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Improvement Direct helps customers go green
Description: Improvement Direct helps customers go green Improvement Direct, a specialty web retailer with 17 niche e-commerce sites that sell everything relating to home improvement from
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IKitchen.com cooks up 28% web sales growth
Description: IKitchen.com cooks up 28% web sales growth Web-only retailer iKitchen.com reports 28% sales growth for the first quarter of 2007, to about $2.33 million. Better Internet platform
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The Gap plugs its financial gap with higher web sales
Description: The Gap plugs its financial gap with higher web sales Web sales once again rose faster than store sales in another disappointing quarter for Gap Inc. In the first quarter,
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Top retailers remain consistent in May
Description: Top retailers remain consistent in May Web shoppers in May could access a top 50 retail site with a high broadband connection an average of 98.58% of the time, compared with an
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Neiman Marcus grows Q3 web sales by 25%
Description: Neiman Marcus grows Q3 web sales by 25% Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is reporting a 25.4% increase in e-commerce sales for the third quarter while total revenue rose by 8.2%. For the
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Newegg.com hatches online computer and technology community
Description: Newegg.com hatches online computer and technology community Newegg.com, a web-only computer, consumer electronics and communications retailer, has launched a multi-faceted
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SonyStyle.com plugs in a site redesign
Description: SonyStyle.com plugs in a site redesign After 18 months of research and implementation, Sony Electronics is rolling out an updated and redesigned SonyStyle.com. The redesign,
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OneStopPlus.com adds blog to cement customer loyalty
Description: OneStopPlus.com adds blog to cement customer loyalty OneStopPlus.com, the umbrella web site for Redcats USAs plus-size apparel brands, has launched a blog focused on providing a
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Collaboration between marketing and technology is critical
Description: Collaboration between marketing and technology is critical Catalog apparel and home furnishings retailer Blair Corp. has spent about seven years learning how to blend marketing
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De Beers site adds e-commerce sparkle
Description: De Beers site adds e-commerce sparkle The retail arm of diamond supplier De Beers, which until now only offered its luxury jewelry in three posh U.S. shops, has begun selling its
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Comparing comparison sites
Description: Comparing comparison sites DiscountMore.com, a subsidiary of Idea Labz Corp. and sister company to SearchBoth.com, has relaunched its shopping web site. The site enables
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Bass Pro Shops wins by going beyond online merchandising
Description: Bass Pro Shops wins by going beyond online merchandising Moving the needle ever-upward on sales is what every retailer wants to do but focusing on the sole metric of conversion
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The Guild puts on real-world art exhibit
Description: The Guild puts on real-world art exhibit In the art world, sales of paintings, pictures and sculptures are made when aficionados have the chance to stroll through a gallery and
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Foot Lockers e-commerce sales outrun overall revenue for Q1
Description: Foot Lockers e-commerce sales outrun overall revenue for Q1 Foot Locker Inc. increased its web sales 7.7% in Q1 2007 while total sales declined by 3.6%. For the first quarter of
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RadioShack is deploying web tools to assist vision-impaired shoppers
Description: RadioShack is deploying web tools to assist vision-impaired shoppers RadioShack Corp. has announced it will follow guidelines designed to help blind computer users who use screen
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Blockbuster looks to bag online video rental market share by cutting fees
Description: Blockbuster looks to bag online video rental market share by cutting fees Blockbuster Inc. is trying to slice off a bigger chunk of the online video rental market by offering
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Keyword research drives 42% growth in natural search revenue for Park Seed
Description: Keyword research drives 42% growth in natural search revenue for Park Seed Search marketing and, in particular, heavy research on keyword selection has been a factor in
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Capturing a 360-degree view of multi-channel shoppers
Description: Capturing a 360-degree view of multi-channel shoppers Consumers have more online as well as offline shopping channels and points of interaction with retailers than ever before,
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eBay retailer fined in phony bid scheme
Description: eBay retailer fined in phony bid scheme Ezra Dweck and his company EMH Group LLC have agreed to pay $400,000 in fines and restitution for artificially inflating prices on their
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How consumer reviews drive sales at JCWhitney.com
Description: How consumer reviews drive sales at JCWhitney.com When consumer-generated product reviews show four or five stars out of a maximum of five, sales on J.C. Whitney & Co.s auto
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Playmobil launches 10 newly enhanced sites in six months
Description: Playmobil launches 10 newly enhanced sites in six months $2 billion international toy manufacturer and retailer Geobra Brandstätter, owner of the Playmobil brand, has re-launched
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Is there such a thing as too much good publicity?
Description: Is there such a thing as too much good publicity? Shortly after DogCatRadio.com launched in 2005, the New York Times, Good Morning America, the BBC and a host of other media
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Smooth Fitness names Internet veteran Roman Godzich head of marketing
Description: Smooth Fitness names Internet veteran Roman Godzich head of marketing Roman Godzich, who has been involved in Internet marketing for more than 10 years, has been named senior
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Corporate parent of Perfume.com names new chairman and CEO
Description: Corporate parent of Perfume.com names new chairman and CEO Communicate.com, which operates such e-commerce sites as Perfume.com and Body.com, has named C. Geoffrey Hampson,
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Improvement Direct boosts sales, average order values with billing service
Description: Improvement Direct boosts sales, average order values with billing service Improvement Direct Inc., a retailer of home furnishings, appliances and accessories through more than
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Online ticket seller appoints new president and CEO
Description: Online ticket seller appoints new president and CEO TicketsNow has named Cheryl Rosner president and CEO. She will be responsible for overall management and direction of the
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eBay offers easier links to blogs, cell phones and more
Description: eBay offers easier links to blogs, cell phones and more eBay has unveiled several new tools for software designed to make it easier to add eBay features to social networking
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Shutterfly names a chief marketing officer
Description: Shutterfly names a chief marketing officer Shutterfly Inc. has appointed Kathryn Olson as chief marketing officer. Olsen will oversee Shutterflys corporate communications,
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Pacific Sunwear streamlines top management
Description: Pacific Sunwear streamlines top management Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is announcing several personnel changes the company says will streamline operations and management
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LookSmart looking for a new CFO
Description: LookSmart looking for a new CFO LookSmart Ltd., a provider of online advertising technology and services, is searching for a new chief financial officer to replace John
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pcRush.com goes to the bank with new payment option
Description: pcRush.com goes to the bank with new payment option Offering a payment option that enables online and telephone shoppers to pay for purchases using their personal online banking
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Belated birthday wishes to the new AmericanGreetings.com
Description: AmericanGreetings.com was renewed in May as AG Interactive, the media subsidiary of American Greetings Corp., spruced up its primary web site. New features include improved web site navigation, more shopping tools and a sharp focus on the new American Greetings branding initiative, the company says.
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Its only natural
Description: In addition to using paid search, retailers are hunting for customers naturally
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PROFILES: The Top 500
Description: These Top 500 e-retailers caught our attention. Here`s how.
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The battle heats up over trademarks and Google search ads
Description: There arent many clouds in Googles sky these days, but there is a wisp of a threat to the search engines practice of allowing advertisers to buy keyword search terms trademarked by competitors. That allows, for instance, Burger King to present an ad when a consumer searches for McDonalds.
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As the multi-channel mix evolves, Discovery closes its stores to focus online
Description: At a time when more consumers are shopping through multiple channels, retailers are fine-tuning the emphasis they put on stores, web sites and catalogs. For Discovery Communications Inc., that means closing stores.
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Ticket to success
Description: TicketsNows personal touch helps affiliates attract more eventgoers and boost sales
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What can stop the e-retailing rocket
Description: Its tempting to think that nothing can stop e-retailings momentum. Tempting but foolhardy.
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The merchandise traffic cop
Description: While throwing more products at customers, retailers use web-enabled planning to get the right products to stores at the right time
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: As the web does more, making technology choices becomes more complex
Description: SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT:
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Good help is hard to find
Description: With online talent in short supply, retailers increasingly grow their own
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Putting the URL back in Google indexes
Description: Everyone knows that Google keeps the formula behind its natural search rankings top secret, but there are ways to peek behind the curtains and improve how a web site gets Googled. Evogear.com, a retailer of sports gear and apparel, has produced a sharp increase in Google natural search rankings by redesigning the URLs of product pages on its web site and developing brand-specific content pages.
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Moosejaw Mountaineering maps mobile methods of e-commerce
Description: Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Moosejaw Mountaineering has launched a mobile shopping site that enables shoppers to browse, compare prices and purchase merchandise using any mobile phone or handheld device. The site runs on mPoria Inc.s GoMobile platform.
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Get smart
Description: Business intelligence enables broader view of data and better handle on performance
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M Is For Multi-channel
Description: Macys goes national, online and off, with the twentysomething shopper in its sights
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Liberty Media hikes further along the e-commerce trail
Description: Taking time out from completing deals to buy the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the DirecTV satellite television system, John Malones Liberty Media last month scooped up another Internet retailer. And the company says it is looking to buy other e-commerce properties.
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Hollywood Video focuses on cell phone as coupon device
Description: As consumers migrate to new entertainment media choices such as video on demand or Internet downloads, Hollywood Video is looking for new ways to acquire new customers for in-store movie rentals. The company used Cellfire, a mobile couponing service, to deliver coupons to registered users cell phones for store redemption, in a pilot program that saw a redemption rate 200% higher than with a traditional coupon program, according to Cellfire.
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When is the price right?
Description: Retailers are learning to use software to price and move goods. But the technology is just the starting point.
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Getting personal
Description: Retailers are turning to site personalization tools to get more intimate with customers
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Working the Web Angle
Description: Underwhelmed by store shopping, retail entrepreneur thinks out of the box online
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