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How enticing customers to stroll down a virtual aisle can increase conversion rates
Description: The increased focus on improving online conversions is leading the retail industry to embrace skills that were developed offline, long before the Internet existed. Having struggled with multiple models for web stores, online marketers are realizing that if they want to achieve comparable success, they are going to have to start paying attention to what makes the offline channel work.
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Albertsons makes a bet on the future of online grocery shopping
Description: Now that the dot-com frenzy has faded some merchants are proving out concepts that failed only because they didnt have the proper management or financial controls. Latest case in point: online grocery shopping.
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C-stores get hooked to the web
Description: Fifteen years ago, convenience stores realized they could capitalize on selling convenient services as well as products. They went on an ATM binge, with the result that 63% of the nations 120,000 c-stores have ATMs. The success of ATMs has kept c-stores on the look out since for new technology that could mean additional convenience sales. The Internet is now supplying the opportunity.
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The Long Road to CPFR
Description: When TruServe Corp., the co-op that serves TrueValue Hardware stores, wanted to start a collaborative supply chain program, supply chain managers realized quickly that the biggest issue they faced was not which technology to employit was setting the standards of what they expected from suppliers and what the suppliers could expect in return.
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Retailers at auction: The 2% solution thats growing fast
Description: For all the attention that retailers efforts to unload excess merchandise at eBay got this past year, retailers still represented only 2% of the merchandise sold on eBay in the fourth quarter. But online auctions mirror trends in the rest of online retail, and certain categories of goods are moving through auctions at a speed and volume that suggest theyll soon drive that percentage higher.
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How much did e-shopping grow this holiday season? Take your pick
Description: Sharpen your pencils. Its time for the Q4 shopping quiz.
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Just as online retailers embrace catalogs, along come e-catalogs
Description: Its no longer news when an online retailer sends out catalogs. Even the most die-hard pure-play advocatesthink Amazon and its newspaper insertsacknowledge that e-retailers need paper to entice customers to order products.
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Triple-play Merchandising
Description: Customers of The Sharper Image may react with that old Yogi Berra-ism as they log onto SharperImage.com, visit a Sharper Image store or flip through the Sharper Image catalog: Its déjà vu all over again.
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The Cool Promise of the Internet
Description: Anyone attending last months eTail 2002 conference in San Jose had to be struck by one thingthe sessions were sound, but not awe inspiring. Nearly everyone talked about improving conversion rates, fulfillment procedures, e-mail marketing results, and other such blocking-and-tackling issues. This is in stark contrast to the industrys mindset two years ago. Back then, remarked conference panelist Ken Seiff, CEO of Bluefly.com, Internet retailing was all about feeding mayonnaise to tuna fish, or in other words long on promise, short on pragmatism. Since then, Seiff noted, e-retailers have focused on customer service, fulfillment and marketing skills, and the real cool promise of the Internet hasnt happen.
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Holiday gift buying online:
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The long slow crawl to m-commerce: Can pizzas revive a comatose marketing idea?
Description: During the Olympic Games two years ago, a television ad for wireless phones featured a woman using a cell phone to buy a soda from a vending machine. While full of the gee-whiz! factor, the ads also provoked many to think: Who needs it? Why doesnt she just put change into the machine instead?
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Fingerhut becomes un-Federated
Description: When Federated Department Stores Inc. bought Fingerhut Cos. Inc. in 1999 for $1.7 billion, the rationale seemed sound, even though the fit between the upscale Federated and middle market Fingerhut raised eyebrows. In the dot-com frenzy, some companies believed they had to do anything to get online. Fingerhut had a web site and, from its catalog background, a fulfillment operation. Federated did not.
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Sponsored Supplement: How the web changes the payments industry
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Fitness Venture Group Partners With Info Touch Technologies To Roll-Out Kiosks To Health Clubs Across North America
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online credit card fraud hit $700 million last year, Gartner says
Description: Online credit card fraud hit $700 million last year, Gartner says Credit card fraud on the Internet reached $700 million last year, 1.14% of the total $61.8 billion that
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eVineyard gets a new president
Description: eVineyard gets a new president EVineyard Inc., which operates wine.com, has appointed Peter S. Ekman as president and CEO. He fills the position that had been held by Larry J.
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Be careful when contacting customers, a new survey says
Description: Be careful when contacting customers, a new survey says Getting in touch with your customers can be fraught with peril, says a new survey from Kana Software Inc., developer of
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Evant rolls out a new multi-channel merchandising system
Description: Evant rolls out a new multi-channel merchandising system As retailing becomes a true multi-channel enterprise, merchandise management becomes more complex--yet more important.
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Manugistics Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results Will Exceed Company Guidance
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Synaptics and Zytronic Unveil State-Of-The-Art Capacitive TouchScreen System at KioskCom 2002
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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"What Works" Top CRM Deployment Awards Announced
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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InstantService Monthly Client Usage Soars Past 4 Million Minutes
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Internet sales keep rising at the Sharper Image
Description: Internet sales keep rising at the Sharper Image Internet sales are rebounding at Sharper Image Corp. After reporting year-to-year declines in Internet sales, the Sharper Image
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AOL continues to dominate in providing Internet access
Description: AOL continues to dominate in providing Internet access A number of retail site re-designs lately have specifically taken into account the limitations of AOL users when viewing
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Overstock.com files for initial public offering
Description: Overstock.com files for initial public offering The dot-com IPO market must be reviving. PayPal went public three weeks ago and saw a jump in price from $13 to $21 and is now
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Visual Insights Launches Unique TradeUP Program Offering Free Web Analytics Solution to First 50 Respondents
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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RichSolutions Certified by First Data Merchant Services
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web sales continue to pace all sales at Spiegel, Jos. A Bank and J. Crew
Description: Web sales continue to pace all sales at Spiegel, Jos. A Bank and J. Crew Internet sales continue to be the only growth area at Downers Grove, IL-based The Spiegel Group.
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PlusSize.com adopts My Virtual Model technology
Description: PlusSize.com adopts My Virtual Model technology PlusSize.com, a shopping portal for womens apparel size 12 and up, is launching My Virtual Models Virtual Dressing Room
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CyberSource(R) Unveils First Extensible Decision Management Platform Designed To Centralize Control and Simplify Management of Transaction Risk Processes
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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In spite of all the bashing, banner ads still rule online, says Jupiter
Description: In spite of all the bashing, banner ads still rule online, says Jupiter Banner ads have taken a rap lately for their declining effectiveness, but they still dominate online,
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Return Path To Provide E-mail Change Of Address Service For Postal Service
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Taubmans web approach gets high marks from analysts
Description: Taubmans web approach gets high marks from analysts Industry analysts like Taubman Centers Inc.s approach to integrating the web with mall shopping because it entices customers
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Just-Released Report Shows `New Consumer" Spends Big at Online Auctions, Creating Never-Before-Seen Sales Opportunities for Retailers and Manufacturers
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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KEYLIME SOFTWARE CHANGES FACE OF CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Seventy-Four Percent of European Retailers See Multi-Channel CRM as Vital To Their Future Businesses
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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POS.Com - The Pioneer in Web-based, Enterprise Management for Restaurants and Retailers - Celebrates Second Anniversary with Launch of Two New Products
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The time is right for retail, web-based training, advocates say
Description: The time is right for retail, web-based training, advocates say The web-based training and education systems that some vendors as well as the National Retail Federation are
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BROOKS & BENTLEY UTILIZES ITS DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER EXPERTISE TO LAUNCH NEW JEWELRY AND COLLECTIBLES WEBSITE
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Higher income users demand higher quality web images, says new survey
Description: Higher income users demand higher quality web images, says new survey No surprise here: Web shoppers want clear pictures of what theyre buying online. But a new survey of
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Real-time product availability online remains elusive, consultant says
Description: Real-time product availability online remains elusive, consultant says Only 10% of retail web sites offer real-time inventory information to shoppers, Geri Spieler, research
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RETAIL SYSTEMS 2002 CREATES SINGLE, SUPER CONFERENCE WITH VICS COLLABORATIVE COMMERCE CONFERENCE
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ENSENDA PARTNERS WITH COURIER COMPLETE FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Broadband web users outnumber narrowband users for the first time
Description: Broadband web users outnumber narrowband users for the first time Broadband Internet usage accounted for the majority to Internet users time online in January for the first
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FREE REPORT FROM IPROSPECT REVEALS UNTAPPED MARKETING STRATEGIES
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Timbuk2 launches Build-your-own-bag on eBags.com
Description: Timbuk2 launches Build-your-own-bag on eBags.com Since launching an e-commerce site in late 2000, custom-bag manufacturer Timbuk2 has seen web sales rocket from zero to 50% of
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Albertson`s expands its online grocery service to Oregon
Description: Albertson`s expands its online grocery service to Oregon Albertson`s, Inc. loves home shopping for groceries. Hard on the heels of an expansion of Albertsons.com from San Diego
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Marks & Spencer Standardizes on Siebel eBusiness Applications
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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AKAMAI AND Gómez align to enhance web performance measurement
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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JUPITER MEDIA METRIX ACHIEVES ADVANCEMENT IN INTERNET RESEARCH WITH REACH-AND-FREQUENCY PLANNING MODEL
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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