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Zappos.com posts record sales for holidays and year Description: Zappos.com posts record sales for holidays and year Internet shoe retailer Zappos.com reports that this holiday shopping season was the most successful in its four-year history,
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Checkpoint Systems Introduces EPC Solution Center Description: Existing RF source tagging design center expanded to help customers meet emerging compliance initiatives
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EDiets.com leads in visits to health, fitness and nutrition sites Description: EDiets.com leads in visits to health, fitness and nutrition sites With more than 11 million U.S. consumers flocking to health, fitness and nutrition sites during the week ended
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Family Christian Reports Strong Performance with JDA`s Next Generation Store System; First Pilot of Java-Based Portfolio POS Stands the Test of Busy Holiday Season Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Altrec.coms first-ever catalogs pay for themselves in under three months Description: Altrec.coms first-ever catalogs pay for themselves in under three months Sales from the first two catalogs ever distributed by online retailer Altrec.com, mailed in October and
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DigitalThink and BearingPoint Align to Provide Retail Industry With New Enterprise Learning Solution Description: Joint Solution Designed to Help Retailers Increase Profitability
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Sonic Software and the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) Ease Retailers` Migration to Standards Description: Sonic Joins ARTS at the NRF Convention and Expo; Sonic Integration Products Added to ARTS XML Tools List
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Maidenform selects Buyer`s Toolbox PRO for Merchandise Planning down to Class by Location Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Manugistics Demand and Revenue ManagementSolutions Help Retailers Drive Top-Line Growth; Integrated pricingsolution provides decision-support to optimize profitability Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Accenture and Microsoft Offer Technology Solutions For Smarter Retailing Initiative Description: New Tools, RFID-Based Technologies Help Improve Sales, Enhance Retail Operations, Differentiate Customer Experience
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Manhattan Associates Announces Integrated Logistics Solution for Retail Description: Solution Provides Retailers with Comprehensive Retail-Specific Supply Chain Execution Solution
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Tiering Up Description: Data storage: Its a strategy not a technology
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Using the web to boost the convenience in c-stores Description: Convenience stores are finding that the convenience niche is not what it used to be. Retailers ranging from pet stores to office supply merchants are selling items like soda, snacks and batteries in the checkout line, forcing c-stores into new ways of luring and capturing customers.
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Safeway.com a virtual supermarket for other merchants gift cards Description: Supermarkets have been adding more product categories as a way to capture incremental sales while increasing convenience for customers, and some retailers even offer other retailers gift cards. Now Safeway Inc., which began selling multiple retailers cards in its stores a year ago, is offering them on Safeway.com and Vons.com.
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May We Suggest Description: Cross-selling online is much to be desired, but the problem is in the execution
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Whats New Description: Analytics are providing answers, but retailers want more
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Bluefly.com tests a multi-channel strategy Description: Now that online retailing is maturing following the boom-and-bust cycle of the Internet, many retailers are fine-tuning multi-channel strategies. With competition for customers growing online as well as offline, retailers must consider the advantages of selling through an additional channel, experts say. So its no surprise there are few pure-play online retailers left. Even the strongest of the remaining online pure-plays need to reevaluate their retail store viability, says Jim Okamura, senior partner who specializes in multi-channel retailing at consultants J.C. Williams Group.
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New Rules Description: The four new principles of direct marketing, courtesy of the World Wide Web
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: Taking the worry out of merchandise returns Description: Processing of returns needs to be more thanan after-thought for online retailers
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The story about e-mail marketing: Description: DoubleClick Inc.s fourth annual survey of consumer attitudes toward e-mail reports that e-mail marketing continues to be effective46% of recipients purchased online or offline as a result of receiving an e-mail, for instancebut is still a minefield36% of men and 32% of women define spam as any e-mail that tries to sell something. Knowing how customers react to e-mails can help retailers become better marketers. Here are some of the results of DoubleClicks survey, conducted with Beyond Interactive and the NFO/Net Source consumer panel:
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Click, Click, Click Description: Holiday e-retail sales rack up another stellar year, in spite of some performance problems
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Looking back with thanks, ahead with enthusiasm Description: When we launched this magazine five years ago, we watched it soar like no other publication we had previously introduced. Of course, it was artificially lifted by the markets bullish enthusiasm for all things Internet. Soon came the realization that the Internet could not possibly meet the unrealistic expectations that fueled the markets growth. For us, the negative impact of the bursting of an overly inflated Internet balloon was compounded by the worst decline in trade publishing since the Depression.
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No longer a secret: Employees shop at work and bosses tolerate it Description: Most online retailers experience the Monday phenomenonand most researchers confirm it: Unlike store shopping where the weekends experience the heaviest volume, online retailings volumes occur during the week, starting with Monday and tapering off as the week progresses. The explanation is well known: Consumers back at their desks log onto web sites using their companys broadband connection to buy at retail web sites.
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Securing Payment Description: Incentives are boosting retailers acceptance of the password-protected payment plans
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Doing the math Description: Calculating online sales is not as easy as it looks
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Napster goes legit with a multi-channel retail strategy Description: It wasnt long ago that Napster stood as the icon of anti-retail forces that threatened the music industry. By making it easy for millions of users to freely share music files downloaded from the Internet, Napster was the bane of music retailers.
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N Sync Description: How synchronized product data helps Shaws Supermarkets get rid of the paper and streamline communications with suppliers
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How the web is expanding CompUSAs in-store software offerings Description: Retailers for several years have used web sites to expand online the number of products they can offer beyond the physical limitations of their stores. Now CompUSA is using the web to expand the number of software products it can offer in-storeeven getting into new categorieswithout stocking extra inventory. Our strategy is to offer a very wide range of software that isnt available anywhere else at retail, says senior buyer Dewey Thoes.
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E-Retailers Take To The Airwaves--Again Description: Mass media re-emerges in the fight for online brand dominance
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With a new CEO, GXS targets growth in retail and other vertical markets Description: As the retail industry moves further into web-based data communication services that help merchants exchange information with their trading partners more accurately and efficiently, Global eXchange Services is targeting its own growth as a major provider in this market with a new top executive steeped in data management services. Retail continues to be our strongest market, as more retailers are coming to us to deliver solutions that incorporate the new realities of doing business brought about by the Internet and global suppliers, says Gary Greenfield, who recently took over as CEO. He succeeds Harvey F. Seegers.
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A brick-and-mortar side to eBay emerges in growing chains Description: A brick-and-mortar side to eBay emerges in growing chains EBay is no longer just an online phenomenon. Five companies in California and Tennessee are offering physical stores
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The long crawl to wireless shopping wont speed up soon, says Jupiter Description: The long crawl to wireless shopping wont speed up soon, says Jupiter After flirting with, then abandoning, wireless applications four years ago, the online retail industry has
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New Signings Push FurnishNet to Record 4th Quarter Description: Twenty-five of Top 100 Home Furnishings retailers now connected to FurnishNets Internet-based electronic exchange to transact business
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Island Pacific Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Retail Technologies International Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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BookNet Selects Pubnet to Serve Canadian Book Industry; Deal Represents the Expansion of Pubnet into the Global Marketplace Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Broadband Internet access stretches toward the 50% mark Description: Broadband Internet access stretches toward the 50% mark Broadband Internet access is becoming mainstream--especially among high-income households. Two reports out this week
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eBay continues to lead in home-based visits to shopping sites Description: eBay continues to lead in home-based visits to shopping sites eBay led all online shopping sites in terms of unique visitors from home-based computers for the week ended Dec. 28,
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Shopping.coms shopper traffic doubles this holiday season over last year Description: Shopping.coms shopper traffic doubles this holiday season over last year Shopping comparison site Shopping.com reports that it served 76 million shoppers from the day after
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Online retail grew 22% in Q4, BizRate study says Description: Online retail grew 22% in Q4, BizRate study says A 64% year-over-year fourth-quarter surge in the number of online orders, to 180 million from 110 million, drove a 22% increase
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ToysRUs.com has second consecutive profitable Q4 Description: ToysRUs.com has second consecutive profitable Q4 Holiday sales at ToysRUs.com grew 2.8% to $184 million from $179 million last year, the company reports. Adjusting for the sale
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GNX ANNOUNCES THAT KMART HAS JOINED THE EXCHANGE Description: Leading discount store retailer leverages GNX Negotiations to improve buying efficiency, reduce costs
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UPS DELIVERS EXPANDED SERVICES TO SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES Description: Provides Solutions Ranging From Financial Services To Supply Chain Expertise To Package Delivery
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E-mail phishing fraud attacks rose 400% during holidays, study says Description: E-mail phishing fraud attacks rose 400% during holidays, study says E-mail "phishing" fraud attacks e-mail spam that spoof the e-mail addresses and brands of legitimate
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Checkout concerns slow merchants` use of online card authentication Description: Checkout concerns slow merchants` use of online card authentication Visas Verified by Visa and MasterCards more recent SecureCode program aim to reduce online payment fraud and
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Merchants check out cell phones as an alternative to credit cards Description: Merchants check out cell phones as an alternative to credit cards Like their counterparts in Europe, where cell phones have become a common means of processing consumer purchase
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Transaction volume on Paymentechs FlexCache gift cards is up 230% Description: Transaction volume on Paymentechs FlexCache gift cards is up 230% Gift cards` popularity is on the rise, and data on Paymentech`s FlexCache store-value card transactions offers
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How PC Mall reduced the number and review time of possibly fraudulent sales Description: How PC Mall reduced the number and review time of possibly fraudulent sales Nearly 60% of online merchants report fraud rates of 1% or more, but automated systems can help
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NetByTel Receives $8 Million in Series D Funding Description: Existing Investors Give Voice Self-Service Provider Strong Vote of Confidence For Ongoing Success
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VeriSign reports transaction volume rose 40% in 2003 over previous year Description: VeriSign reports transaction volume rose 40% in 2003 over previous year Online consumer payment transactions processed by VeriSign rose by more than 40% in 2003 over the previous
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Online debit transactions growing faster than online credit, Visa says Description: Online debit transactions growing faster than online credit, Visa says Online purchases made with Visa debit cards grew at nearly double the rate of Visa credit cards last year,
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