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Best Buy leads in visits to consumer electronics sites in November
Description: Best Buy leads in visits to consumer electronics sites in November BestBuy.com recorded the most traffic of the top 10 multi-category computers and consumer electronics sites in
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Napster adds 48,000 subscribers in most recent quarter
Description: Napster adds 48,000 subscribers in most recent quarter Napster announced this week that it added 48,000 subscribers during the third quarter and that users downloaded or streamed
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AllergyBuyersClub.com reaches 26% growth in 2006
Description: AllergyBuyersClub.com reaches 26% growth in 2006 2006 sales at Waltham, MA-based online retailer AllergyBuyersClub.com grew 26.3% over 2005, reaching $14.7 million, the company
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Customer reviews spike conversion rates at Overstock, Bass Pro
Description: Customer reviews spike conversion rates at Overstock, Bass Pro Offering consumer reviews of products has pushed up conversion rates and strengthened customer relationships at
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Web-only retailers use mass media to push brands amid growing competition
Description: Web-only retailers use mass media to push brands amid growing competition As the number of online retail sites rises, web-only retailers such as Overstock.com Inc. and Netflix
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Online banking emerging as payment alternative for e-retailers
Description: Online banking emerging as payment alternative for e-retailers E-retailers including Tool King LLC, TigerDirect.com, Action Village Inc. and CompSource Inc. are offering
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E-retailers get short-changed on credit card interchange rates, study says
Description: E-retailers get short-changed on credit card interchange rates, study says A recent report is giving credence to retailers argument that the interchange fees Visa and MasterCard
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Merchants getting in touch with contactless payment systems, Jupiter says
Description: Merchants getting in touch with contactless payment systems, Jupiter says Contactless paymentswaving a payment token such as a mini-card near an equipped point of sale reader to
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Strong online sales growth at J.C. Penney, Seabear.com and United Retail
Description: Strong online sales growth at J.C. Penney, Seabear.com and United Retail Internet sales at J. C. Penney Co. Inc.s jcp.com increased 15.2% in December over December a year ago,
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New Amazon web store is in the bag
Description: New Amazon web store is in the bag Amazon.com Inc. has launched a beta version of a new, web-only shoe and handbag store. Dubbed Endless.com, the site offers more than 250 brands
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Cyber Monday, meet Friday, December 15
Description: Cyber Monday, meet Friday, December 15 Cyber Monday, meet Friday, Dec. 15. According to the recently launched Chase Paymentech Pulse Index, Dec. 15 recorded the highest sales
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Cadbury Schweppes web-enables 5,000 soda pop vending machines
Description: Cadbury Schweppes web-enables 5,000 soda pop vending machines Saving its customers the trouble of fumbling for change, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages is web-enabling about
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2006 ends the year with a surge in online sales
Description: 2006 ends the year with a surge in online sales Online retail sales in 2006 reached $102.1 billion, up 24% from 2005, comScore Networks Inc. reports. Year-over-year growth
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Web sales at Barnes & Noble grow 2.7% for holidays, fall 2.4% for year
Description: Web sales at Barnes & Noble grow 2.7% for holidays, fall 2.4% for year Sales at Barnes & Noble.com increased 2.7% for the holiday selling season, defined by Barnes & Noble as
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FootSmart.com makes a New Years resolution for better site search
Description: FootSmart.com makes a New Years resolution for better site search To make FootSmart.com more competitive in 2007, Benchmark Brands Inc. plans on making a number of technology
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Drugstore.com gives CEO Dawn Lepore a pay raise
Description: Drugstore.com gives CEO Dawn Lepore a pay raise Drugstore.com is giving CEO Dawn Lepore a pay raise. Under a new employment offer the company made public on Dec. 29,
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MTV sees the future and its mobile commerce
Description: MTV sees the future and its mobile commerce MTV is forming a new business unit to expand its growing base in mobile commerce and content. The new unit, MTVN Mobile Media, will
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Free shipping a powerful conversion tool this holiday, survey finds
Description: Free shipping a powerful conversion tool this holiday, survey finds Free shipping was a powerful conversion tool online this holiday shopping season, but its now so commonplace
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Folletts online lesson plan pays dividends
Description: Folletts online lesson plan pays dividends Follett Higher Education Group, which operates eFollett.com, expects web sales to increase about 20% for the 2007 fiscal year, which
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Shoebuy.com site redesign helps step up conversion rate by 20%
Description: Shoebuy.com site redesign helps step up conversion rate by 20% Shoebuy.com has logged positive results from a combination of web redesign, adding more lines of merchandise and
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Overstock.com test-driving Cars program
Description: Overstock.com test-driving Cars program Cars is the latest venture for the online discount retailer and the program aims to entice auto dealers around the country to post their
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Apparel retailers deliver the best performance in November
Description: Apparel retailers deliver the best performance in November Apparel retailers gave web shoppers the most consistent high broadband performance in November. Gomez Inc. notes that
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ToolKing.com crowns new web platform
Description: ToolKing.com crowns new web platform Online tool distributor ToolKing.com has implemented the J2EE web site platform to improve functionality and usability. The new web platform
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ECampus.com book buyback program getting high marks
Description: ECampus.com book buyback program getting high marks E-Campus.com reports a 30% increase in online college textbook buyback and sales activities in the second half of 2006. Web
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Ice.com turns a cold shoulder to holiday pay-per-click
Description: Ice.com turns a cold shoulder to holiday pay-per-click After disappointing results, Ice.com will reconsider its use of paid search for the 2007 holiday season. For the 2006
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BabyUniverse gets another $2 million in debt financing
Description: BabyUniverse gets another $2 million in debt financing BabyUniverse Inc., an online retailer of home furnishings as well as products for babies and expectant parents, has
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Multi-channel shoppers may spend big, but theyre not very loyal
Description: Multi-channel shoppers may spend big, but theyre not very loyal Multi-channel shoppers are valuable to merchants in a very literal sense: They spend more money and do so more
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Planning for success
Description: Planning for success To plan or not to plan, that is the question. Many Internet retailers, big and small, may think they dont need a strategic plan, but without one theyre
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Meanwhile, in France, Google and Microsoft crusade for traffic
Description: Meanwhile, in France, Google and Microsoft crusade for traffic While web sites operated by Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. ranked first and second in the volume of November
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AT&T promise encourages proponents of network neutrality
Description: AT&T promise encourages proponents of network neutrality By promising not to impose a tiered system of wired broadband Internet access for the next two years, AT&T Inc. has
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Google and Microsoft do battle in the U.K., but retailers get biggest gains
Description: Google and Microsoft do battle in the U.K., but retailers get biggest gains Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. stayed at the top of Novembers comScore traffic rankings for the U.K.
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Visits to iTunes site soar on Christmas Day, Hitwise says
Description: Visits to iTunes site soar on Christmas Day, Hitwise says The market share of visits to the iTunes web site soared 413% year-over-year on Christmas Day as new iPod owners flocked
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ProFlowers leads in November conversion rates at 24.5%, study says
Description: ProFlowers leads in November conversion rates at 24.5%, study says ProFlowers.com led online retailers in November with a visitor-to-sales conversion rate of 24.5%, followed by
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Online holiday spending jumps 26% year-over-year to $23.11 billion
Description: Online holiday spending jumps 26% year-over-year to $23.11 billion During the 56 days of the 2006 holiday seasonNov. 1 through Dec. 26total online retail spending reached
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Event and movie ticket sales steadily moving online
Description: Event and movie ticket sales steadily moving online Today, instead of having to stand in linesometimes for hoursor wait on the phone to buy tickets to events and movies, many
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Zappos posts beautiful November traffic increase
Description: Zappos posts beautiful November traffic increase Six of the top 10 apparel and beauty sites experienced an increase in visits in November, with three posting double-digit
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Bluefly.com reaches its target audience through the mass media
Description: Bluefly.com reaches its target audience through the mass media Bluefly.com has found a way to reach its target audiencefashion-conscious, obsessive shoppersusing traditional
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Consumers bought more online later in the season, stats show
Description: Consumers bought more online later in the season, stats show Online holiday traffic and buying surged past the Monday after Thanksgiving and continued to rise through December
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Netflix personalization challenge draws 10,000 entries to date
Description: Netflix personalization challenge draws 10,000 entries to date In October Netflix said it would award $1 million to the first person or team that can develop a new
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E-mail personalization growing but needs work, survey finds
Description: E-mail personalization growing but needs work, survey finds 44% of marketers surveyed by e-mail services provider Responsys personalize some part of their e-mail campaigns, and
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Last-minute buyers boost sales at Spa Emergency
Description: Last-minute buyers boost sales at Spa Emergency During the holiday shopping season e-retailer Spa Emergency sold $2 million in gift certificates to spas across the nation: 60% of
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Assurz.com tests refund guarantee program for online shoppers
Description: Assurz.com tests refund guarantee program for online shoppers A program offering 100% refunds to subscribers for returns of any online purchase is getting a trial run through the
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Avenue A/Razorfish developing online tools to target powershoppers
Description: Avenue A/Razorfish developing online tools to target powershoppers Ajax and Ajax-like technologies are giving web developers and designers the ability to create new tools that
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Borders evaluates its e-commerce options
Description: Borders evaluates its e-commerce options Though the company is releasing few details, Borders Group Inc. is reviewing its e-commerce strategy, including its relationship with
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Illinois sues iMergent businesses over alleged deceptive practices
Description: Illinois sues iMergent businesses over alleged deceptive practices Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing two businesses operated by iMergent Inc., a vendor of
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Pure-play web retailers have 54% more visits than multi-channel retailers
Description: Pure-play web retailers have 54% more visits than multi-channel retailers Visits to pure-play web retailers in Nielsen/NetRatings Inc.s Holiday eShopping index were 54% greater
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DineWise expands frozen meal distribution and DineWise.com
Description: DineWise expands frozen meal distribution and DineWise.com DineWise Inc., the recently rebranded name of Colorado Prime Foods, sees the web as key to a new strategy in which its
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Online marketing an untapped opportunity for CPGs, survey suggests
Description: Online marketing an untapped opportunity for CPGs, survey suggests Less than one percent of total advertising spending by consumer packaged goods marketers is spent on the
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E-retailers have no problem with the kids today
Description: E-retailers have no problem with the kids today The old chestnut of elders bemoaning the kids today is not something being heard in the aisles of web stores. This is because
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Netflix, Amazon lead 2006 holiday shopping satisfaction index
Description: Netflix, Amazon lead 2006 holiday shopping satisfaction index Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com maintained their lead from 2005s holiday season in the second annual holiday edition of
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