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THE GOLFWORKS SELECTS COMMERCIALWARE`S MULTI-CHANNEL RETAIL SOLUTIONS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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KURANT LAUNCHES THE NEXT GENERATION OF STORESENSE FEATURING DATA INTEGRATION WITH QUICKBOOKS PRO® 2003 PRODUCTS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Advanced Data Exchange Scores with Gart Sports Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ReturnBuy branches onto its own web site Description: ReturnBuy branches onto its own web site Returns and overstock online liquidation company ReturnBuy Inc. has launched a new web site focused on returned and surplus consumer
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Thirty states approve a plan for Internet sales tax Description: Thirty states approve a plan for Internet sales tax Representatives of 30 states and the District of Columbia took a significant step yesterday toward getting billions of dollars
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Commission Junction promotes Jeff Pullen to CEO Description: Commission Junction promotes Jeff Pullen to CEO Commission Junction Inc., provider of pay-for-performance marketing services, has added CEO duties to president Jeff Pullens
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Dooney & Bourke Upgrades Dooney.com In Time for Holiday Shopping Demand With RichFX`s Instant Color Change and Zoom Technologies Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Communication works in targeting youth market, Buckle.com says Description: Communication works in targeting youth market, Buckle.com says Specialty apparel retailer Buckle Inc.s Buckle.com reports that communication with its 12-24-year-old customers is
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MULTIMEDIA LIVE LAUNCHES FULL-FEATURED E-COMMERCE WEBSITE FOR PETEDGE, THE LEADING PET SUPPLY CATALOGER Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SPS rolls out a web-based system to automate private label production Description: SPS rolls out a web-based system to automate private label production Private label brands are growing in importance to retailers as they provide a higher margin and allow a
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NetLert Communication Readies New N-Contact Product for Marketplace Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Managing digital assets to save time and cost Description: Managing digital assets to save time and cost If retailers think they have a problem with web-site images, they should look at automakers. Automakers sites are some of the most
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Sportsmans Guide web sales grow 46% in first 9 months Description: Sportsmans Guide web sales grow 46% in first 9 months Internet sales at The Sportsman`s Guide Inc. accounted for 30% of the companys total sales in the third quarter, reaching
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WALMART.COM SELECTS ANALYTIC APPLICATIONS FROM BUSINESS OBJECTS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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How Buy.com trimmed customer support costs by $5 million a year Description: How Buy.com trimmed customer support costs by $5 million a year Buy.com reduced its customer service costs by more than $5 million over the past year with an outsourced solution
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Meijer Chooses QRS Exchange(TM) to Automate Business Processes and Lower Costs Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Direct marketers boost e-mail and EC spending while hunkering down in CRM Description: Direct marketers boost e-mail and EC spending while hunkering down in CRM Direct marketers plan to boost their spending in the fourth quarter on e-mail marketing, customer
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Valero and CheckFree i-Solutions Will Offer Customers Choice of Multiple Online Billing and Payment Options Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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How constant monitoring can prevent holiday performance problems Description: How constant monitoring can prevent holiday performance problems Christmas is just six weeks off, and retailers hopes for happy holidays online could backfire if systems arent
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NONSTOP Solutions Introduces Open Platforms Version for the Demand Network Suite Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A free-returns policy boosts Altrec`s customer loyalty Description: A free-returns policy boosts Altrec`s customer loyalty A free returns policy at Altrec.com, a retail recreational sports site, has increased customer loyalty, Tim Shannon,
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Scott Blum Announces Advisory Board for New Venture Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Hooked on Phonics gets hooked on analytics Description: Hooked on Phonics gets hooked on analytics Hooked on Phonics, a seller of educational products, has more than doubled its online sales as the result of a re-design, the company
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New Class of Merchants Description: On the web, if it looks like a retailer, walks like a retailer, its a retailer--even if its a non-profit
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A Treasure Trove of Data Description: Retailers` restricted budgets are creating a growing market for outsourced analytics
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Credit to the Web Description: With credit card processing, retailers find yet another way to use the Internet
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The Webs Attic Description: They haven`t grabbed a lot of headlines, but data storage systems are getting hot
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E-retailings latest hazard: Patent lawsuits Description: Who controls how a retailer processes shopping and payment transactions on a web site?
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Getting Connected Description: Extending the supply chain to small suppliers can reap big rewards
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One Small Step Description: In our anonymous society, the biggest challenge is knowing who your customer is
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When a web-based store is not a virtual store Description: Much like retailers use the web to collaborate with suppliers, some are turning to the web to manage store development. And just as product development time shortens when supplier and retailer collaborate on the web, so does store development time. In fact, Office Depot Inc. says it expects a web-based store development collaboration system from e-Builder Inc. to cut 60 days from the typical 12- to 18-month store development cycle.
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eBags learns to leverage what it knows and others dont Description: EBags Inc., one of the survivors among dot-com retailers, is taking a lesson from one of the other major survivors. Last month, upscale luggage manufacturer and retailer Tumi Inc. launched a web site powered by eBags Technology Services, a new subsidiary of online luggage and bag retailer eBags. The launch of Tumi.com marks the debut of eBags as a developer of web sites for other retailers, much the way that Amazon.com Inc. develops and maintains sites for other retailers.
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Multi-channel retailing and the Internet Description: Anyone who has watchedeven from afarthe developments in retailing in the past several years understands that the dominant theme for retailers in the 21st Century is the importance of operating and integrating multiple channels of merchandising. Maintaining multiple merchandising channels reinforces the retailers brand, responds to the consumers desire to shop when and how it suits her, and rewards retailers with increased sales and customer loyalty.
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Who responds to e-mails? Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Taking the bite out of selling bulk dog food: Charge extra for shipping Description: One of the stories that has entered the lore of failed dot-com retailers is that shipping bulky dog food was one of the things that did in Pets.com. But thats not keeping Drs. Foster & Smith Inc., which derives a third of its revenue from DrsFosterSmith.com, from adding dog and cat food to its site and catalog.
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Sears looks for Lands Ends big push Description: The power of Lands End web know-how and high-end apparel has Sears charting a course for direct-merchandising diversity.
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HTML vs. Text Description: Marketers can create beautiful e-mails, but sometimes functionality trumps prettiness
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GroceryGateway makes the centralized distribution model work Description: The boom-and-bust cycle of the dot-com era has been particularly hard on pure-play online grocers, resulting most notably in the fast rise and fall of Webvan Group Inc. One of Webvans downfalls was the lack of a fulfillment infrastructure to support its aggressive marketing. But in Toronto, GroceryGateway Inc. has found a formula based on a steady build-up of infrastructure that the company says has contributed to its more than doubling since it began operating in 1999.
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More Turmoil In the Job Market Description: Uncertainty in IT jobs is drawing experienced techies to retail
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: The Coming Boom in E-Retailing Fulfillment Services Description: Through the end of September, online sales volume is up 30% over last year to $29.7 billion. And that growth is expected to at least hold, if not accelerate, through the end of the year. At that rate, U.S. consumers will spend $44 billion online this year, comScore Media Metrix projects. And at Media Metrixs average of $105 per purchase, that translates into nearly 420 million orders. Thats a lot of packages.
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Wal-Mart forces small suppliers into new round of web-based supply chain standards Description: Small suppliers have typically resisted moving to the Internet for supply chain collaboration. Now if they supply Wal-Mart Stores Inc., they wont have a choice.
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Interwoven and MediaBin Deliver Solution for Collaborative Rich Media Publishing Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Strolling through a malls e-mail marketing efforts Description: Strolling through a malls e-mail marketing efforts Shopping malls searching for ways to gather e-mail addresses as a way to harness the Internet for marketing can start by
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Speedera and TrueSpectra team up in an image deal Description: Speedera and TrueSpectra team up in an image deal Content delivery network Speedera Networks Inc. and image management provider TrueSpectra Inc. are teaming up to offer the
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UPS Sets U.S. Shipping Rates For 2003 Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Coremetrics lands new funding Description: Coremetrics lands new funding Burlingame, CA-based Coremetrics Inc., a provider of web site marketing analytics services, has secured $9 million in funding from Accel Partners
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Radio Shacks in-store web-access kiosks go broadband Description: Radio Shacks in-store web-access kiosks go broadband Radio Shack, unhappy with the quality and slow response times on customer-accessed Internet terminals in its stores, is
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Matalan Gears up for Further Growth with Manhattan Associates` Leading Extended Supply Chain Execution Solutions Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The most dynamic home page on the web Description: The most dynamic home page on the web Whos got the fastest-changing retail home page on the web? Qvc.com is a contender. The front page of the web site of home shopping network
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Upscale consumers will lead in increasing online purchases this holiday Description: Upscale consumers will lead in increasing online purchases this holiday As more American households go online, theres been a great deal of focus on the mass-marketizing of
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