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Discovery decides it doesnt need stores to reach consumers on Planet Earth
Description: Discovery decides it doesnt need stores to reach consumers on Planet Earth Discovery Communications, best known for its more than 100 television networks including Discovery
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As paid search goes bananas, natural search gains importance
Description: As paid search goes bananas, natural search gains importance Since the dawn of Internet retailing, the black box of search engine algorithms has baffled more than a few
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eBay Clothing tops the apparel & beauty April rankings
Description: eBay Clothing tops the apparel & beauty April rankings With 11.1 million unique visitors, eBay Clothing Shoes & Accessories topped the April Top 10 rankings of apparel and beauty
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PhotoWorks digital revenue grows 26% while total revenue declines 20%
Description: PhotoWorks digital revenue grows 26% while total revenue declines 20% PhotoWorks Inc., a web-based digital photo processing company, reported that digital revenue totaled $1.32
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PayPal Express looks for more pals as it battles Google Checkout
Description: PayPal Express looks for more pals as it battles Google Checkout As it battles Google Checkout for online payment share, PayPal has announced a new program that offers incentives
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VistaPrint files patent infringement suit against two competitors
Description: VistaPrint files patent infringement suit against two competitors VistaPrint Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of VistaPrint Ltd., has filed a patent infringement
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Most new e-commerce platforms designed with faceted search, Venda says
Description: Most new e-commerce platforms designed with faceted search, Venda says 90% of the e-commerce platforms provided by Venda Inc. in the past year have been designed with faceted
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Napster turns up sales growth, turns down losses
Description: Napster turns up sales growth, turns down losses Napster Inc. reported net sales of $111.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, up 17% from $94.7 million in fiscal 2006.
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Celebros to offer product recommendation engine alongside site search
Description: Celebros to offer product recommendation engine alongside site search Site search started out with a basis of linguistic relevancy, but over the years its evolved into a
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PlumberSurplus.com tightens up its site search with Mercado
Description: PlumberSurplus.com tightens up its site search with Mercado It wasnt easy in the past for customers to find what they wanted among the 30,000 plumbing and home improvement
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Amazon goes for easy-to-use as its differentiator in music downloads
Description: Amazon goes for easy-to-use as its differentiator in music downloads Amazon.com is late in offering downloadable music for sale, and music label EMI is struggling financially.
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ATG gets personal with site search results
Description: ATG gets personal with site search results Two customers go to a retailers web site and type sweater into the search box. One is a fashionista, interested in the latest in
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With a new system, site search use soars at Edwin Watts Golf
Description: With a new system, site search use soars at Edwin Watts Golf Since Edwin Watts Golf replaced its original home-grown site search solution with Learning Search from vendor SLI
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Tie whats hot on the web to what comes up on your site, analyst suggests
Description: Tie whats hot on the web to what comes up on your site, analyst suggests A news photo showing Britney Spears in an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini might cause a
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Searchandising sparks better merchandise plans
Description: Searchandising sparks better merchandise plans While merchandise planning software applications are helping retailers better plan their assortments of goods across stores,
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WineEnthusiast.com boosts revenue per visitor with personalized site search
Description: WineEnthusiast.com boosts revenue per visitor with personalized site search When WineEnthusiast.com wanted to add more personalization to its site search function, it turned to
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Design Within Reach 2006 web sales climb to $30 million
Description: Design Within Reach 2006 web sales climb to $30 million After lengthy reporting delays attributed to a failed information system upgrade in 2005, Design Within Reach Inc. posted
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Advertisers to spend more on social networks
Description: Advertisers to spend more on social networks U.S. ad spending on social networks will hit $900 million this year, up from $350 million last year, according to research from
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Q2 web sales drop at NBTY
Description: Q2 web sales drop at NBTY E-commerce sales for NBTY Inc. dropped by 13.9% in the second quarter while total sales rose by 5.4%. For the quarter e-commerce revenue totaled $17.3
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Q1 online sales grow 18.4% from year earlier, Commerce Department reports
Description: Q1 online sales grow 18.4% from year earlier, Commerce Department reports Online retail sales grew 18.4% in the first quarter to $30.6 billion from $25.8 billion in the first
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Systemaxs web sales grew 19% in the first quarter
Description: Systemaxs web sales grew 19% in the first quarter Systemax Inc., parent of TigerDirect.com, reported Internet sales for the first quarter of 2007 of $238 million, up 19% from
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Dell is tops in April broadband performance
Description: Dell is tops in April broadband performance Dell in April provided the fastest response time for customers accessing the site using a high broadband connection, says Gomez Inc.
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Independence is key to success in social shopping sites
Description: Independence is key to success in social shopping sites Social shopping sites such as Kaboodle, ShopWiki, StyleFeeder and ThisNext connect consumers and give rise to discussions
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ECost.com reports a smaller Q1 loss
Description: ECost.com reports a smaller Q1 loss PFSweb Inc. is reporting better numbers for its eCost.com subsidiary, even though the unit still posted a net loss in the first quarter. For
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Costco.com forecasts a 36% increase in 2007 web sales, topping $1 billion
Description: Costco.com forecasts a 36% increase in 2007 web sales, topping $1 billion Costco.com will soon be joining the ranks of $1 billion web retailers. The retailer, No. 21 in the
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Disneys take on Apples iPod features online music and video store
Description: Disneys take on Apples iPod features online music and video store Walt Disney Co. has developed an online store to sell music and videos for its proprietary media players in a
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Schwans Home bids adieu to Impromptu Gourmet
Description: Schwans Home bids adieu to Impromptu Gourmet Schwans Home Service Inc., a subsidiary of The Schwan Food Co., is selling one of its chief e-commerce and direct marketing
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CSN Stores 155 niche web sites helped drive 2006 sales of $110 million
Description: CSN Stores 155 niche web sites helped drive 2006 sales of $110 million Specialty retailer CSN Stores Inc. and its 155 web stores reached online sales of $110 million in 2006, up
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Q1 online sales at The Knot climb by 50%
Description: Q1 online sales at The Knot climb by 50% The Knot Inc. reports a web sales increase of 50% in the first quarter of 2007 to $4.6 million, compared to $3.1 million for Q1 2006. The
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Smaller Top 500 retailers lean heavily on search engines
Description: Smaller Top 500 retailers lean heavily on search engines Smaller niche merchants in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide are more dependent on search engines to drive traffic and
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Perfume.com is off to a rosy start with Q1 2007 sales of $1.41 million
Description: Perfume.com is off to a rosy start with Q1 2007 sales of $1.41 million First quarter sales at Perfume.com were $1.41 million, an increase of 22.5% compared to Q1 of 2006. The
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How Goodys Family Clothing plans to boost gross margins by $17 million
Description: How Goodys Family Clothing plans to boost gross margins by $17 million With a new web-enabled price optimization system, Goodys Family Clothing Inc. is planning a $17 million
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BabyUniverse Q1 sales lag 2006 as merger with eToys grinds ahead
Description: BabyUniverse Q1 sales lag 2006 as merger with eToys grinds ahead BabyUniverse Inc. reported sales were down 11% in the first quarter ended March 31 to $8.5 million from $9.5
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Amazon sweetens its offer for food shoppers
Description: Amazon sweetens its offer for food shoppers Taking advantage of one of the prime differentiators between online selling and offline selling, Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a
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Women are not just looking, theyre buying online, survey shows
Description: Women are not just looking, theyre buying online, survey shows In another indication that consumers are increasingly comfortable shopping on the Internet, 96% of women who shop
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Much like the early Internet, under-35 men are driving mobile web adoption
Description: Much like the early Internet, under-35 men are driving mobile web adoption 17%, or 30 million, of the 176 million U.S. Internet users who access the web via P.C. also accessed
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MoreVisibility appoints John Carcutt director of natural search
Description: MoreVisibility appoints John Carcutt director of natural search Search marketing services company MoreVisibility has named John Carcutt director of natural search. He previously
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A mobile mini-mall: Can you dig it?
Description: A mobile mini-mall: Can you dig it? This is how one industry player sums up m-commerce. Using a browser on a phone can be painful. At the same time, we are seeing an explosion
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Bazaarvoice launches Ask & Answer to build on ratings and reviews
Description: Bazaarvoice launches Ask & Answer to build on ratings and reviews Bazaarvoice, a hosted consumer ratings and reviews vendor, has launched a new application that expands the
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Keynote Systems names new SVP of worldwide sales
Description: Keynote Systems names new SVP of worldwide sales Keynote Systems, provider of Internet and mobile test and measurement services, has promoted Jeff Kraatz to senior vice
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Apparel growth dresses up e-commerce sales report
Description: Apparel growth dresses up e-commerce sales report Online purchases by U.S. consumers increased by a better-than-expected 25% last year, helped by a 61% increase in apparel sales,
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Advance Auto Parts chairman, president and CEO resigns
Description: Advance Auto Parts chairman, president and CEO resigns Michael N. Coppola, chairman, president and CEO of Advance Auto Parts Inc., a retailer of automotive aftermarket parts,
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As it struggles to regain its footing, Sharper Image hires new CFO
Description: As it struggles to regain its footing, Sharper Image hires new CFO Rebecca L. Roedell has been named CFO of struggling Sharper Image Corp. Roedell previously was CFO for Tower
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Internet investment vet joins Working Person as CFO
Description: Internet investment vet joins Working Person as CFO The Working Persons Store, a multi-channel retailer of apparel, footwear and safety gear for construction and industrial
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Gaiam hires new president to oversee direct marketing
Description: Gaiam hires new president to oversee direct marketing Gaiam Inc., online retailer and direct marketer of healthy lifestyle and personal improvement products, has hired Bill
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Judge sets November trial date for American Blinds vs. Google
Description: Judge sets November trial date for American Blinds vs. Google A U.S. District Court judge has set a date of Nov. 9 for jury selection to begin in American Blinds, Wallpaper &
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Virgin Entertainment promotes Dee McLaughlin to VP of marketing
Description: Virgin Entertainment promotes Dee McLaughlin to VP of marketing Dee McLaughlin, an eight-year veteran of Virgin Group, has been named vice president of marketing and will lead
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Utah legislators back off keyword search bill
Description: Utah legislators back off keyword search bill A Utah law designed to prevent competitors ads from popping up next to search results for a trademarked name took effect April 30
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Despite slip in visitors, eBay Home leads home and garden retail sites
Description: Despite slip in visitors, eBay Home leads home and garden retail sites Although it suffered a 5% decline in visitors year over year, eBay Home led the pack of home and garden web
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Shelling out billions for millions of moms
Description: Shelling out billions for millions of moms This Mothers Day, consumers plan to spend $15.73 billion as they shower mom with jewelry, flowers and clothes, according to the
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