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NBTY reports e-commerce sales down 1% for fiscal year 2007
Description: NBTY reports e-commerce sales down 1% for fiscal year 2007 Nutritional supplements maker and marketer NBTY reports net sales from consumer-direct operations for FY 2007 down $2
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Jones Apparel is keeping up with e-commerce
Description: Jones Apparel is keeping up with e-commerce Jones Apparel Group Inc., which spent most of the summer restructuring under the eye of new CEO Wesley R. Card, will invest more in
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Amazon introduces customer-generated product reviews and demonstrations
Description: Amazon introduces customer-generated product reviews and demonstrations Amazon.com Inc. has launched video reviews, enabling customers to use video to share their opinions and
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Two-thirds of consumers shop online before buying, new poll reports
Description: Two-thirds of consumers shop online before buying, new poll reports The Internet has become an important part of consumer holiday shopping behavior, with 66% of consumers telling
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WWE scores mixed earnings in the third quarter
Description: WWE scores mixed earnings in the third quarter World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. reported $108 million in revenue for Q3 2007, a 16% increase from $93.2 million in the same
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Office Depot transmits marketing services to wireless devices
Description: Office Depot transmits marketing services to wireless devices Multi-channel office supplies retailer Office Depot Inc. is extending marketing efforts to shoppers wireless
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VistaPrint revenue up 59% in Q1 2008
Description: VistaPrint revenue up 59% in Q1 2008 Online custom print products retailer VistaPrint Ltd. reported sales of $79.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, up 59% from $50
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Deal with Zazzle allows MySpace musicians to sell on-demand merchandise
Description: Deal with Zazzle allows MySpace musicians to sell on-demand merchandise Musicians and bands on MySpace now can create products and sell merchandise through Zazzle, an on-demand
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PCUniverse.com is a small retailer with big e-commerce plans
Description: PCUniverse.com is a small retailer with big e-commerce plans PC Universe Inc. is big developer of web site features and functions that attract serious techies. For more than a
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Harry Potter helps Indigo Q2 web sales boom
Description: Harry Potter helps Indigo Q2 web sales boom Indigo Books & Music Inc. can thank Harry Potter for a financial bonanza in the second quarter. For the second quarter, Indigo
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FYE.com has an FYI for music shoppers: We love plastic
Description: FYE.com has an FYI for music shoppers: We love plastic If the proponents of digital content had their way, DVDs and CDs would soon join the eight-track player and cassettes in
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Audible likes the sound of 38% Q3 revenue growth
Description: Audible likes the sound of 38% Q3 revenue growth Audible Inc., a web-only spoken audio entertainment, information and educational programming retailer, reported revenue of $27.6
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Blue Nile comes on strong in the back half of the year
Description: Blue Nile comes on strong in the back half of the year Online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. posted solid third quarter financials and expects overall web sales to approach $322 million
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Napster cuts its loss in the second quarter
Description: Napster cuts its loss in the second quarter Online music subscription service Napster Inc. posted higher revenue and a lower loss in the second quarter. Napster, No. 108 in the
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Verizon Online and Shop.com create a co-branded marketplace
Description: Verizon Online and Shop.com create a co-branded marketplace Verizon Online and Shop.com have launched a co-branded online marketplace offering Verizon Online customers special
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Holiday shopping starts early at comparison sites, Hitwise says
Description: Holiday shopping starts early at comparison sites, Hitwise says It appears consumers are going online earlier this year to start their holiday shopping, based on the first
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New site search at Republic of Tea boosts average order value
Description: New site search at Republic of Tea boosts average order value Visitors who shop tea purveyor RepublicofTea.com spend on average 50% more if they use SLI Systems Inc.s hosted
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Online measurement company Keynote reports 22% increase in annual revenue
Description: Online measurement company Keynote reports 22% increase in annual revenue Fiscal year2007 revenue was up 22% at Keynote Systems Inc., which measures the performance of web sites
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Online chat provider LivePerson reports 44% Q3 revenue growth
Description: Online chat provider LivePerson reports 44% Q3 revenue growth LivePerson Inc., a provider of live chat and other real-time customer response services, says its third quarter
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Hispanic online presence grows, but not as fast as overall population
Description: Hispanic online presence grows, but not as fast as overall population Internet users of Hispanic background make up 10% of Internet users today18.8 million usersand will
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Former AOL postmaster Charles Stiles joins Goodmail Systems
Description: Former AOL postmaster Charles Stiles joins Goodmail Systems Charles Stiles, who oversaw e-mail delivery as postmaster at mailbox provider AOL, has joined Goodmail Systems Inc. as
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Former publishing exec assumes CEO post at search engine ShopWiki
Description: Former publishing exec assumes CEO post at search engine ShopWiki Rory Cumming, who led online marketing at magazine and book publisher Rodale Inc., has been appointed CEO of
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Specialty lighting store migrates to Yahoo e-commerce platform
Description: Specialty lighting store migrates to Yahoo e-commerce platform Lighting specialty retailer Pegasus Associates Lighting has launched a redesigned e-commerce site running on an
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Pat Snyder takes over retail operations at Cabelas
Description: Pat Snyder takes over retail operations at Cabelas Pat Snyder, who has been senior vice president of merchandising and marketing at Cabelas Inc., has been given the additional
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TripAdvisor recruits executive from online discounter Smart Bargains
Description: TripAdvisor recruits executive from online discounter Smart Bargains Ken Surdan has been named senior vice president of technology at TripAdvisor LLC, which operates several
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Former Disney and Six Flags executive to lead ticketing company Cygnus
Description: Former Disney and Six Flags executive to lead ticketing company Cygnus Steven K. Brown has been named president and CEO of Cygnus eTransactions Group Inc., which sells tickets
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Three managers step up as Boris Wertz steps down at AbeBooks
Description: Three managers step up as Boris Wertz steps down at AbeBooks Boris Wertz last week completed a transition out of his role as chief operating officer at AbeBooks Inc. While
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Zazzle names James Heckman as chief strategy officer
Description: Zazzle names James Heckman as chief strategy officer Zazzle Inc. has named James Heckman to the newly created position of chief strategy officer. Zazzle enables consumers to
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Sears appoints Louis Ramery to head up customer relationship management
Description: Sears appoints Louis Ramery to head up customer relationship management Sears Holdings Corp. is adding to the ranks of senior marketing management. Sears, No. 7 in the Internet
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IAC spinning off HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval and LendingTree
Description: IAC spinning off HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval and LendingTree IAC/InteractiveCorp. plans to spin off Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Interval International and LendingTree as
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Web site errors cost UK retailers £300 million in annual sales
Description: Web site errors cost UK retailers £300 million in annual sales E-commerce sites in the United Kingdom risk losing more than £300 million in sales each year because of invisible
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Lowes September traffic growth bests Home Depots, Nielsen Online reports
Description: Lowes September traffic growth bests Home Depots, Nielsen Online reports Although it wasnt enough to move Lowes.com out of third place among home & garden e-commerce sites,
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Outside help brightens search marketing results at Sunglassesonly.com
Description: Outside help brightens search marketing results at Sunglassesonly.com Charley Gray is the first to admit his search engine marketing campaign for Sunglassesonly.com was a
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Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts.
Description: Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts. Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts. The jewelry retailer, which earlier this
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Growing importance of social media not reflected in marketing budgets
Description: Growing importance of social media not reflected in marketing budgets Marketers recognize the growing importance of online social media, but many lack the funds and expertise to
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Q3 revenue jumps 29% at software vendor Interactive Intelligence
Description: Q3 revenue jumps 29% at software vendor Interactive Intelligence Interactive Intelligence, provider of communications software for contact centers and larger organizations, has
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Coffee retailer gets an offline buzz from online gift card sales
Description: Coffee retailer gets an offline buzz from online gift card sales Paul Smith, president of Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee Company, is a believer in selling gift cards online, even
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Online shoppers want smooth shopping, free delivery and bargains
Description: Online shoppers want smooth shopping, free delivery and bargains Online shoppers find site search the most useful element of a retail web site by a wide margin, says a new
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Company offers alternative to meeting payment data encryption requirements
Description: Company offers alternative to meeting payment data encryption requirements Retailers struggling with meeting the stringent data encryption requirements of the Payment Card
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Travel firm Opodo.com cuts payment fraud losses and fraud management costs
Description: Travel firm Opodo.com cuts payment fraud losses and fraud management costs European travel services firm Opodo cut the costs of manually reviewing online payment transactions by
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IBM launches end-to-end solution for payment security compliance
Description: IBM launches end-to-end solution for payment security compliance IBM Corp. today announced a new program to help customers achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data
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World Cup governing body to launch two e-commerce sites
Description: World Cup governing body to launch two e-commerce sites The Federation of International Football Associations, the worldwide governing body of soccer, is planning to launch two
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Shopping.com and eBay wrap up new gift card offers
Description: Shopping.com and eBay wrap up new gift card offers More consumers are buying gift cards, mostly in stores but also online, and using them online and off. Two initiatives
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Blockbuster turns in a weaker third quarter performance
Description: Blockbuster turns in a weaker third quarter performance Blockbuster Inc. continues to grow the top line of its online movie rental business. But the company is cutting back on
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Direct Checkout ties the payment process to marketing campaigns
Description: Direct Checkout ties the payment process to marketing campaigns Nexternal Solutions, a provider of e-commerce software, has released Direct Checkout, an application that allows
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Akamai introduces PCI-compliant way to accelerate payment transactions
Description: Akamai introduces PCI-compliant way to accelerate payment transactions Akamai Technologies Inc., whose global network speeds delivery of online content for retailers and other
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RealNetworks Q3 revenue tops $145 million
Description: RealNetworks Q3 revenue tops $145 million Online entertainment services company RealNetworks Inc. reported record revenue of $145.1 million for the third quarter of FY 2007, a
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Shipwire refits shipping portal and gets $4 million in funding
Description: Shipwire refits shipping portal and gets $4 million in funding Shipwire Inc.s redesigned Shipwire.com lets online retailers, including sellers on eBay, operate without their own
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Summer was hardly a vacation for Scholastic.com
Description: Summer was hardly a vacation for Scholastic.com Scholastic Inc. certainly didnt take the summer off. Just in time for fall -- Scholastics busiest time of the year when its main
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Traffic increase traced to AmericanGreetings.coms site redesign
Description: Traffic increase traced to AmericanGreetings.coms site redesign In mid-2006 AmericanGreetings.com identified a fundamental shortcoming on its web site: visitors and subscribers
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