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Auto dealers benefit from online advertising on niche web sites
Description: Auto dealers benefit from online advertising on niche web sites Web sites such as AOL Sports and MySpace.com are receiving more traffic from very distinct types of new vehicle
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AtomicPark.com to open the new year with a blast
Description: AtomicPark.com to open the new year with a blast In the past several months online electronics retailer AtomicPark.com has been adding new lines of merchandise, including more
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Systemax Q3 web sales approach $200 million
Description: Systemax Q3 web sales approach $200 million Systemax Inc., which owns and operates TigerDirect.com, posted web sales of $195.5 million in the third quarter. The company, No. 23
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Amazon.com sells more than 4 million items on peak holiday shopping day
Description: Amazon.com sells more than 4 million items on peak holiday shopping day Amazon.com Inc. sold more than 4 million items on Dec. 11, the busiest shopping day of its best ever
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Sony and Circuit City beef up web content with electronics courses
Description: Sony and Circuit City beef up web content with electronics courses Sony Electronics and Circuit City Stores Inc. have launched free online education resources to help consumers
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BabyUniverse Inc. launches BabyTV.com
Description: BabyUniverse Inc. launches BabyTV.com BabyUniverse Inc. has launched BabyTV.com, an integrated television-style broadcast and social networking community focusing on the needs of
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Canadian online retailing slower to develop
Description: Canadian online retailing slower to develop Canadians are world leaders in broadband penetration, time spent online, electronic banking and bill paying. But when it comes to
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ServiceMagic fastest-growing among home-and-garden sites, study says
Description: ServiceMagic fastest-growing among home-and-garden sites, study says ServiceMagic showed the sharpest year-over-year growth in November, rising 125% to 2.7 million, among the top
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MyTriggers.com offering buy-online, pick-up-in-store holiday search
Description: MyTriggers.com offering buy-online, pick-up-in-store holiday search Comparison-shopping engine MyTriggers.com is catering to last-minute shoppers by offering a search function
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Online advertising influences word of mouth, DoubleClick survey finds
Description: Online advertising influences word of mouth, DoubleClick survey finds When marketers buy web advertising, theyre investing in not only advertising directly to those who see the
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Amazon, e-Bay offer examples for effective m-commerce, consultant says
Description: Amazon, e-Bay offer examples for effective m-commerce, consultant says Few web sites in the U.S. have been effectively adapted as yet for m-commerce. But retailers considering
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Product reviews posted at Newegg.com top the 500,000 mark
Description: Product reviews posted at Newegg.com top the 500,000 mark Product reviews posted at Newegg.com have topped the 500,000 mark, the online consumer electronics retailer says.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Description: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays The staff of InternetRetailer.com wishes all our readers a safe and happy holiday. The next news will appear on the site Dec. 26. The next
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What holiday shoppers are seeking online
Description: What holiday shoppers are seeking online Yahoo Shopping reports the Top 100 search terms for the week of Dec. 10-16: 1. wii 2. nintendo wii 3. ipod 4. nintendo ds 5. ps3 6. psp
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Circuit City counts on strong holiday sales, CEO says
Description: Circuit City counts on strong holiday sales, CEO says Even though Circuit City Stores Inc. delivered disappointing third-quarter financial results, CircuitCity.com is generating
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Retailers still changing online marketing late into holiday season
Description: Retailers still changing online marketing late into holiday season Its easier to tweak merchandising and promotions in the online environment than in the bricks-and-mortar
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Same old story: Google stays on top of Internet search game
Description: Same old story: Google stays on top of Internet search game Google remained king of the search hill in November, accounting for 49.5% of all Internet searches, 3.1 billion total
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Video product review site ExpoTV.com gets $6 million in funding
Description: Video product review site ExpoTV.com gets $6 million in funding ExpoTV, which operates as ExpoTV.com, a web site that features videos of consumer-generated product reviews, has
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With less than two weeks til Christmas, online sales continued their surge
Description: With less than two weeks til Christmas, online sales continued their surge Online retail sales for the holiday period have grown 25% year-over-yearin line with growth in
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Another study finds Cyber Monday not the biggest online shopping day
Description: Another study finds Cyber Monday not the biggest online shopping day Yet another study confirms that the first Monday after Thanksgiving no longer holds the crown as the biggest
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Online holiday shopping hitting new peaks in France, Germany and the U.K.
Description: Online holiday shopping hitting new peaks in France, Germany and the U.K. Online holiday shopping in France, Germany and the United Kingdom continued to rise during the week
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Mobile advertising set for double-digit growth
Description: Mobile advertising set for double-digit growth Spending on advertising delivered via mobile phones today represents a number as small, relatively speaking, as the devices
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RockBottomGolf.com packs 25% of PPC spending into the 25 days of Christmas
Description: RockBottomGolf.com packs 25% of PPC spending into the 25 days of Christmas October and November is when most of the staff at RockbottomGolf.com take their vacationsfor golf
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The shopping deadline looming, online shoppers start looking for gift cards
Description: The shopping deadline looming, online shoppers start looking for gift cards As Christmas approached, online shoppers searches for gift cards spiked, according to web traffic
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At Roots, in-store kiosk contest introduces shoppers to new web site
Description: At Roots, in-store kiosk contest introduces shoppers to new web site After serving its Canadian online market for years through Sears.ca, apparel retailer Roots Canada Ltd. has
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A tightly wrapped package increases holiday traffic at YOOX
Description: A tightly wrapped package increases holiday traffic at YOOX Online apparel retailer YOOX figures a tight and brightly wrapped package is one sure way to attract web shoppers. And
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PFSweb lands Legos online store and North American catalog fulfillment
Description: PFSweb lands Legos online store and North American catalog fulfillment PFSweb Inc. has landed a five-year deal to provide Lego Brand Retail Inc. with order fulfillment for its
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Home Décor adding on flooring, garage storage
Description: Home Décor adding on flooring, garage storage Home Décor Products Inc. will use some of the $65 million in new funding to grow its business. New web sites slated for an early
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Liberty Media adopts a social networking pet
Description: Liberty Media adopts a social networking pet Having recently acquired online retailer BuySeasons Inc., Liberty Media Corp. now has an eye on the digital content and social
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Circuit City sees the virtue of virtual marketing
Description: Circuit City sees the virtue of virtual marketing IBM and multi-channel electronics retailer Circuit City are exploring ways to apply 3-D environments and virtual worldsand
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Blockbuster playing games with online/in-store free rental program
Description: Blockbuster playing games with online/in-store free rental program Blockbuster has added video games to its Total Access online/in-store DVD rental program. Already in effect,
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VistaPrint gets personal with stickies, adds printing process patent
Description: VistaPrint gets personal with stickies, adds printing process patent Online printer and related services vendor VistaPrint Ltd. has added personalized sticky notes and new color
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Bidz sales rise 57% for January through September
Description: Bidz sales rise 57% for January through September E-commerce sales for Bidz.com Inc. shined during the first nine months of the year. Bidz, an online jewelry retailer and
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Customer satisfaction with online shopping holds steady
Description: Customer satisfaction with online shopping holds steady As the end of online Christmas shopping approached, customers were expressing a slight increase in satisfaction with their
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Zappos and Dell lead in high broadband performance
Description: Zappos and Dell lead in high broadband performance Zappos in November provided the fastest response time for customers accessing the site using a high broadband connection, says
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Q2 web sales jump 125% at World Wrestling Entertainment
Description: Q2 web sales jump 125% at World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is finding a steady stream of online customers for its branded merchandise of shirts,
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Amazon comes out swinging at IBM
Description: Amazon comes out swinging at IBM Its becoming a high stakes game of one-upsmanship in the patent dispute between Amazon.com and IBM. On Dec. 15, Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet
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Steinway Musical named lead bidder for The Woodwind & The Brasswind
Description: Steinway Musical named lead bidder for The Woodwind & The Brasswind Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. has been named the lead bidder in the auction for bankrupt music retailer
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Merchant Risk Council names its first executive director
Description: Merchant Risk Council names its first executive director The Merchant Risk Council has named its first executive director. Tom Donlea, most recently executive director of Social
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To get consumers to recommend deals, Dealio deals out cash prizes
Description: To get consumers to recommend deals, Dealio deals out cash prizes To get more consumers to recommend the consumer products deals that appear on Dealio.com, the comparison
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Investment firm takes payment processor Retail Decisions private
Description: Investment firm takes payment processor Retail Decisions private Palamon Capital Partners, a European mid market private equity firm, has acquired fraud management company and
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Recipe for online advertising success: Mix search and display, study says
Description: Recipe for online advertising success: Mix search and display, study says When combined, search and display advertising deliver profoundly better results than when used
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AbeBooks.com achieves 14% lift on conversions with optimized landing page
Description: AbeBooks.com achieves 14% lift on conversions with optimized landing page When peak selling time lasts only four weeks a season, an online retailer must pull out all the stops to
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iCrossing adds three senior execs to its New York office
Description: iCrossing adds three senior execs to its New York office Capping a year in which it added 100 employees, online marketing agency iCrossing has named three senior staff
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Former J. Jill Group CMO joins The Guild board
Description: Former J. Jill Group CMO joins The Guild board Former J. Jill Group Inc. chief marketing officer Lisa T. Bayne has joined The Guild Inc. board of directors. As J. Jills
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After quintupling in two years, Solid Cactus beefs up its senior management
Description: After quintupling in two years, Solid Cactus beefs up its senior management With growth from 16 employees to 75 today, and its evolution from store development in 2004 to order
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From dinner to dessert, the web opens business for two niche retailers
Description: From dinner to dessert, the web opens business for two niche retailers Two niche retailers with sharply different productsLa Cense Beefs grass-fed beef from Montana and
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SimonDelivers names a new president
Description: SimonDelivers names a new president SimonDelivers Inc. has promoted Liwanag Q. Ojala to president and chief operations officer. Ojala has been with SimonDelivers since June 2004
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Former WebEx exec joins Coremetrics as chief operating officer
Description: Former WebEx exec joins Coremetrics as chief operating officer Shawn Farshchi, a former senior executive at WebEx Communications Inc., Broadvision Inc., Oracle Corp. and DHL
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78% of U.S. active home Internet users connect via broadband
Description: 78% of U.S. active home Internet users connect via broadband A larger percentage of U.S. active home web users are connecting to the Internet via broadband, according to a new
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