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A site that says style
Description: Like its offline stores, CrateandBarrel.com is crisp, clean and contemporary. You know instantly that this is very similar to their stores, says Pamela Stubing, a retail consultant at Ernst & Young in New York. And thats a merchandising must. Execution has to be different, but stylistically it should look the same. Otherwise, why do it? Youre wasting your money if you have a different merchandise and marketing strategy, says Stubing.
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Web spending too rugged for Levi`s
Description: Just a year after Levi Strauss & Co. opened its Web store and shut out all other online sales, the duke of denim has pulled the plug. The companys decision to transfer online sales to Macys and J.C. Penney points to new partnerships manufacturers should strike with retailers to get a cut of online sales, says Tom Reynolds, national director of the retail practice at Ernst & Young. Manufacturers just arent equipped to do direct sales.
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Color it beautiful
Description: Avon.com isnt just another pretty face at the online cosmetics counter. The sites hip presentation techniques have a strong utilitarian bent. No small, blurry pictures here. Click on an item, and a large color photo pops up, along with a text box that describes the product. Likewise, the sites color swatches are easy to see and conveniently grouped into warm and cool categories.
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Copy cat or copyright?
Description: It had to happen sometime: Dot-coms are dueling their way into court. First Priceline sued Microsofts Expedia for copying its name-your-price reverse auction technique, then Amazon took on Barnes & Noble for nipping at its heels with a one-click-to-buy feature. Now the inventor of StyleFitter, personalized shopping software, has charged several retailers with stepping on her patent.
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Green giant talks a Blue streak
Description: American Express Co., pur-veyor of the familiar green charge card, hit the Web running this fall, with a $45 million campaign to promote its new Blue credit card for secure transactions. The hybrid smart card has a computer chip storing an e-wallet.
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A brand all her own
Description: Beauty may only be skin deep, but it can be profitable. At least thats what Proctor & Gamble hopes when it launches its new beauty Web site, Reflect.com. The venture, expected to go live before the holidays, has kept a surprisingly low profile in an industry that thrives on hype.
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Privacy gets the sale
Description: Privacy gets the sale To be successful online, businesses must provide the personalized service that Web shoppers want and take steps to ensure privacy and security, according to
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Will Canadians Charge Into Online Shopping?
Description: Will Canadians Charge Into Online Shopping? Internet portal canada.com has partnered with Bank of Montreal to target online shoppers with the canada.com MasterCard for the
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Online Mall Fashions Deal With Portal
Description: Online Mall Fashions Deal With Portal Fashionmall.com Inc. has announced a deal with Internet portal AltaVista to be a premier vendor in their Shopping, Fashion and Apparel
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Direct Web Sales A Wash For Levi's
Description: Direct Web Sales A Wash For Levi's Levi Strauss & Co. has virtually abandoned direct virtual sales of its clothing products after only a few months and instead will focus on
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First USA Launches Online Shopping Portal
Description: First USA Launches Online Shopping Portal First USA, a division of Bank One Corp., has introduced First USA Connections, an online shopping portal created exclusively for
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Pilot Tests Use Of ATM Cards For Online Shopping
Description: Pilot Tests Use Of ATM Cards For Online Shopping Electronic payments solutions provider AmeriNet Inc. is participating in a pilot to test the use of ATM cards for consumer
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Few Internet Users Purchase Online
Description: Few Internet Users Purchase Online Most payment card issuers already know that more than 90% of online purchases are made with a card. Making the card picture even rosier is new
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Exciting Card, Flower, Candy Deals
Description: Exciting Card, Flower, Candy Deals Web portal Excite's Excite@Home media services company has agreed to acquire Bluemountain.com, Boulder, Colo.-based Blue Mountain Arts
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Online Book Wars
Description: Online Book Wars Barnesandnoble.com, New York, has issued a statement in response to a lawsuit filed last week by Amazon.com against the company in U.S. District Court in
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Internet Shopping Disputes Are Growing
Description: Internet Shopping Disputes Are Growing Online merchants may be understating the amount of fraud and customer complaints to avoid scaring off consumers and investors, say
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Online Shopping For The Holiday
Description: Online Shopping For The Holiday Consumers surveyed by Deloitte & Touche say they expect to spend 25% of their total holiday shopping budgets at Internet retailers. "This is a
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E-Fraud Growing, Survey Says
Description: E-Fraud Growing, Survey Says Online fraud is a growing problem for online retailers and brands that are on the frontlines of the online shopping explosion, says a survey of
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Online Clothier Shouts "Yahoo!"
Description: Online Clothier Shouts "Yahoo!" (www.cybershop.com) CyberShop.com Inc., an online retailer of designer apparel and home furnishings, has signed an expanded deal with Yahoo! Inc.
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New Card Gets Online Shoppers To Spend Cash
Description: New Card Gets Online Shoppers To Spend Cash Taking a cue from prepaid phone cards, a new product will be introduced next month for consumers who wish to make purchases on the
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Stylefitter Designer Claims Patent Infringement
Description: Stylefitter Designer Claims Patent Infringement Fashion industry designer and manufacturer Andrea Rose, formerly an apprentice with Halston, has filed a patent infringement suit
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Upscale Retailer Zooms Online
Description: Upscale Retailer Zooms Online Neiman Marcus has introduced its website, neimanmarcus.com, offering men's, women's and children's designer apparel and accessories, home
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Sam Taps Telebank
Description: Sam Taps Telebank Virtual financial institution Telebank has forged a deal to be the exclusive provider of Internet banking products to Sam's Club members nationwide through the
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RCA Jazzes Up Web Site, Enhances Customer Service
Description: RCA Jazzes Up Web Site, Enhances Customer Service Thomson Consumer Electronic has unveiled a new RCA website and has announced shipment and online availability of the RCA LYRA
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Banana Peels Away "Bananers"
Description: Banana Peels Away "Bananers" Banana Republic has launched the latest version of its BananaRepublic.com website, which recreates the "relaxed" atmosphere of the company's stores
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Online Mall To Mimic Offline Model
Description: Online Mall To Mimic Offline Model Mall.com Inc. says its Mall.com e-commerce destination will launch this Sunday, upon the start of Sunday's Mall.com 500, the championship race
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Amazon Books An E*Trade Expedition
Description: Amazon Books An E*Trade Expedition Online bookseller Amazon.com and online brokerage firm E*Trade Group Inc. have signed an exclusive marketing agreement to create a cobranded
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FreeShop Zooms In On XOOM
Description: FreeShop Zooms In On XOOM FreeShop.com Inc., a provider of online direct marketing services, has forged an agreement with XOOM.com Inc. to create FreeShop @ XOOM, a cobranded
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New Report: E-Sports Will Exceed $4 Billion Or 7% of Total Retail Sales by 2004
Description: New Report: E-Sports Will Exceed $4 Billion Or 7% of Total Retail Sales by 2004 "Online sporting goods sales are poised to ramp significantly as e-commerce spreads to new
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Microsoft Pockets More Retailers For Its E-Wallet Program
Description: Microsoft Pockets More Retailers For Its E-Wallet Program Microsoft Corp. today announced the addition of electronic "wallet" functionality to its Passport e-commerce service.
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Why KBkids Isn't Kidding Around With Its TV Dollars
Description: Why KBkids Isn't Kidding Around With Its TV Dollars KBkids.com is turning up the heat in the fourth quarter with a $43 million advertising campaign which breaks nationally this
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Vitamin Shoppe Goes Public
Description: Vitamin Shoppe Goes Public VitaminShoppe.com, Inc., an online retailer of vitamins, nutritional supplements and minerals, has raised $50 million in an initial public offering.
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First Data Rolls Out SurePay Gateway
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Yahoo! Opens Its Wallet
Description: Yahoo! Opens Its Wallet Yahoo! Inc. has enhanced its Yahoo! Shopping online service with a number of new features, a new design and content. The most prominent new feature is
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Description: The Gift That Keeps On Giving Some 14% of online U.S. households purchased holiday gifts using the Web in 1998, and during the five weeks between this Thanksgiving and New Year,
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Quicken.com Adds Price-Comparison Online Shopping
Description: Quicken.com Adds Price-Comparison Online Shopping Financial e-commerce firm Intuit Inc. has launched a shopping channel on its Quicken.com personal finance Web site. A key
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GE Wants To Bring Good E-Commerce Sales To Light
Description: GE Wants To Bring Good E-Commerce Sales To Light The General Electric Company announced today that it has signed an agreement with JGSullivan Interactive, Inc. to place GE
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Peapod Picks A CEO
Description: Peapod Picks A CEO Peapod, Inc. today announced that it has named Bill Malloy as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors, increasing
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Beindorff Exits Visa For Planet RX
Description: Beindorff Exits Visa For Planet RX Michael A. Beindorff has resigned as president and CEO of e-Visa, Visa's recently introduced Internet and electronic commerce division, to
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Fingerhut Lends Helping Hand To OrderTrust
Description: Fingerhut Lends Helping Hand To OrderTrust Fingerhut Business Services Inc., a division of Fingerhut Cos. Inc., says it will resell OrderTrust Inc.'s order management services as
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Why Amazon Is Beefing Up Its Customer Service Program--Again
Description: Why Amazon Is Beefing Up Its Customer Service Program--Again Amazon.com is introducing three e-commerce innovations that it claims will significantly advance and improve how
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Cyberian Outpost names A New CEO
Description: Cyberian Outpost names A New CEO Cyberian Outpost Inc. operator of Outpost.com, a leading global Internet-only retailer of computer hardware, software and accessories, today
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By Teaming with AOL, Payless Looks For An E-Commerce Payday
Description: By Teaming with AOL, Payless Looks For An E-Commerce Payday Payless ShoeSource Inc., North America's largest family footwear retailer, today announced it has signed an e-Commerce
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What the Soothsayers Are Saying About The Short Term Future Of Web Retailing
Description: What the Soothsayers Are Saying About The Short Term Future Of Web Retailing Consumer adoption of e-commerce will continue to accelerate as 7 million Internet users make their
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E-Cards Will Replace More Paper Cards This Christmas
Description: E-Cards Will Replace More Paper Cards This Christmas The Internet is solving the holiday card frenzy for a growing number of Americans, according to Greenfield Online's latest
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Fingerhut Points An Investment Finger At OrderTrust
Description: Fingerhut Points An Investment Finger At OrderTrust OrderTrust, Inc., provider of integrated order management services for e-commerce, today announced it has closed back-to-back
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Nike Teams Up With FogDog
Description: Nike Teams Up With FogDog In a joint announcement today, Nike and Fogdog Sports entered into a strategic relationship that will allow the leading Internet sporting goods retailer
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Ace Wants To Be The Place For E-Commerce
Description: Ace Wants To Be The Place For E-Commerce Ace Hardware President and CEO David Hodnik will announce this week a major E-commerce venture that will allow the international hardware
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WishClick And Sharper Image Team Up
Description: WishClick And Sharper Image Team Up WishClick Inc., the personal gift registry, and The Sharper Image, a leading specialty gift retailer, today announced a partnership that
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The Bottom Line On Rating Online Toy Stores
Description: The Bottom Line On Rating Online Toy Stores Gomez Advisors, a provider of Internet research and analysis, unveiled Its first Internet Toy Scorecard today. Online toy giant Etoys
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