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Blueflys net loss improves in the first quarter
Description: Blueflys net loss improves in the first quarter Online apparel retailer Bluefly Inc. is reporting a sales increase of 31% for the first quarter and a smaller net loss. In Q1
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Still more shoppers get to shopping sites through Google
Description: Still more shoppers get to shopping sites through Google Google accounted for an even greater share of traffic to retail web sites in April: 15.9% compared with 15.43% a month
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U.S. Auto Parts Network ratchets up Q1 sales by 143% to $43.7 million
Description: U.S. Auto Parts Network ratchets up Q1 sales by 143% to $43.7 million Fueled by its acquisition of Partsbin last year, U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc. reports online sales of $43.7
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Barry Bonds overtakes Hank Aaronat least on the web
Description: Barry Bonds overtakes Hank Aaronat least on the web Barry Bonds still is chasing Hank Aarons home run record on the baseball diamond, but hes already passed Aaron on the web,
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How Guitar Center checks profitability with web-based business intelligence
Description: How Guitar Center checks profitability with web-based business intelligence When Guitar Center Inc. offers customers extended warranties along with products, its web-based
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It`s a Small World
Description: M-commerce: What it is, where it`s at, when things may happen and what stands in the way
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We know who you areand you like green tea
Description: While some marketers grumble about limited inventory for effective contextual ad placement, beverage brand Snapple Green Tea has found out theres plentyfor those willing to look beyond the obvious.
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Sharper Image continues decline in monthly and Q1 sales reports
Description: Sharper Image continues decline in monthly and Q1 sales reports Sharper Image Corp., once riding high on Internet sales, continues its slide across all channels in sales reported
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Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
Description: Researching health concerns is big, but buying related products has only begun
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Free, apt web tools spark more customer activity at Abt
Description: With more than 10,000 SKUs on consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories site AbtElectronics.com, it can be daunting for customers to choose among all of our products, says vice president Jon Abt. To make the task easier, Abt Electronics Inc. is one of a growing number of web retailers whove added some of online merchandisings newest functionalities to its web sitefor free.
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Leading online retailers focus on searchandising
Description: Leading online retailers focus on searchandising More than half of best-in-class retailers surveyed use site search as a merchandising tool, according to Web Site Search:
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Price rules, but feedback`s gaining
Description: If any doubt at all remains among retailers as to whether the feedback of other shoppers has become a critical part of how online consumers compare and buy, new research from shopping engine Shopzillas BizRate Research division offers still more proof.
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Improved search marries products with customers
Description: If one typed in candle at AmericanBridal.com recently, the first product that came up was a stout, off-white candle with a lopsided heart on its side designed as a favor for wedding guests. A year ago that candle would have been the 91st product to come up, and one would have had to scroll down eight pages to find it. The candle with the lopsided heart moved to the top because American Bridal Accessories adopted a technology that learns the most popular items in each category and presents those first.
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E-commerce: The shape of things to come
Description: Ready or not, retailers face Internet-sized challenges over the next five years
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Downloading keeps the music business in turmoil, says a new Ipsos report
Description: Downloading keeps the music business in turmoil, says a new Ipsos report The digital music revolution hasnt quite taken over the recorded music industry, but its creating chaos
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Hello, Customer
Description: Listen up: What your shoppers say can lead to a better web site design
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Scripps Networks launches social networking sites for homes and tools
Description: Scripps Networks launches social networking sites for homes and tools With direct links to sister company and shopping comparison site Shopzilla.com, Scripps Networks Interactive
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Musicnotes brings back MXTabs site
Description: Guitar sheet music web site MXTabs.net will strum a new tunea licensed, legal onewhen it re-emerges this summer as an online advertising-supported site operated as a unit of its new parent, Musicnotes Inc. Musicnotes recently acquired MXTabs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but MXTabs will operate as part of Guitar Tabs LLC, a Musicnotes subsidiary.
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Internet Retailer 2007 Conference & Exhibition
Description: The Web: Powering the Reinvention of Retailing
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Music industrys future features digital sales, but not CDs, report says
Description: Music industrys future features digital sales, but not CDs, report says Digital music sales in the U.S. will grow from $2.8 billion this year to $5.7 billion in 2011, with
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Car dealers honing their web site strategies
Description: Many U.S. automobile dealers are expanding their web sites` functions to encompass service and marketing
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Harry Potter pre-orders at Amazon reach 1 million
Description: Harry Potter pre-orders at Amazon reach 1 million The FedEx trucks will be busy on July 21. Barely three months since it started accepting pre-orders for the next Harry Potter
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Moosejaw Mountaineering unveils m-commerce site
Description: Moosejaw Mountaineering unveils m-commerce site Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Moosejaw Mountaineering has launched a mobile shopping site that enables shoppers to browse,
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Zafu.com expands its online fit-finding offering
Description: Zafu.com expands its online fit-finding offering Zafu.com, a combination vertical search engine, recommendation engine, and affiliate site dedicated to womens jeans, will soon
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RedEnvelope pushes out efficiency-focused CEO
Description: RedEnvelope has a hip name derived from the Asian tradition of giving gifts in red envelopes, and an array of high-end gifts it offers through its web site and catalogs. What it does not have is a history of making money or a growth rate as fast as that of Internet retailing as a whole. And, as of last month, it no longer has a CEO.
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The Details
Description: New generation of web analytics enables retailers to dig deeper into datamore easily
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Search Me
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online research to influence more than $1 trillion in offline sales by 2012
Description: Online research to influence more than $1 trillion in offline sales by 2012 Forrester Research estimates that online research influences more than $400 billion in in-store sales,
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Internet Retailer survey: A missed message
Description: Retailers keep pouring on the e-mail, but delivery, open and click-through rates lag
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Fast store pick-up of online orders is only a nice-to-have, Jupiter reports
Description: Fast store pick-up of online orders is only a nice-to-have, Jupiter reports Fast availability of items ordered online to be picked up in a store is a great marketing message but
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Ad Empire: Click-happy Google nabs DoubleClick
Description: It may be hard to fathom, but Google Inc. is about to become even more dominant in online advertising. By agreeing to pay $3.1 billion to majority shareholder Heller & Friedman for DoubleClick Inc., a major provider of online ad-running services, Google is set to become a true one-stop shop for web advertising. The acquisition, expected to close by years end, is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
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Dont Call Us...
Description: Jaduka combines the web and conventional phones to help e-retailers better reach shoppers
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Many moving parts
Description: How online retailers handle site performanceand the customer experienceas web stores load up on new features and functions
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A Marketing Geyser
Description: E-retailer blogs aid branding, marketing and search, as long as they stay on message
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Retailers missing opportunities to boost sales through shopping carts
Description: Retailers missing opportunities to boost sales through shopping carts Many online retailers arent taking advantage of the sales and loyalty-building opportunities presented by
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Works Hard for the Money
Description: Far from pushing retail catalogs aside, the advent of the web has given them new life
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Audible.com making noise with Q1 net sales of $25.3 million
Description: Audible.com making noise with Q1 net sales of $25.3 million Audible Inc., a web-only retailer whose e-commerce site Audible.com specializes in spoken audio entertainment,
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Amazon and IBM settle their patent infringement feud
Description: Amazon and IBM settle their patent infringement feud After bashing each other in multiple court filings, Amazon.com and IBM are close-mouthed about the deal that ends a
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Target partners with Shutterfly to provide more photo options
Description: Target partners with Shutterfly to provide more photo options Retail chain Target Corp. and web-only photo and publishing service Shutterfly Inc. are combining efforts to create
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World Wrestling Entertainments Q1 web sales up 43% to $7 million
Description: World Wrestling Entertainments Q1 web sales up 43% to $7 million World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. reports e-commerce sales of $7 million for the first quarter of 2007, a 43%
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Smaller niche retailers pace the 2007 Top 500
Description: Smaller niche retailers pace the 2007 Top 500 Americas 500 largest web retailers accounted for 61% of all e-commerce sales in 2006, but the fastest-growing merchants are smaller
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Cabelas adds a buy online/pick-up in the store program
Description: Cabelas adds a buy online/pick-up in the store program Though its only offering a few details, Cabelas Inc. is using the web to expand its multi-channel retailing efforts.
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AG Interactive creates a new look for AmericanGreetings.com
Description: AG Interactive creates a new look for AmericanGreetings.com AG Interactive, the media subsidiary of American Greetings Corp., has relaunched AmericanGreetings.com. Its aim was to
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IAC exits the European home shopping market
Description: IAC exits the European home shopping market IAC/InterActiveCorp is selling its European TV retailing and e-commerce business unit to concentrate on other opportunities, including
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Diapers.com expects $30 million in 2007 web sales
Description: Diapers.com expects $30 million in 2007 web sales Finding a niche and sticking with it is helping Diapers.com hit the sales fast track. In 2006, Diapers.com finished with sales
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Web site consistency improves in April
Description: Web site consistency improves in April Web site consistency was on the up-tick among big web retailers in April with 20 merchants achieving a consistency rating of excellent,
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Onlineshoes.com trots out specialty shops as business grows
Description: Onlineshoes.com trots out specialty shops as business grows Onlineshoes.com lays claim to being the nations first online shoe business and since its launch in 1996 the company
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Online jeweler AlltheRageOnline.com rings in site redesign
Description: Online jeweler AlltheRageOnline.com rings in site redesign Citing a stale appearanceafter two years fashion jewelry e-retailer AlltheRageOnline.com redesigned its web site and
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Officefurniture.com lifts sales from natural search by 35%
Description: Officefurniture.com lifts sales from natural search by 35% Broadening its online marketing focus beyond pay-per-click and comparison shopping engine venues to include search
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Backcountry.com joins the retail portfolio of Liberty Media
Description: Backcountry.com joins the retail portfolio of Liberty Media Liberty Media Corp., which already owns three of the 100 largest Internet retailers plus travel site Expedia, has
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