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Global Sports is acquiring Ashford.com Description: Global Sports is acquiring Ashford.com King of Prussia, PA-based Global Sports Inc., a leading outsource solution provider for e-commerce, has agreed to buy Houston-based luxury
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Certegy completes acquisition of Accu Chek check recovery service provider Description: Certegy completes acquisition of Accu Chek check recovery service provider Certegy Check Services Inc., a subsidiary of Certegy Inc., based in St. Petersburg, FL, has completed
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Netcentives announces more lay-offs and NASDAQ de-listing Description: Netcentives announces more lay-offs and NASDAQ de-listing Troubled San Francisco-based Netcentives Inc. today announced a further workforce reduction, bringing its employee base
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iBill Takes Industry Lead; Signs Two New Customers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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CyberSource Introduces Enhanced Payment Manager Software Tailored for Enterprise-Class, Multi-Sales Channel Businesses Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Second Internet Revolution -- Now Showing! Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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FirstPeer`s 2.0 Real-Time, Real Inventory, E-Commerce P2P Solution Launched Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Dont Let Fraud Ruin This Holiday Selling Season: A How-to Guide for Protecting Your Online Business Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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RichSolutions unveils a new digital receipt service Description: RichSolutions unveils a new digital receipt service Redmond, WA-based RichSolutions Inc., developer of RichPayments.NET, a provider of e-payment web services, has released a new
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E-retailers use their web sites to encourage disaster relief contributions Description: E-retailers use their web sites to encourage disaster relief contributions A number of web-based retailers have enlisted their sites in the New York disaster relief efforts.
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ALASKA FUR GALLERY OFFERS NEW CUSTOMER SERVICES WITH CYBERTOTEMS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Returning college students fuel Internet and e-retailing traffic Description: Returning college students fuel Internet and e-retailing traffic Millions of students returning to college nationwide re-energized Internet activity in August, according to the
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NetByTel gets funding from AOL Time Warner Description: NetByTel gets funding from AOL Time Warner Boca Raton, FL-based NetByTel, which delivers hosted voice commerce technology linking web self-service, contact centers and
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DIRECTV Selects Universal Electronics to Design Interactive Remotes UEI Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ashford.com Receives Nasdaq Notification Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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L90 DIRECT EXPANDS ONLINE LIST MANAGEMENT NETWORK FOR PUBLISHERS AND ADVERTISERS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web-enabled kiosks generating hundreds of million in sales for Staples Description: Web-enabled kiosks generating hundreds of million in sales for Staples Web-enabled in-store kiosks have generated hundreds of millions in sales since January, when Boston-bases
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Vcommerce Corporation Names Supply Chain Business Development Expert Zipf as Senior VP of Sales and Alliances Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Target joins Amazon; Amazon will run Target.com, Target will sell at Amazon Description: Target joins Amazon; Amazon will run Target.com, Target will sell at Amazon Amazon.com is extending its clicks-and-bricks strategy further. Target Corp. and Amazon have reached
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SYNCRA ANNOUNCES VERSION 3.0 SUPPLY CHAIN VISIBILITY AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Akamai, Netegrity lose executives in Trade Center attack Description: Akamai, Netegrity lose executives in Trade Center attack Daniel M. Lewin, co-founder, chief technology officer and board member of Aakamai Technologies Inc., was on board the
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A new credit card for web shoppers Description: New York-based J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has launched a new credit card aimed at Internet users. Chases I-Card will give cardholders a 1% cash reward on each purchase made with the card. The program doles out cash in the form of web certificates instead of a check. And instead of having to wait until the end of the year to collect the reward, like other cash-back programs, Ecount, the company operating the rewards program for the Chase I-Card, will send cardholders an e-mail each time they reach $10 in rewards. The e-mail will direct cardholders to a cobranded Ecount/Chase web site where cardholders can access their web certificate. Ecounts Webcertificate product is a reloadable, prepaid online debit card that cardholders can use to shop online anywhere MasterCard is accepted.
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Microsoft and youknowbest Announce Strategic Alliance Based on Microsoft .NET Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Webvans gonebut the concept of online groceries stays Description: Although its trucks remained a common fixture on their evening and Sunday morning rounds and it tried valiantly to hang on, Webvan Group Inc. gave it up in July. And by the time it got around to disposing of its assets a month later, it broke the bad news to investors: Creditors will get a few pennies, investors will get nothing.
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A new old approach: Online category killer Description: Weve heard this before: launch a web store, specialize in a commodity product priced 30% below retail, and make free shipping standard. Its a business model that has kept other web merchants in the red and blown several into oblivion, but it seems to be a winner for DeepDiscountDVD.com.
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The old standards still apply Description: Just one year ago, something quite remarkable was happening in business publishing. Several new business magazines were challenging the long-established competitive balance in one of the most lucrative segments of the publishing market. Two of these magazines
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Filling the Pipeline Description: Avon, Ohio-based Manco was the first vendor to move to Aces web-based supply chain system from Atlanta-based E3 Corp. Now, two years later, nine suppliers are participating in it. Those nine already represent more than 10% of the goods that Ace buys, and Ace is on the verge of bringing two more online. Ace deals with over 2,000 suppliers and Smith sees no reason that all would not want to be part of the web-based supply chain. Who wouldnt want to dial into their customer and cut themselves a purchase order? Smith says.
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Fireclick Delivers Lightning-Speed Downloads To Bluefly.com Customers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Amazon and Toys R Us extend their reach Description: Amazon and Toysrus.com continue their online domination, adding the Imaginarium.com specialty toy store to their artillery.
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Retek and SeeBeyond Partner to Bring Unparalleled Integration Capabilities To The Retail Sector Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Flooz goes flat-footed Description: Flooz positioned itself as a gift-giving solution. Users could buy Flooz currency online and recipients could use the currency at major online retailers including Godiva.com, Jcrew.com and others. The company had 50 merchants signed to accept the currency.
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GMDC and Escalate Introduce Order Management Applications for Retailers,Wholesalers and Suppliers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The sales tax issue continues to split retailers Description: It was only a small step, it didnt even deal with sales taxes, and there are still several stages the legislation must move through, but the vote in August by the House Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law to extend the moratorium on Internet taxes-known as the Internet Tax Freedom Actsparked immediate and opposite responses from two associations representing merchants.
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Specialty grocers thrive on the Net Description: Specialty grocers thrive on the Net The high-profile crashes of Webvan and other online grocers has not affected the specialty grocery sites. The latest to report survival:
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IUs Customer Interface Laboratory previews tomorrows interactive tools today Description: Seattle and Silicon Valley may be the hot spots where new web technologies are inventedbut on their way to becoming retail applications, many of them will pass through a town far from home: Bloomington, Indiana. Thats where Indiana University Customer Interface Laboratory director
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A Very Wary Christmas Description: With one eye on an uncertain economy and another on the drive for profits, e-retailers prepare for Q4 and Christmas.
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SSP Solutions Secures ATM And Debit Card Transactions On The Internet, First Embedded Technology Protects Both Consumer And Merchant Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Polo.com: Using style and slick media to generate sales Description: Nothing is displayed on the site without the support of beautiful and related background images and information. Clothing designed for the great outdoors is supplemented by stories on outdoor living; dress inspired by an upscale polo set are illustrated by stylized equestrian images; biking and climbing gear is displayed with interviews with athletes providing tips on those sports. We want to give as much information about the product as we can, but we also want to give it a personality, Lauren says. We want to use our web site to create this world, this dream, so that the customer can see not just the clothes but the world that inspires them. And we want the customer to say Wow, thats cool. I want to be part of that world.
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Buy gets bought; Egghead gets Fry-ed Description: The best that can be said is that theyre not going out of business. Buy.com Inc. and Egghead.com Inc., two teetering pure-play online retailers, both found buyers last month.
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eBags new online promotion with United.com is a hit Description: eBags new online promotion with United.com is a hit A new e-mail promotion by eBags and United.com was responsible for 10% of eBags sales in the first two days of the
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How tighter cross-channel integration will redefine the measure of web site ROI Description: As the e-retail marketplace evolves, so does the thinking on which metrics define a successful web site. Traffic and page views provide data on upward or downward trends, and theyre still critical to ad-driven sites. But as the retail environment became tougher and tougher, retailers concluded that traffic doesnt necessarily mean sales. And so sales and, even more so, profitstraditional measures of success in the offline worldbecame the goal for retail sites.
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Move aside youngster, Grandma wants to shoponline Description: One factor that may deter some older people from using the Internet to shop is that most web sites and technologies are not suited to them. Jeffrey Pepper, founder and CEO of ElderVision, a software and e-services company focusing on consumers 65 and older, says web and computer technology are not necessarily senior-friendly. For example, he says small graphics, small print, lots of flashing, dancing content and complex computer keyboards all inhibit seniors adoption of online shopping and Internet usage. His company, which he formed in 1998, is marketing an interactive shopping service called TouchTown to retirement communities in the U.S. The service provides personal web shoppers via telephone for seniors who may not be used to using computers or have trouble using them.
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Good for Amazon, good for AOL, but good for AOLs retailers? Description: Amazon.com seems to have more lives than a cat: just when investors turn up the heat on demands for profits, it manages to find a new revenue stream. To its recent deals with Borders.com and Toy R Us, Seattle-based Amazon in July added one more. It accepted a $100 million equity investment from America Online, Dulles, Va., in return for promoting AOL Time Warner products and services on its site over the next several years and for powering AOLs shopping areas with its own e-commerce platform.
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Buying drives big growth in b2b e-commerce Description: The number of U.S. businesses connected to the Internet is rising fast, according to eMarketer. The year 2003 will see 99% of all medium- to large-sized firms wired, versus a projected 85% of small companies. Smaller players will narrow the gap when it comes to e-commerce, however: 80% of them are expected to be dong transactions online within three years, closely trailing the projected 85% penetration of e-commerce at large-and medium-sized firms. And its procurement more than sales thats driving those b2b e-commerce transactions 80% to 90% of U.S. companies expect to buy online versus 30% to 40% who say theyll be online to sell.
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FairMarket Powers Sales Solutions for SONICblue on eBay Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Xtreme Niches Description: Selling only what they know best and flying under the radar xtreme niches are finding success on the web.
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E-retailers can address users` needs without fancy content, says new study Description: E-retailers can address users` needs without fancy content, says new study Web site operators should focus on speedy delivery of content rather than rich media, says a new report
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Shining a light into online advertising Description: Commission Junction Inc.s recently-launched Open Marketplace feature will likely help set apart the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company from other ad networks of its type, but the rest of the story is what the offering says about the state of the online ad market. In two words: its tough.
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: CRM Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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How Sears is achieving a multi-channel payoff from the web Description: Since the start of the online retailing revolution, Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Sears Roebuck and Co. has had a web plan. But when the dot-com hysteria hit, some critics bashed Searsand all large department storesas lollygaggers because they were slow to put all their products online and back them with flashy marketing campaigns.
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