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States make progress with streamlined tax laws that effect retailers
Description: States make progress with streamlined tax laws that effect retailers The effort to simplify tax laws which will clarify the issue of requiring sales tax for e-commerce is making
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The new frontier in search: Customized results
Description: The new frontier in search: Customized results One of the next frontiers in site search could be presenting customized search results based on what a retailer knows about the
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J. Crew and Spiegel both post 16% increases in web sales in March
Description: J. Crew and Spiegel both post 16% increases in web sales in March Internet sales at J. Crew Group Inc. were up 16% for the month that ended April 6 vs. the comparable week last
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The bulls eye approach to web search
Description: The bulls eye approach to web search The more specific a retailer can be in its keywords at search engines, the better the chances of converting shoppers to buyers, says Andy
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SmartBargains and J. Jill sign on with EasyAsk for site search
Description: SmartBargains and J. Jill sign on with EasyAsk for site search SmartBargains.com, a seller of high-end liquidated merchandise at bargain prices, and women`s retailer J. Jill are
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Sharp improves online visibility more than 300% with search optimization
Description: Sharp improves online visibility more than 300% with search optimization Search optimization has increased the online visibility of Sharp Electronics web site by 310% by
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Coldwater Creeks web sales equal 31% of all sales
Description: Coldwater Creeks web sales equal 31% of all sales A steep decline in Internet sales in the fourth quarter wasnt enough to offset the boom in its web sales for the balance of
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Allders plc Selects Retek 10
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Acquisition gives LookSmart search technology and listings revenue ability
Description: Acquisition gives LookSmart search technology and listings revenue ability San Francisco-based LookSmart, a company that does search-targeted marketing, has completed its
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Microsoft and Akamai Form Strategic Alliance To Develop New Edge Service Built on Microsoft .NET Platform
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SizeAppeal.com targets search function to help triple sales
Description: SizeAppeal.com targets search function to help triple sales SizeAppeal.coms expected tripling in sales (internetretailer.com, 4/8) will come in large part from improving the
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Speeding up a site`s entrance into search results
Description: Speeding up a site`s entrance into search results Retailers in growing numbers have been looking to paid search to help shoppers find their home and product pages online, at
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NETRATINGS ACQUIRES ADRELEVANCE FROM JUPITER MEDIA METRIX
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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LookSmart Introduces New Performance-Based Product to Meet the Needs of Small Businesses
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2002 Guide to Fulfillment Products and Services
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Commerce Department numbers say e-retailing grew 19% last year
Description: The definitive numbers are finally outand they show growth of online retailing at 2.5 times the rate of growth in retailing in general.
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The Case for an Internet Technology Recovery
Description: Last years recession was largely the result of a decline in business spending. It was nowhere more pronounced than in the information technology sector, and particularly in anything related to the Internet. Businesses, believing that a downturn in consumer confidence would result in lower demand for consumer goods in 2001, decided to cut back on technology investments, which made their economic prophecy self-fulfilling. Furthermore, corporate America had spent heavily on Internet and other information systems in the latter half of the 1990s, and not all of those investments produced the returns some executives were hoping for. So, about 18 months ago, senior managers decided they could afford a hiatus from information technology investment.
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Boosting basket size with virtual sales assistance
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Overture Names Senior Executives to Lead Technology, Human Resources and Editorial Divisions
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Telling online customers its on the shelf
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Into the Dustbin
Description: The throw-away approach to online credit card securityuse the number then discard it
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A Fitting Offer
Description: Why the web is suited for custom-fit apparel
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A better yardstick for measuring online ads effectiveness
Description: Fuzzy metrics have helped deflate enthusiasm for impression-based online advertising. But now Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. has launched a performance measurement tool that could pump online advertising back up. The research firms Internet advertising planning tool, based on Jupiters own consumer panel of 60,000 U.S. web users, applies the reach and frequency metric of offline media buying to the online environment.
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When searching is no longer enough
Description: A year ago, two competitors in the site search arena were battling it out for e-retailing market share. Mercado Software Inc., which had been marketing a product since 1999, and EasyAsk Inc., which had just placed its first site search products on retail web sites, were the major contenders in a market that has been searching for a more accurate way to present products to shoppers.
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CyberSource(R) Announces Details of New Patent-Pending Credit Card Fraud Scoring Technology
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Look down, look down that endless aisle
Description: How many ways can the web and stores be integrated? NetGrocer.com has created another example of how the two channels can support each other via a kiosk. And the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., New Englands largest food retailer and a division of Dutch company Royal Ahold, is helping NetGrocer prove the concept.
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Dumping the download
Description: Why its time for retailing e-mail marketers to detach from attachments
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Internet grocer SimonDelivers.com plans expansion
Description: Internet grocer SimonDelivers.com plans expansion With $21.3 million in new financing secured earlier this year, Internet grocer SimonDelivers.com is moving forward with plans to
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POS: The missing link in web-enabling stores.
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Springtime for dot-coms: Overstock plans an IPO
Description: Spring may be stirring for dot-coms in the long-dormant capital markets. Palo Alto, Calif.-based PayPal Inc. went public on Valentines Day. And last month, in one of the only other such moves by a dot-com in the past two years, Salt Lake City-based Overstock.com Inc. filed for an IPO. The company says it will use the proceeds from the $36.8 million it hopes to raise for debt reduction and expansion. Along the way, it may shed the bone-picker image it acquired in its earlier days for sourcing its online merchandise offerings from the inventory of failed Internet retailers.
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10 ways to increase profits
Description: Developing content that provides detailed information for consumers to make a buying decision.
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e-Dialog Names Marketing Veteran Gorski to EVP Role
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Beyond FAQs
Description: Hes only a bit map but customers love him anyway
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Equilibrium Announces MediaRich Image Server Integration with Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Answering questions the instant the online shopper asks them
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My Virtual Model arrives at a virtual mall
Description: Lane Bryant proved that plus-size women want the right fit when they shop online. In fact, 1,600 women a day create virtual models at LaneBryant.com to try on fashion before they go to the store to buy.
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Leading Brands Choose Be Free to Acquire Customers & Increases Sales
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Shoe Carnival is going online with Global Sports
Description: Shoe Carnival is going online with Global Sports Shoe Carnival, an Evansville, IN-based retailer of value-priced footwear and accessories, will go online using Global Sports Inc.
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Making e-retailing more real
Description: Three technologies have the potential to make online shopping more like real-world shopping:
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800.coms number comes up
Description: It seemed that all the dot-com pure-play retailers who are going to die have done so. There hadnt been a high-profile demise in some timeuntil February. Thats when 4-year-old 800.com folded and sold assets and its domain name to Circuit City.
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Online brand advertising works, a new study says
Description: Online brand advertising works, a new study says Online advertising positively influences consumer perceptions of brands and increases offline sales by an average of 6.6% for
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Web site investments turn inward to back-end functionality, says Jupiter
Description: Web site investments turn inward to back-end functionality, says Jupiter The majority of web site operators are putting their technology investments into back-end operational
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Web access is finally looking more like a highway
Description: One of the issues that has prevented retailers who sell online from adopting more sophisticated technology has been the issue of consumers connection to the Internet. Technology that works great in the lab often fails in implementation because too many consumers still have 28.8K modemsor worse.
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To Pay or Not to Pay
Description: How card sites new approaches reflect the evolving Internet medium
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Sponsored Supplement: Fulfillment: Retailings new make-or-break challenge
Description: Roots Canada Ltd., the Canadian apparel retailer, knew that demand for Olympic clothing that U.S. athletes wore in Salt Lake City would be strong. But executives had no idea that so many people would want a beret. The Roots people thought they would get 100 customer contacts a day and 65 would result in orders, recalls Mark C. Layton, CEO of
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Taubman will extend its successful e-bulletin campaign to teens
Description: Taubman will extend its successful e-bulletin campaign to teens Taubman Centers Inc., which has undertaken a successful strategy of using opt-in e-mail alerts to market its 31
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Guild.com launches an online bridal registry
Description: Guild.com launches an online bridal registry Guild.com, a gift site featuring handmade home accents and original art, today launches a bridal gift registry. Registered couples
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Sharper Image has a great March, including a 37% gain in web sales
Description: Sharper Image has a great March, including a 37% gain in web sales Sales boomed at Sharper Image Corp. in March, including a 37% gain in web sales, the company reported today.
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Merchant Fraud Squad re-launches its web site with new, free services
Description: Merchant Fraud Squad re-launches its web site with new, free services The Merchant Fraud Squad, which helps online retailers reduce fraud, today made available to members a
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GoPin Alliance and Bill Me Later® Functionality Enhance synaro Payment Processing
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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