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MALLORY AND CHURCH REDUCES CHARGEBACKS, IMPROVES COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING WITH BLUECHERRY ENTERPRISE SUITE
Description: Invests in 2-Year Review Before Selecting BlueCherry to Replace Legacy Back Office System to Improve Efficiency, Compliance and Supply Chain Management
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Visa says e-commerce debit card volume hits $8.9 billion
Description: Visa says e-commerce debit card volume hits $8.9 billion The continuing growth of electronic commerce is helping to drive up use of debit cards, which deduct funds directly from
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Overture Services says new online content ad program key to its growth
Description: Overture Services says new online content ad program key to its growth Joining a new market started by rival Google, Overture Services Inc. expects its new Content Match ad
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LivePerson hopes live chat will pick up where telemarketing leaves off
Description: LivePerson hopes live chat will pick up where telemarketing leaves off With the popular National Do Not Call Registry about to block out millions of phone numbers from
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Buy.coms BuyMagazine ditches print and goes all-digital
Description: Buy.coms BuyMagazine ditches print and goes all-digital BuyMagazine, the direct response magazine of online discount retailer Buy.com, has gone digital. Buy this week replaced
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Saab Cars USA, Inc. Increases Online Viewership Using Scene7 PlatformSaab Cars USA, Inc. Increases Online Viewership Using Scene7 Platform
Description: Saab adds Scene7 "dynamic zoom and pan" to highlight product details
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HSN.Com Right Clicks On AT&T For Web Hosting
Description: Online Retailer Cites Need for Reliability and Service Continuity
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E-mail stays popular with marketers, but takes a hit from spam filters
Description: E-mail stays popular with marketers, but takes a hit from spam filters E-mail marketing remains popular with marketers, but its taking a hit from spam blockers, according to
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Marshall Fields to open an in-store Yahoo boutique
Description: Marshall Fields to open an in-store Yahoo boutique Among the 500 new brands becoming available next week at the showcase Marshall Fields department store on Chicagos State
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Omaha Steaks launches e-mail gift reminder service as sales rise
Description: Omaha Steaks launches e-mail gift reminder service as sales rise Omaha Steaks Internationals OmahaSteaks.com is on pace to show a double-digit percentage growth in sales this
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GenuOne Delivers Industry`s First Unit-Level Product Tracking Software Engine for RFID Systems and Other Tagging Technologies
Description: TraceGuard V2.5 tracking and supply chain integrity system provides RFID and barcode users unit level tracking beyond traditional pick, pack and shipping operations
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Googles AdSense online content ads put to a test
Description: Googles AdSense online content ads put to a test The effectiveness of Googles AdSense online content ads came into question recently when marketing services firm NewGate
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Supersizing Search
Description: Search is e-retailings newest path to gold, but mapping out the right route is more complicated than ever.
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Another big target lands in the sites of a patent suit
Description: Some of the biggest names in online retailing have used web site personalization to differentiate their online shopping experience from their competitors, none more so than Amazon.com Inc.
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The New Look
Description: Best Buy and Macys go to the source to see what customers want in web site designs
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Whats In Store
Description: How extending a web strategy to the POS is giving some retailers an edge
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Former WalMart.com exec Neil Day joins product data technology company
Description: Former WalMart.com exec Neil Day joins product data technology company Neil Day, former senior vice president and CIO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.s WalMart.com, has joined Mountain
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ACE HARDWARE NAILS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE WITH INFORMATICA
Description: Industry-leading retailer leverages PowerCenter data integration software to improve product assortment, optimize pricing and build customer loyalty
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Three execs fill David Dyers shoes at Lands End/Sears
Description: When former Lands End CEO David F. Dyer left Sears, Roebuck and Co. to rescue apparel company Tommy Hilfiger last month, he left a void in three positions: CEO of the Lands End apparel unit, executive vice president and general manager of Sears Customer Direct; and the same position at its Great Indoors home furnishings business.
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Now playing: Netflix shows how to be new-age web entrepreneur
Description: With an emerging brand, a patented business process and a rising stock price, Netflix leads the nascent online DVD rental market
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Challenge and Response
Description: Spam filters change the marketing game, but a little creativity can beat them
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Circle K finds profit in its web kiosk program
Description: Its the bane of the small-footprint store: Figuring out how to increase profits by offering more products and services that appeal to new as well as existing customers, while leaving room for customers to shop.
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First half of 03: Hard to repeat last years growth
Description: Online retail sales were up 15% in the first half of this year vs. first half of last year, reports comScore Networks Inc.s Media Metrix division, reaching $22.7 billion. While impressive growth, its only half of last years first-half growth rate of 29%. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department reported online sales growth in the first half of 27%. ComScore says the difference is the result of the Commerce Department including auto sales in its numbers. Channel shift is happening in online travel sales as well, with first half travel bookings up 34% vs. a year ago. Heres comScores story about online retail and travel activity in the first half:
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Its online ads go dark, and TechnoScout learns that web ads work
Description: The great thing about online advertising is that marketers can see how many times consumers click on ads and how much time they spend viewing them. But if an online campaign coincides with large campaigns in other media, including print and radio, a marketer can have a tough time separating online advertisings effect on sales from offlines.
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: Getting ready for Christmasand preparing for the post-Christmas rush of returns
Description: With fulfillment uppermost on retailers minds as the Christmas shopping season approaches, many retailers are looking even beyond Christmas. As surely as New Years follows Christmas, some of those packages that go out are going to come back. And retailers are constantly looking for ways to make that process less painful for both themselves and their customers.
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DigitalThink raises $10 million in new financing
Description: DigitalThink raises $10 million in new financing E-learning company DigitalThink Inc. has received $10 million in new funding through a private placement of 4.16 million shares
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BIG LOTS SELECTS G-LOG FOR GLOBAL LOGISTICS INITIATIVES
Description: Single System Provides Visibility and Optimization of All Shipments for Large Retailer
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Stepping up from store to call center
Description: Stepping up from store to call center The most talented store sales associates in the 44 stores of multi-channel lighting product retailer Lamps Plus dont always stay in the
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CLUB MED SAILS THROUGH ITS PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT WITH PINDAR SYSTEMS AGILITY
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ProfitLogic acquires Spotlight Solutions in price optimization market
Description: ProfitLogic acquires Spotlight Solutions in price optimization market Retail price optimization technology provider ProfitLogic has acquired Spotlight Solutions in a merger that
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Eye on returns
Description: Retailers are learning that a good returns policy is good for business
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Mrs. Got-Rocks is as demanding online as she is offline--with greater risk
Description: The big-spending customer who expects a higher level of handholding in return is one of retails entrenched stereotypes. Turns out theres a parallel in the online world, where customers who have the highest income and spend the most react more negatively to customer service they perceive as sub-par, according to new findings from Jupiter Research.
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GLOBAL EXCHANGE SERVICES INTRODUCES COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SUITE FOR THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
Description: Solutions Help Customers Comply with New Retail Mandates and Streamline Business Processes, Resulting in Faster Product Introduction and Increased Invoice Accuracy
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No. 1 on CEOs minds at eTail show: Finding the funding
Description: No surprise here: The biggest challenge that a panel of CEOs at eTail 2003 East in August identified as facing todays online retailers is no money for new projects. And they were surprisingly candid in what theyre asking their employees to do as a result. We want to continue to grow our business 100% year over year and its hard to do that while maintaining employee morale and commitment, said panelist Jon Nordmark, president, CEO and chairman of eBags Inc. We are asking for that growth and telling people they arent going to get resources to do it.
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Ways to pay
Description: An old ideahouse creditplays a new role in 21st Century shopping
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Briggs & Stratton Generates Powerful Information Using ForeSee Results Research
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A Juggling Feat
Description: Undaunted by their lack of resources or web knowledge, owners of small retail sites tackle (many) big issues
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Moving Up
Description: E-retailers opinion of their industry improves, but still lags consumers opinion
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While pushing RFID, Wal-Mart asks for a little help from rivals
Description: When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. speaks, other retailers listen. But its not often that the worlds largest retailer reveals its technology strategies and plans. In the case of Wal-Marts aggressive plans to roll out RFID technology, however, the big merchant is really opening its mouth.
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To measure is to improve
Description: The industrys best web merchants are forever measuring thingsconversion rates, e-mail click-through rates, site navigation routes, entry and exit pages, traffic from affiliate and search engine marketing programs, and page load and visit times. Since its beginning, the web-based retailing industry has become a haven for measurement maniacs.
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DollarDays.com reworks inventory to land high in search results
Description: DollarDays.com reworks inventory to land high in search results When Dollar Days Internationals DollarDays.com noticed a run on candles last week, the wholesaler quickly created
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: In the online sales tax debate, How has replaced Whether.
Description: Technology increasingly solves the complexities of tax collection and payment
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POPULARITY OF HOSTED CRM APPLICATIONS CONTINUES TO GROW, ACCORDING TO NEW ABERDEEN GROUP REPORT
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A small number of users download the most music, a new survey shows
Description: A small number of users download the most music, a new survey shows The music industrys strategy of aiming suits at a small group of Internet users who download music from web
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In Canada, web influence outstrips online sales, Forrester says
Description: In Canada, web influence outstrips online sales, Forrester says Canada lags the U.S. in the penetration of online purchasing, according to new data from Forrester Research Inc.,
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DollarDays.com August sales up 350% over year-ago
Description: DollarDays.com August sales up 350% over year-ago Riding growth among independent small retailers, August sales at general merchandise wholesaler Dollar Days Internationals
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Overture Launches in the Netherlands; Leadership in Commercial Search Strengthened Through Further European Expansion
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Krispy Kreme Improves Online Employee Education
Description: Doughnut Maker Adopts Innovative Training Technology From Productivity Point to Educate Employees Worldwide
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Duane Reade improves margins with web-based demand management
Description: Duane Reade improves margins with web-based demand management Duane Reade, a New York-based chain of 237 drugstores, is implementing DemandTec Inc.s DemandTec 3 web-based demand
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Henkel Consumer Adhesives Selects Manhattan Associates` Supply Chain Execution Solutions
Description: Maker of Duck Tape Chooses Manhattan Associates` TPM, TMS and WMS Application Suites to Automate its Supply Chain
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