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Closing out a busy year for mergers and acquisitions
Description: A good measure of health in any industry is the interest investors have in acquiring its companies. And by that measure, 2006 was a great year for Internet retailing.
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Target lawsuit pries open the business case for helping disabled people shop online
Description: Some web site challenges are not as daunting as they appearwhile the payoff for meeting them can be far greater than expected. Thats what some experts in making retail web sites accessible to people with disabilities contend in the aftermath of legal action initiated against Target Corp. by the National Federation of the Blind and a consumer group, which charge that the big retailer violates federal and California laws in failing to make its web site useable by visually impaired consumers.
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: Search Marketers Broaden their Horizon
Description: Retailers can optimize search marketing results by including in their search strategies content that they have overlooked.
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In Brief
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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When snow hits the course, Rock Bottom Golf takes its online show on the road
Description: Cold weather and snowy golf courses arent usually good tidings for golf equipment retailers selling into northern climates, but to Rock Bottom Golf, they mark the beginning of a busy winter season in places like Cleveland, Detroit and Minneapolis.
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PayPal doubles buyer protection to $2,000 on eBay
Description: PayPal doubles buyer protection to $2,000 on eBay PayPal Inc., eBay Inc.s alternative online payment system, is giving buyers up to $2,000 of coverage for qualified transactions
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It`s a retail I.T. worker`s market, as retailers expand their tech staffs
Description: If you want to know what your competitors are up to, check out how theyre growing their I.T. departments. The strategy of the day: Expanding the number of professionals skilled in XML, Service Oriented Architecture and other forms of web-based technology that provide for integrated applications and support multi-channel retailing, reports workforce services and research firm Yoh Services LLC, a unit of Day & Zimmerman Group.
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How web pure-play Power Equipment Direct thrives during power outages
Description: Running three niche web sites keeps Jon Hoch plenty busy, but when an ice storm or hurricane causes a power outage somewhere in the U.S., he puts his operation into overdrive. When power outages hit, we immediately go into those markets to help them out, says Hoch, founder of Power Equipment Direct Inc.
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CIO departs 1-800-FLOWERS.com
Description: CIO departs 1-800-FLOWERS.com Enzo J. Micali resigned as senior vice president and CIO at 1-800-FLOWERS.com in late December and joined London-based Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC, an
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Are You Listening?
Description: Consumers want one thingmerchants are delivering another
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Come Back Here
Description: The multi-channel shopper paradox: big spenders, little loyalty
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Riding the web search love/hate affair
Description: Few things stir up emotions among online marketers more than paid-search. Marketers know it works, but often get stumped trying to figure their return on investment.
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TiVo, iriver and others license Rhapsody platform
Description: TiVo, iriver and others license Rhapsody platform A range of consumer electronics companies have licensed the Rhapsody DNA platform from RealNetworks Inc. and plan to build
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Despite some performance slowdowns, top retailers remain consistent
Description: Despite some performance slowdowns, top retailers remain consistent Despite the fact that some major retailers couldnt always handle the record volume of traffic generated by
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Search Me
Description: The following are the top retail product and retailer name searches for October 2006, according to Nielsen/NetRatings MegaView Search Custom Data. The MegaView Search data is based on tallies from 58 representative search engines. The figures are the total number of searches during the month.
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Behind the curtain
Description: Web technology remixes in new ways that promise to dramatically change the customer experience
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Creatures were stirring, especially the mouse
Description: While bricks were mixed, a rising tide of online sales lifted all sleighs
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Blending video and e-commerce
Description: Some retailers are capitalizing on the explosive growth of online video, seeking to better showcase products and entertain and engage customers
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Vitacost.com 2006 online sales reach $60 million
Description: Vitacost.com 2006 online sales reach $60 million Vitacost.com reports online sales of $60 million for 2006, up 61% from 2005, according to preliminary results from the 2007
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Drs. Foster & Smith gallops into a new web category
Description: Drs. Foster & Smith gallops into a new web category Drs. Foster & Smith Inc. will spend 2007 expanding into new categories, adding more computing horsepower and growing the
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Silverlit sues HobbyTron.com over toy design
Description: Silverlit sues HobbyTron.com over toy design Silverlit Manufactory Ltd. and Spin Master Ltd. allege Hobbytron.com is importing and distributing counterfeit remote control
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IBM swings back at Amazon over patent infringement
Description: IBM swings back at Amazon over patent infringement The war of words continues in the patent disputes and counter lawsuits between IBM and Amazon.com. On Monday IBM filed another
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Online fraud: Keeping ahead of the bad guys
Description: Although the percent of online orders lost to fraud has been steadily decreasing, to 1.4% in 2006, the value of fraudulent orders, projected to hit $3 billion this year, continues to rise along with the overall growth of retail e-commerce, CyberSource Corp. reports in its 8th Annual Online Fraud Survey. A big challenge for retailers is trying to catch as many fraudulent orders as possible without rejecting too many good ordersand without breaking their fraud management budgets. 20% of merchants plan to increase their staffs that review orders manually, while 37% are using 5-9 fraud-prevention tools, such as IP geolocation, order-velocity monitoring and address verification.
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A strong market is developing for rich Internet features, new study reports
Description: A strong market is developing for rich Internet features, new study reports More than 90% of marketers surveyed by Scene7 in a recent poll say they will be adding rich Internet
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Q2 web sales at Celebrate Express grow 14%
Description: Q2 web sales at Celebrate Express grow 14% Celebrate Express Inc. is reporting a 14% increase in e-commerce sales for the second quarter of the 2007 fiscal year. Celebrate
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Blair continues to make over its e-commerce sites
Description: Blair continues to make over its e-commerce sites Blair Corp. is continuing its web site makeover in 2007. Last year, Blair, No. 95 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to
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Big Ticket Items
Description: Event and movie tickets: Why wait in line when you can go online?
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Visa`s security deal: Cash in if you comply
Description: Following a series of database breaches at U.S. retailers in 2006, Visa U.S.A. last month stepped up the pressure on merchant banks to bring the largest U.S. retailers into compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which requires retailers to protect credit card account data.
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Europe a new hot spot for online retail
Description: It used to be a huge undertaking for U.S. e-retailers to launch a presence abroad, with interest in and adoption of e-commerce in Europe trailing that in the U.S. But a look at traffic figures, the experiences of individual merchants and growing demand for services to support international sales signals that e-commerce is on the upswing in Europeand that retailers both here and there are looking to the web as a quick route to international expansion.
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Generating new sales-spiking buzz
Description: Customer reviews are supporting multiple forms of marketing as well as boosting sales, retailers find
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AG Interactive Q3 web sales climb 7%
Description: AG Interactive Q3 web sales climb 7% AG Interactive, the e-commerce and mobile commerce arm of American Greetings Corp., increased Q3 web sales by 7% while e-commerce sales for
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Nintendo UK plays up game products on web-based, in-store displays
Description: Nintendo UK plays up game products on web-based, in-store displays With a hot product like its Wii game console about to hit retail stores in the United Kingdom, Nintendo UK is
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Make a new plan, Stan
Description: Strategic plans enable e-retailers to act, not react
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Nine sites earn top customer service ranking in new study
Description: Nine sites earn top customer service ranking in new study The repeat-winner web sites of Ann Taylor, Crutchfield, and Nordstrom were among the nine sites ranked highest for
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Digital music downloading is not yet phone-y
Description: Digital music downloading is not yet phone-y While the number of mobile phones with the ability to purchase, store and play digital music has dramatically increased, few
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Sears, IBM launch a virtual 3-D store on Second Life
Description: Sears, IBM launch a virtual 3-D store on Second Life Sears Holdings Corp. and IBM Corp. have opened a prototype 3-D showroom called the Sears Virtual Home on Second Life, a
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Blockbuster takes aim at rival Netflix in TV campaign
Description: Blockbuster takes aim at rival Netflix in TV campaign In a 30-second TV ad spot that launched Jan. 1 and names its rival Netflix Inc., Blockbuster Inc. seeks to up the ante in
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New technology brings back e-mail videos
Description: New technology brings back e-mail videos EmailFilm Technologies Inc. is bringing something new to e-mail marketing: a product and service based on patent-pending compression
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Internet video audience will top 157 million by 2010
Description: Internet video audience will top 157 million by 2010 More than one-third of the U.S. population viewed video on the Internet at least once per month on average during 2006, but
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More consumers willing to give up privacy for personalization
Description: More consumers willing to give up privacy for personalization More consumers are willing to provide information about themselves in exchange for a personalized online experience
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Shop.com names ex-Shoes.com exec Mondy Beller as SVP of marketing
Description: Shop.com names ex-Shoes.com exec Mondy Beller as SVP of marketing Shopping portal Shop.com has named Mondy Beller as senior vice president of marketing. Beller will be
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Retailers are ignoring the power of transactional e-mails, says new report
Description: Retailers are ignoring the power of transactional e-mails, says new report Online retailers have a long way to go to use transactional e-mailsmessages that confirm an order,
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Tempo of digital music sales getting faster
Description: Tempo of digital music sales getting faster Sales of individual digital songs jumped 65% last year to $582 million compared with $353 million in 2005. The statistics were
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Web-enabled fulfillment system increases productivity 25% at Tween Brands
Description: Web-enabled fulfillment system increases productivity 25% at Tween Brands Using a Dematic Corp. fulfillment system integrated in a web environment with its Manhattan Associates
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Newegg.com names four new senior executives
Description: Newegg.com names four new senior executives Newegg.com, an online retailer of computer, consumer electronics, and communications product, has announced the hiring of four senior
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Avenue A | Razorfish hires former Claiborne e-commerce exec David Towers
Description: Avenue A | Razorfish hires former Claiborne e-commerce exec David Towers David Towers, former vice president of e-commerce at Liz Claiborne Inc., has been named vice president,
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Charming Shoppes names a new chief of e-commerce
Description: Charming Shoppes names a new chief of e-commerce Charming Shoppes Inc., a retailer of plus-size womens apparel, has hired Gary L. Breitbart in the new position of executive vice
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Home Décor Product hires three senior-level execs to help with growth
Description: Home Décor Product hires three senior-level execs to help with growth Home Décor Products Inc., an online retailer of kitchen and bath products, appliances, and related items for
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Web marketing firm ProfitRank hires Jason G. Williscroft to head operations
Description: Web marketing firm ProfitRank hires Jason G. Williscroft to head operations Internet marketing firm ProfitRank Inc. has named Jason G. Williscroft vice president of operations.
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December web sales: Sharper Image, down 22%; Best Buy, Circuit City, up 30%
Description: December web sales: Sharper Image, down 22%; Best Buy, Circuit City, up 30% December Internet sales at Sharper Image Corp. fell 22% year-over-year to $21.2 million from $27.2
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