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Back-to-school pushes quarterly sales up 93% year-to-year at eBags Description: Back-to-school pushes quarterly sales up 93% year-to-year at eBags Thanks largely to a back-to-school merchandising section it introduced in early July, eBags.coms sales are up
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RFID lands in the crosshairs of privacy groups Description: Groups concerned about threats to personal privacy are taking aim at RFID tags. Beth Givens, founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, argued at a hearing before the California State Senate recently that, by placing RFID tags on individual products, RFID users could infringe on personal privacy by combining personal identification with product data at the point of sale and by tracking products after they leave a store.
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Overstock goes for a big, national ad campaign Description: Overstock goes for a big, national ad campaign Trying to make itself a household name, Overstock.com Inc. is undertaking a nationwide, multi-million-dollar advertising campaign.
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Wines online future may be settled by an appeals court Description: Ambitious vineyards have long sought ways of expanding their markets. Many are too small to afford the effort to get the wines into liquor distributors, and so they did what they could: most opened wine tasting rooms, listed their operations on wine country tours and many adopted mail order operations. When the Internet came along, many thought they had found their outlet.
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Holiday online spending will hit $17.77 billion, eMarketer predicts Description: Holiday online spending will hit $17.77 billion, eMarketer predicts Another researcher has weighed in with fourth quarter predictions of online consumer retail spending. New
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A short-term trade-off at Yahoo could mean long-term benefit, analyst says Description: A short-term trade-off at Yahoo could mean long-term benefit, analyst says Yahoo may be trading short-term revenue for long-term opportunity with its new Yahoo Shopping offering,
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NetSuite Goes International Description: NetSuite, Oracle Small Business Suite are fully localized for UK market
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How Dell.com cut down on calls to call center by listening to customers Description: How Dell.com cut down on calls to call center by listening to customers To provide a smoother shopping experience that has cut down on calls to its customer service call center,
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UPS "PRODUCT PROVIDER PROGRAM" EXTENDING REACH OF BROWN`S TECHNOLOGY Description: Software Developers Embedding OnLine Tools for Shipping
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FreshDirect combines survey data, site analytics to know customers better Description: FreshDirect combines survey data, site analytics to know customers better FreshDirect, an online grocery service for the New York City metropolitan area, is boosting sales by
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PayPal extends its market ambitions with CyberSource agreement Description: PayPal extends its market ambitions with CyberSource agreement PayPal, the online payment mechanism owned by eBay Inc. and closely associated with sellers at eBay.com, is
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How analytics backs up the human cross-sell decisions at Timberland Description: How analytics backs up the human cross-sell decisions at Timberland Human knowledge works best when it comes to offering cross-sells online, but it works even better when
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Equilibrium Launches MediaRich Server for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 as Digital Asset Management for Enterprise Workgroups Description: New Equilibrium MediaRich Server for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 extends Microsoft Office 2003s collaborative experience with brand management and image automation
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InFocus learns how to sell on the web as a manufacturer Description: InFocus learns how to sell on the web as a manufacturer When it realized that retail stores would not produce the sales growth it desired, InFocus Corp. decided to start selling
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New offering from Omniture, Speedera blends analytics with content delivery Description: New offering from Omniture, Speedera blends analytics with content delivery Content delivery services manage web site performance, availability and system security; analytics
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Web sales set the pace at Sharper Image Description: Web sales set the pace at Sharper Image Internet sales growth paced Sharper Image Corp.s growth in September and the first eight months of this year, growing 44% for both
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Analytics pave the way for improved site merchandising at CollectiblesToday Description: Analytics pave the way for improved site merchandising at CollectiblesToday A switch from an internally-driven system that read log files to collect site data to the data
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Keynote Announces Siebel Validation, Joins Siebel Alliance Program Description: Integration of Test Perspective with Siebel 7 Allows Customers to Cost-Effectively Use Pay-as-You-Go Service to Load Test Siebel eBusiness Applications
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Potentially Staggering Losses for Online Retailers, According to Keynote Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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LivePerson Technology Provides Real-Time Sales Assistance for Online Customers of HPs Imaging and Printing Solutions Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Proportion of online buyers continues to inch up Description: Proportion of online buyers continues to inch up The proportion of online consumers who have bought something online grew 4.3% from Q3 last year to this, says the latest Consumer
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Manufacturers web visitors are motivated buyers, says Channel Intelligence Description: Manufacturers web visitors are motivated buyers, says Channel Intelligence While the typical sales conversion rate for retail web sites is about 2%, retailers are realizing
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Online education handles ongoing employee training at The Brick stores Description: Online education handles ongoing employee training at The Brick stores With 70 stores, The Brick is Canadas largest volume retailer of home furnishings, bedding, appliances,
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CardinalCommerce Partners With TransFirst Description: Large Merchant Services Provider Will Deploy Cardinal Centinel
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Talisma and Pivotal Announce Plans to Merge; Oak Investment Partners Purchases Pivotal Corporation Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Pathmark Implements Industry-Leading Initiative Using UCCnet Services Description: Synchronization Services to Enhance Relationships with Suppliers and Improve Supply Chain Efficiencies
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Amazon, Microsoft push new era in web-services-based commerce Description: Amazon, Microsoft push new era in web-services-based commerce In what some experts are saying is a major development in the way consumers will access the web, Amazon.com Inc. and
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L.L. Bean rolls out site relaunch in time for the holidays Description: L.L. Bean rolls out site relaunch in time for the holidays L.L. Bean has rolled out new shopping features and faster checkout among the enhancements to LLBean.com in its first
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How cross-selling has boosted Levengers sales Description: How cross-selling has boosted Levengers sales Since Levenger Inc. began promoting cross-sells online a little over a year ago, both the average value of an order and the average
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EXE Technologies Announces Application Deliveries Deployed Using IBM WebSphere Portal, Application Server Technologies Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Sales OnLine Direct`s aiSeller(TM) Enhancements Expedite Online Auction Checkout Via PayPal for Buyers & Sellers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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AOL strengthens ties with Google to meet users growing demand for search Description: AOL strengthens ties with Google to meet users growing demand for search Recognizing its users growing desire to search instead of surf for what they want at AOL.com, America
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Newgistics to Provide the SmartLabel Return Service for Swell Description: Southern California Surf Retailer Enhances Customer Shopping Experience with Newgistics SmartLabel
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New HP site to offer discounted computer products to WWRE members Description: New HP site to offer discounted computer products to WWRE members Hewlett-Packard Co. and the WorldWide Retail Exchange are launching the OneStop IT Shop, a computer technology
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Consumer Electronics Leader Crutchfield Corporation Tunes Into Real Availability From TeaLeaf Technology Description: Consumer Electronics Leader Thwarts Attempted Credit Card Fraud Using IntegriTea
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BANTA DEBUTES INTERACTIVE MARKETING SUITE FOR DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE MARKETERS AT ANNUAL DMA CONFERENCE Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Crutchfield pushes training to call center reps in new e-learning effort Description: Crutchfield pushes training to call center reps in new e-learning effort Online training for retail employees is a Holy Grail-in theory, it can save retailers time and cost over
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YANTRA 5x DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED SCALABILITY IN EXECUTING ORDER FULFILLMENT PROCESSES Description: Benchmark Tests Simulate 24-hour Retail Clock and Unique Order Fulfillment Processes such as Audio and Ring Tone Downloads
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UPS ACCELERATES FLOW OF PACKAGES AROUND THE UNITED STATES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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BizRate Teams With Yahoo! Small Business to help small businesses reach new customers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online retail sales up 15% for week ending Sept. 28 Description: Online retail sales up 15% for week ending Sept. 28 Online retail sales growth slowed a bit for the week ending Sept. 28, growing 15% to $934 million from $810 million for the
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E-mail list cleaning boosts click-through, open and order ratios at Iomega Description: E-mail list cleaning boosts click-through, open and order ratios at Iomega When digital storage product manufacturer and direct marketer Iomega Corp. pulled management of its
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eBay leads shopping destinations again Description: eBay leads shopping destinations again EBay was the top online shopping destination the week ending Sept, 21, with 14.4 million unique visitors, Nielsen/NetRatings reports. No. 2
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Noodles & Company Selects Cognos ReportNet as Reporting Standard Description: Rapidly expanding fresh-food casual restaurant looks to Cognos ReportNet to support further growth plans throughout North America
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TeaLeaf Technology Redefines Web Site Availability Description: Web Application Management Leader Dismisses System Uptime and Performance as Misleading and Outdated Indicators of Application Reliability
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Consider geography when it comes to Internet ads, says new research Description: Consider geography when it comes to Internet ads, says new research Internet users in different areas of the country showed decidedly different attitudes to online advertising
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The newest wrinkle in online sales tax debate: Tying it to Bush tax cuts Description: The newest wrinkle in online sales tax debate: Tying it to Bush tax cuts The Bush tax cuts should be taken into account when debating the Internet sales tax issue, Colorado Gov.
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MicroStrategy and CRS Retail Systems Enter Strategic Alliance Description: Retailers Will Benefit From Enhanced Loss Prevention, CRM, & Sales Analysis
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20 states pass legislation to support online sales tax collection Description: 20 states pass legislation to support online sales tax collection Twenty states have passed sales tax legislation to support the Streamlined Sales Tax and Use Agreement, a
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