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Rentrak Signs Borders to Use Calendar Essentials in Book, Movie and Music Marketing Programs Description: Calendar Essentials to Allow Borders to Plan Marketing Activities Based on Reliable and Accurate Market Data at Local, Regional and National Level
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Quigo boosts HP`s ROI with FeedPoint Search Engine Marketing solution; introduces ROI tracking in time for the holiday shopping season Description: With only 70 shopping days until Christmas, Quigo integrates ROI tracking to provide actual cost-to-sales ratios and ROI optimization for FeedPoint`s search engine marketing customers
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Ikea puts the web to work in delivering e-learning to U.S. store managers Description: Ikea puts the web to work in delivering e-learning to U.S. store managers Home furnishing giant Ikeas customer-facing web presence is truly global, with country sites in more
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STERLING COMMERCE DISHES UP GENTRAN INTEGRATION SUITE TO MICHAEL FOODS Description: Sterling Commerce Helps Meet Retail Business Integration Requirements
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eBay grows its wholesale product categories tenfold Description: eBay grows its wholesale product categories tenfold Consumer activity is not the only area of surging growth for eBay.com. Its now offering 250 categories of wholesale products
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OverstockB2B.com hopes to woo small retailers with extra services Description: OverstockB2B.com hopes to woo small retailers with extra services Disappointed that not enough small retailers are using it to buy and sell merchandise, OverstockB2B.com hopes to
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Beware of spam definition creep, DoubleClick warns Description: Beware of spam definition creep, DoubleClick warns Consumers definition of spam is expanding, threatening to engulf even e-mails between marketers and existing customers, says
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XPEDITE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE RESULTS OF TARGETED e-MAIL MARKETING INITIATIVES Description: New messageREACH® Campaign Management System Helps Strengthen Customer Relationships, Reduce Analysis Time, Automate List Management and Generate Increased ROI.
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TRANSPORTGISTICS RELEASES NEW SOLUTION: ProductReturns.com to Remove the Difficulties of Excessive Freight and Administrative Costs from the Customer Returns Process Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Keynote Announces New Streaming Performance Management Service that Provides Global Coverage Description: Streaming Perspective 3.0 Simplifies Performance Management of Streaming Media and Provides Real End User View of Streams
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A new Jupiter report tells retailers: Lets not get personal Description: A new Jupiter report tells retailers: Lets not get personal Customers are still looking for basic, well executed functionality when it comes to retailers web sites, says a
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Quova Breaks New Ground Against Online Fraud Description: GeoPoint to Support VeriSigns Fraud Protection Services Offering
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Trade groups push self-regulation in e-mail marketing Description: Trade groups push self-regulation in e-mail marketing Amid growing concern that the sentiment that caused the Do Not Call registry to take off will carry over to a Do No E-mail
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GiftCertificates.com Hires New Vice President of Business and Merchant Development Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SENDTEC ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF iFACTZ Description: New Tool Measures Online Response to Offline Media
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DoubleClick Releases DARTmail® 4.0, Enhancing its Email Management Service Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Closer ties between web and store will drive sales at both, Home Depot says Description: Closer ties between web and store will drive sales at both, Home Depot says With its redesigned web site closely mimicking the atmosphere of its stores, The Home Depot Inc.
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GO TOAST Introduces Mass Update Tool Description: New Feature Saves Time and Money with Streamlined Online Advertising Keyword Bid Updates
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Overstock.com launches online travel store Description: Overstock.com launches online travel store Overstock.com has launched an online travel store offering online shoppers discounted rates on unsold hotel rooms, airline seats and
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Another eBay breakthrough--a deal with major record label Universal Music Description: Another eBay breakthrough--a deal with major record label Universal Music Universal Music Group, the worlds largest music company, has agreed to sell merchandise at eBay.com,
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Coupons, Inc. Expands Internationally - Signs Agreement with Cashstar International in Australia Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Home Depot fashions new multi-channel strategy with redesigned web site Description: Home Depot fashions new multi-channel strategy with redesigned web site The Home Depot Inc. has launched a re-designed web site intended to make online shopping easier as well as
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SAS ACQUIRES MARKETMAX IN MOVE TO DOMINATE RETAIL INTELLIGENCE MARKET Description: Latest acquisition affirms SAS commitment to retail space; highlights importance of planning, optimization and analytics for retailers
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Leading Global Retailer METRO Group Deploys MicroStrategy Platform Enterprise-Wide Description: 1,500 Employees Assessing Sales, Merchandise & Marketing Information
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eBay outpaces all others in visits to apparel and beauty web sites Description: eBay outpaces all others in visits to apparel and beauty web sites EBay.com led all retail web sites in the number of unique visitors to apparel and beauty destinations, with
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ValueClick to acquire Commission Junction in deal valued at $58 million Description: ValueClick to acquire Commission Junction in deal valued at $58 million In a move that will double the size of its affiliate marketing division, ValueClick Inc. will acquire
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Online sales growth slows to 8% for week ending Oct. 5 Description: Online sales growth slows to 8% for week ending Oct. 5 Growth in online retail spending slowed for the week ending Oct. 5, increasing only 8% vs. the corresponding week a year
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Comparison shopping sites gaining in popularity Description: Comparison shopping sites gaining in popularity 16% of active US Internet users shopped at comparison sites in August, says new research from Nielsen/NetRatings. Shopping.com
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GO TOAST Offers Holiday Shopping Promotion for Online Advertisers Description: Holiday Sales Package Offers Free Tools and Access to Estimated $20 Billion* in Online Holiday Sales Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Annual Conference
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iPhrase Offers Comprehensive Site Search Analysis Report for Customer-Facing Web Applications Description: Free Analysis Identifies Areas of Improvement and Details How Advanced Search and Navigation Technology Can Reduce Customer Service and Support Costs
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A Bright Idea Description: Shining a light into the kiosk market; how one retailer made kiosks work
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Retailers examine a refinement in Visa`s chargeback rules Description: The issue of chargebacks for online retailers has been contentious, with retailers looking for ways to make themselves less vulnerable to customers who disavow their transactions and the banks looking to protect themselves from what they see as a high-risk environment. Thus it was no surprise that merchants were on the defensive when Visa announced it is reducing the level of chargebacks at which it would impose fines on retailers.
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Making Demands Description: Consumers want a richer experienceand retailers better be ready to deliver
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Marketers wrestle with how to make e-mail more effective Description: Just as marketers are embracing e-mail as an effective promotional tool, spam concerns are hampering e-mails effectiveness. Thus many marketers turn to outsourced solutions where e-mail experts can help them overcome the complexities of dealing with spam filters and employ best practices in market segmentation. Jupiter Research surveyed e-mail marketers in June about whether they outsourced, what their experience has been with outsourcing vs. in-house and what would drive them to outsourcing. Heres what Jupiter says in its report The State of e-Mail Marketing: Perfecting the Appropriate Mix of Art and Science.
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The resurrection of Napster--as a legitimate service Description: The resurrection of Napster--as a legitimate service Napster, which occupied the center of a storm over unauthorized music file-swapping, is going legit. Roxio Inc., which
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QRS Appoints Ray Rike to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations Description: Collaborative Commerce Industry Veteran to Drive Expansion of QRS Solutions Globally
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Marshall Fields welcomes yahoos to its State Street store Description: People dont usually associate the upscale Chicago department store Marshall Fields with yahoos, which the dictionary describes as a boorish, crass or stupid person. But both Fields and Yahoo Inc,. the Internet services company, are hoping consumers will make that connectionand that it will pay off for both.
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: Taking the hassles and mystery out of supply chain technology Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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RightNow Deployed Internationally by Nikon to Provide World-Class Integrated Customer Service Description: Industry Leader Taps Award-Winning Hosted Solution as Strategic Platform for Integrated Phone, Email, and Web-Based Service and Support
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When electronic doesnt mean Internet Description: Each September, the Electronic Retailing Association hosts its annual conference, a gathering of professionals who pioneered the first generation of electronic retailingthe now ubiquitous infomercials broadcast over radio and television. These direct-response TV marketers of health and beauty aids, exercise machines and kitchen utensils are a lively bunch of entrepreneurs known for their hucksterism on the airwaves.
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The Latest Flash Description: How retailers control web site rich media to increase conversion rates
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Rewarding Experience Description: Drugstore.coms marketers keep trying til they get loyalty programs that will lure customers
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Measuring the effectiveness of contextual ads Description: It sounds like a good ideaplace ads in the context of contentso when a consumer is reading about the White Sox at a news site, for instance, a link to buy White Sox merchandise appears nearby. Google started such a service earlier this year. But a study by marketing services firm NewGate Internet says the reality isnt living up to the concept. The contextual ads we tried for our clients showed very poor conversion rates, says Tom Dugan, president of NewGate. Google begs to differ.
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Palliser kicks off B2B program Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The new realism of web site design Description: Creating retail web sites that sell
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Getting Personal Description: Livening up online customer service: How live chat increases satisfaction and reduces costs
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Digging out Content Description: Product info is gold to retailers, but finding it is challenging
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The balancing act in affiliate management Description: Where is the tipping point between DIY and hiring outside muscle?
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What are retailers buying? Online searches provide some answers Description: What are retailers buying? Online searches provide some answers One of the benefits of doing business on the Internet is that with the right technology, marketers can find what
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Getting Tough Description: Running fast with web site security to stay ahead of the bad guys
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