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How Sears Canada`s fulfillment network supports rising web sales Description: How Sears Canada`s fulfillment network supports rising web sales Sears Canada Inc. is reporting strong growth in web sales, which rose 27% last year to $120 million from $94
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KIMBERLY-CLARK IMPLEMENTS STERLING COMMERCE`S GENTRAN INTEGRATION SUITE TO INCREASE INTERNAL EFFICIENCIES AND CUSTOMER COLLABORATION Description: Data Synchronization and Automation of Information Flow Speeds Time-to-Market and Improves Order Quality
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Growth of e-retailing hinges on the last mile, consultant says Description: Growth of e-retailing hinges on the last mile, consultant says When looking at potential growth for online retailing, most analysts look at the number of consumers who are
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Barewalls.com fulfills its largest orders for international customers Description: Barewalls.com fulfills its largest orders for international customers One surprising thing about international sales at Barewalls.com is that foreign customers tend to buy in
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Cooking.com automates rate shopping for shipping costs Description: Cooking.com automates rate shopping for shipping costs With orders taking off-it averages 5,000 to 7,000 shipments daily during peak holiday months--Cooking.com recently decided
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Keeping the promise to customers Description: Keeping the promise to customers The web site of multi-channel clothing retailer and manufacturer Mens Warehouse promises same-day order fulfillment, with the operation picking,
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At Sharper Image, foreign-based facilities assist global fulfillment Description: At Sharper Image, foreign-based facilities assist global fulfillment For the Sharper Image Corp., which maintains 10 web sites for foreign markets, placing some of its
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Progressive Distribution announces 4th generation of Channel Manager Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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DigitalThink To Expand Simulation Capabilities For Custom E-Learning Courseware Description: DigitalThink Acquires Innovative Simulation Provider Horn Interactive
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FigLeaves.com plans global warehouse network Description: FigLeaves.com plans global warehouse network UK-based FigLeaves.com is growing so quickly in foreign markets that it plans to launch several warehouses to support fulfillment in
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CyberSource Announces First Quarter 2003 Financial Results Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SEARCHFEED.COM PAID CONTENT INCORPORATED ON ADDRESSES.COM Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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With Sparks.com acquisition, Flax hopes to create incremental sales Description: With Sparks.com acquisition, Flax hopes to create incremental sales Brisbane, CA-based Flax Art & Design has acquired card and gift retailer Sparks.com. Flax plans to offer Flax
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SPSS Inc. Announces General Availability of NetGenesis 6.0 Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Staples Implements iPhrase Making it Easier For Customers To Shop for Office Essentials Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Kinko`s rolls out wi-fi Internet access in more than 1,000 stores Description: Kinko`s rolls out wi-fi Internet access in more than 1,000 stores Kinko`s Inc. is joining Starbucks Coffee Co. and Borders Group Inc. in making high-speed wireless fidelity
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Bombay launches retail web site for Canada Description: Bombay launches retail web site for Canada Home furnishings retailer The Bombay Co. Inc. has launched the Canadian retail web site Bombay.ca. "Regardless of international
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Fraud complaints to an Internet watchdog group triple in one year Description: Fraud complaints to an Internet watchdog group triple in one year For the third year in a row, web watchdog group the Internet Fraud Complaint Center logged in more complaints in
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Books/music/videos category leads in online ad spending Description: Books/music/videos category leads in online ad spending Retailers of books, music and videos spent $3.1 billion to advertise their products online last holiday season, a rise of
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FINDWHAT.COM ANNOUNCES NEW AUTOMATED BIDDING TOOL - AUTOBID Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Caswell-Massey Builds on its Tradition of Quality and Service With a New Website Powered by MarketLive(tm) Express Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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New revenue management systems already paying off for retailers, AMR says Description: New revenue management systems already paying off for retailers, AMR says A new crop of web-based retail revenue management technology is already improving profit margins for
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TRIGO ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS, DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED GLOBAL SUCCESS Description: Trigo Customers Benefit from Increased Revenues and Decreased Costs; Unilever Confirms Product Information Management is a Strategic Differentiator For Global 1000 Companies
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AllRetailJobs.com doubles its listings Description: AllRetailJobs.com doubles its listings AllRetailJobs.com in the past year has increased its monthly job listings from 11,000 to 24,000, the company reported today. In addition,
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MasterCards online share gets a boost from a travel give-away Description: MasterCards online share gets a boost from a travel give-away Credit card companies are taking their battle for market share to the web with promotions and innovative deals with
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NewRoads appoints a new president Description: NewRoads appoints a new president NewRoads Inc., a provider of outsourced fulfillment and customer service, has named Pete Sinisgalli as president and CEO. Most recently, he was
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Overture Kicks Off 2003 International Expansion Description: New Search Services Center in Ireland Strengthens Company`s Market Leadership Position
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Publix to Use Elogex to Improve Logistics Performance Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Whos got the cookies? Description: Whos got the cookies? As more web users disable cookies over privacy concerns, shopping cart functionality may suffer, as TShirtKing.com discovered last year. Mountainair,
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COMMERCIALWARE INTRODUCES CWDIRECT 7.0 WITH POINT-OF-SALE INTEGRATION THROUGH CWSTORE Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Gap rolls out pricing optimization tool for all Gap division stores Description: Gap rolls out pricing optimization tool for all Gap division stores After a web-based pricing optimization software system helped improve profit margins in its Old Navy stores,
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Shop.org elects six new retail board members Description: Shop.org elects six new retail board members Shop.org, the National Retail Federation`s online division, has elected six new retail members and three new associate members to the
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Year-over-year online sales remain flat first week in April Description: Year-over-year online sales remain flat first week in April Online retail sales totaled $819 million for the week ending April 6, virtually unchanged from $817 million for the
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Victoria`s Secret beats the spam filters--one ISP at a time Description: Victoria`s Secret beats the spam filters--one ISP at a time Once bogged down by e-mail spam filters that were blocking too much of its marketing, apparel retailer Victoria`s
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December conversion rates climb to 4.3% at Overstock with dynamic tool Description: December conversion rates climb to 4.3% at Overstock with dynamic tool Overstock.coms conversion rate soared to 4.3% in December, more than 1,000 times an industry average of
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Where carmaker Honda speaks Spanish Description: Where carmaker Honda speaks Spanish American Honda Motor Co. Inc., manufacturer of a top-selling auto brand among U.S. Hispanics, is going online to extend its reach to the
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RiTA SERVER 2.0 DELIVERS NEW ROBUST TOOLS AND GREATER CONNECTIVITY Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Digital River Rolls Out Next-Generation Customer Service Center to Support its E-Commerce Outsourcing Platform Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Broadband to reach one third of U.S. households by 2005, says eMarketer Description: Broadband to reach one third of U.S. households by 2005, says eMarketer Broadband Internet will reach about one-third of U.S. households by 2005, according to new research from
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Harris Teeter to Improve Supply Chain Effectiveness Using viaLink Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Viewpoint Expands Relationship With Toyota Motor Sales Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Reminding customers about key dates boosts e-mail conversion rates Description: Reminding customers about key dates boosts e-mail conversion rates To send more effective e-mail marketing messages, there`s nothing like a customized reminder service, says Mark
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Eternal vigilance is the price of success--especially at retailers` web sites Description: Before Uzi Nitsan founded web performance monitoring software company Vertain Software two and a half years ago, he ran an online hotel reservations start-up. One day, after booking a new customer, Nitsan departed for a trade show in London. He returned to discover that his siteand his businesshad been down all weekend.
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Finally, 50 largest web sites have customer feedback option, survey says Description: Finally, 50 largest web sites have customer feedback option, survey says Most of the 50 heaviest visited web sites have a way to go before they provide state-of-the-art customer
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Multimedia Live Launches New E-Commerce Website for The J.L. Hammett Company Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The Internet transforms warehouse and distributionoften in subtle ways Description: The Internet may not have changed everything but its changing a lot, including traditional activities such as warehousing and distribution. Just as the Internet has sped the flow of information and diversified the availability of data, it is also changing the way retailers use warehouses and distribution centers to manage the flow of inventory. In fact, among the most significant impacts of the Internet may be its ability to improve the match between demand and inventory.
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Taking the measure of affiliate marketing networks Description: Affiliate marketing networks are getting huge, reports The AffStat2003 report on affiliate marketing programs. In fact, 47% of marketers who have affiliate programs have 1,000 or more affiliates, and 8% have more than 20,000. Yet while those affiliates are driving traffic, only 16% of marketers pay commissions in a month to 10% or more of their affiliates. Those are a few of metrics that author Shawn Collins of AffiliateManager.net reports from his survey of more than 100 affiliate managers from a cross-section of industries.
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Petco slashes customer acquisition costs with the right data Description: Petco slashes customer acquisition costs with the right data Pet gear retailer Petco Animal Supplies Inc. saw its web site conversions increase ninefold and its customer
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Analytics boost Discovery.coms search engine traffic by 300%, sales by 35% Description: Analytics boost Discovery.coms search engine traffic by 300%, sales by 35% The online store at media web site Discovery.com saw a 300% increase in shopper traffic it received
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The new call center agent Description: Wired consumers and tons of product data on the web create new challenges for customer service reps
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