury shopping service ViaLuxe.com Two former Yahoo executives, Lawrence Kosick and Ned Taylor are behind a new luxury product shopping service,
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Online luxury shopping site ideeli.com obtains $3.8 million in financing
Description: Online luxury shopping site ideeli.com obtains $3.8 million in financing Ideeli.com, a luxury shopping site, has obtained $3.8 million in financing from early stage venture
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Perfume.com takes a first step in a site redesign with pre-holiday makeover
Description: Perfume.com takes a first step in a site redesign with pre-holiday makeover A pre-holiday makeover of Perfume.com is just the first step in a site redesign that will take place
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L.L. Bean experiences a 32% surge in visitors in November, Nielsen reports
Description: L.L. Bean experiences a 32% surge in visitors in November, Nielsen reports It could be the coming cold weather or Christmas shopping, but whatever the reason LLBean.com surged in
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Niche site helps One Way Furniture boost sales on bar stools
Description: Niche site helps One Way Furniture boost sales on bar stools When competition cut into one of the most popular categories on its site, OneWayFurniture.com spun off a niche
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Through Monday, online sales rise 19% over year ago, comScore reports
Description: Through Monday, online sales rise 19% over year ago, comScore reports Online sales for the first 41 days of the holiday shopping season were up 19% over the same period last
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A quarter of consumers see value in mobile marketing messages, study finds
Description: A quarter of consumers see value in mobile marketing messages, study finds 5% of U.S. mobile phone users have participated in mobile marketing programs, and 25% of users are
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Visits to consumer packaged goods brand sites increase 10% in third quarter
Description: Visits to consumer packaged goods brand sites increase 10% in third quarter The top consumer packaged goods brand sites attracted 66.4 million U.S. visitors in the third quarter,
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A holiday bonus for Google Checkout merchants: a month of free processing
Description: A holiday bonus for Google Checkout merchants: a month of free processing Google has extended through January its offer of free payment processing for online retailers that offer
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Baby boomers and over-60s are going online in greater numbers
Description: Baby boomers and over-60s are going online in greater numbers The number of U.S. baby boomers who use the Internet at least once a month will grow to 63.7 million in 2011 from
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Survey shows French and Germans are least concerned about online security
Description: Survey shows French and Germans are least concerned about online security A six-nation survey finds big differences in the security concerns of online shoppers. The French and
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Retailers monitoring broader scope of payments security data, expert says
Description: Retailers monitoring broader scope of payments security data, expert says While preparing to meet requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard for protecting
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Gen Y shoppers concerned less about online security, more about rewards
Description: Gen Y shoppers concerned less about online security, more about rewards Security and privacy are two major reasons why consumers in general choose to use one form of payment over
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Gift card and phishing scams on the rise, security experts say
Description: Gift card and phishing scams on the rise, security experts say The holiday shopping season is bringing out more online criminals as well as shoppers, resulting in targeted
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Authorize.Net launches solution for secure storage of card data
Description: Authorize.Net launches solution for secure storage of card data Online merchants can store their customers sensitive payment information on Authorize.Nets server under a new
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Most organizations partially compliant with PCI DSS, survey says
Description: Most organizations partially compliant with PCI DSS, survey says A large number of retailers as well as other businesses and organizations are at least partially compliant with
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Revenue increases 109% for PC Universe with Hacker Safe Search Feed
Description: Revenue increases 109% for PC Universe with Hacker Safe Search Feed In the first month after implementing Hacker Safe Search Feed on PriceGrabber.com, revenue on traffic from
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Online shopping picks up in the UK and France, comScore reports
Description: Online shopping picks up in the UK and France, comScore reports Visits to UK retail sites were up 34% in November from the pre-Christmas period and in France by 27%, reports
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TheCard adds Internet transaction security via mobile phone
Description: TheCard adds Internet transaction security via mobile phone TheCard Scandinavia AB is adding additional security for Internet transactions through an agreement with MobiClear
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Tweeter pulls the plug on its online store
Description: Tweeter pulls the plug on its online store Electronics retailer Tweeter Opco LLC has closed its online store, according to a message posted on Tweeter.com. The online store is
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Foot Locker steps up its Q3 e-commerce sales
Description: Foot Locker steps up its Q3 e-commerce sales E-commerce sales for Foot Locker Inc. in the third quarter grew by 11.1% while total sales declined by 5.3%. For Q3, web sales for
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Most e-retailers cutting off ground shipping for Christmas by Dec. 18
Description: Most e-retailers cutting off ground shipping for Christmas by Dec. 18 Buying Christmas gifts online will become more expensive than it is now on or before December 18 thats
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ShopNBC drums up the 12 Days of E-mail Marketing
Description: ShopNBC drums up the 12 Days of E-mail Marketing ShopNBC, an upscale home shopping television and e-retailer, has launched a holiday promotional e-mail campaign fashioned after
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Neiman Marcus celebrates its new fiscal year with strong Q1 web sales
Description: Neiman Marcus celebrates its new fiscal year with strong Q1 web sales Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is off to a good e-commerce start for the first quarter of its 2008 fiscal year.
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Gap web sales climb 28.2% for the first nine months of the year
Description: Gap web sales climb 28.2% for the first nine months of the year The web continues to shine as a sales channel for Gap Inc. Online sales for Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic
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Overstock.com plans to march on Canada, Western Europe
Description: Overstock.com plans to march on Canada, Western Europe Overstock.com Inc. is planning to expand into Canada, England, France and Germany by summer of 2008, says chairman and CEO
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Discovery unearths benefits from its new emphasis on e-commerce
Description: Discovery unearths benefits from its new emphasis on e-commerce If Discovery Communications Inc. needed any further validation to confirm that its decision to close down 103
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Disneys iParenting buy adds to online family-based content
Description: Disneys iParenting buy adds to online family-based content In a move to build its stable of online family-targeted content, the Walt Disney Internet Group has acquired
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