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Overstock.com raises $40 million in stock sale
Description: Overstock.com raises $40 million in stock sale Online discount retailer Overstock.com Inc. has raised $40 million from the sale of 2.73 million shares of common stock to
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eBay leads in November visits to top shopping sites
Description: eBay leads in November visits to top shopping sites EBay.com recorded the most visits among the top 10 online shopping sites in November, with 64.2 million visits, up 14% from
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Shop, shop, shop around the clock is coming, says a new Cybersource report
Description: Shop, shop, shop around the clock is coming, says a new Cybersource report As broadband Internet access spreads into homes, a debate has emerged as to when consumers shop online
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Electric drilling helps designer junkies and others find holiday gifts
Description: Electric drilling helps designer junkies and others find holiday gifts To aid shoppers in their quest for just the right gift, and do so in a way that cannot be replicated in
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Blue Nile offers free overnight delivery for late shoppers
Description: Blue Nile offers free overnight delivery for late shoppers Online jeweler Blue Nile is pushing the boundaries on free shipping. Customers who order as late as Dec. 21 at 3 p.m.
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buySafe opens its bonded-sellers network to site developers
Description: buySafe opens its bonded-sellers network to site developers To increase traffic to retail web sites bonded by buySafe Inc. as reliable sellers, buySafe has opened its application
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Criminals use of web phone service rings trouble for online retailers
Description: Criminals use of web phone service rings trouble for online retailers One of the latest scams facing online retailers is criminals use of anonymous IP addresses backed by
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$2 billion in online sales lost due to security concerns, Gartner says
Description: $2 billion in online sales lost due to security concerns, Gartner says Consumer concerns about online data security continue to take a toll on e-commerce, resulting in nearly $2
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Number of phishing sites up more than 8-fold
Description: Number of phishing sites up more than 8-fold The number of phishing sites reached 37,444 in October, more than 8 times the number of sites in October 2005, the Anti-Phishing
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Mercado gets $11.5 million to fund product development and growth
Description: Mercado gets $11.5 million to fund product development and growth Mercado Software, provider of e-commerce site search, navigation, and merchandising technology, secured $11.5
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Feds charge 21 for alleged $5 million fraud scheme targeting eBay bidders
Description: Feds charge 21 for alleged $5 million fraud scheme targeting eBay bidders Federal officials in Chicago have indicted 21 people accused of bilking eBay bidders out of more than $5
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Visa sets new fines, offers incentives to encourage PCI compliance
Description: Visa sets new fines, offers incentives to encourage PCI compliance Spurred on by a series of database breaches at U.S. retailers, Visa USA today announced new fines on the
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More of the same as online holiday buying grows 24% so far, comScore says
Description: More of the same as online holiday buying grows 24% so far, comScore says In the closely watched holiday shopping season, no sales are more measurable than online sales. Thus
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Online retailers still reject too many international orders, study finds
Description: Online retailers still reject too many international orders, study finds Online orders are more than twice as likely to be fraudulent when placed from outside the U.S. and
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U.K. online sales grow 45% in November from year earlier
Description: U.K. online sales grow 45% in November from year earlier Internet retail sales in the U.K. reached £3.26 billion in November, the highest ever for monthly online sales, reports
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AARP launches shopping site for the 50+ crowd
Description: AARP launches shopping site for the 50+ crowd Targeting its base of 37 million members, who are all 50 or older, the AARP has launched its own retail web site featuring more than
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Web services increase site vulnerability, testing service says
Description: Web services increase site vulnerability, testing service says Consumers want the online transaction between their laptop and an e-commerce server to be secure. But if the
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Web sales drop 10% at Books-A-Million in Q3
Description: Web sales drop 10% at Books-A-Million in Q3 E-commerce sales at Books-A-Million Inc. totaled $6.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007, a decrease of 9.6% from web sales
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Shoppers rising expectations dampen their satisfaction with e-retailers
Description: Shoppers rising expectations dampen their satisfaction with e-retailers Consumers are expecting more from e-commerce, and e-commerce is letting things slip. Thats the
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Amazon chips in Wikia financing
Description: Amazon chips in Wikia financing Amazon.com is the sole investor in Wikia Inc.s Series B funding and is Wikias first corporate investor. The amount of Amazon`s investment was
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Top retailers deliver mixed consistency
Description: Top retailers deliver mixed consistency The largest web retailers delivered a mixed web site performance in November, says Gomez Inc. 11 retailers achieved a consistency rating
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Hat World buys Hat Shack
Description: Hat World buys Hat Shack Genesco Inc.s Hat World subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Hat Shack Inc., a Marietta, GA-based chain of 49 retail headwear stores
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2006 was a busy year for Top 500 retailer mergers and acquisitions
Description: 2006 was a busy year for Top 500 retailer mergers and acquisitions As 2006 winds down, it will be remembered by Top 500 retailers, investment bankers and others as a memorable
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Neiman Marcus Q1 Internet sales top $101 million
Description: Neiman Marcus Q1 Internet sales top $101 million Neiman Marcus racked up Internet sales of $101.1 million for the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 27.5% compared with the
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Williams-Sonoma Internet sales up 15% in Q3
Description: Williams-Sonoma Internet sales up 15% in Q3 Williams-Sonoma Inc. reported Internet revenue of $227.2 million for the third quarter of 2006, an increase of 15% from the same
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Venda lands $20 million in funding to accelerate growth
Description: Venda lands $20 million in funding to accelerate growth Venda Ltd., provider of on-demand e-commerce technology, has closed a $20 million round of equity financing, led by
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Napster goes mobile in Ireland
Description: Napster goes mobile in Ireland Napster is going mobile in Ireland. The company, No. 100 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to Retail Web Sites, will debut on Telefonica`s O2
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Q3 Internet sales at dELiAs climb 11.2%
Description: Q3 Internet sales at dELiAs climb 11.2% Internet sales at dELiAs Inc., for the three months ended Oct. 28, 2006, rose 11.2% to $29.78 million from $26.77 in the same quarter
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Systemax Q2 web sales climb 29.2%
Description: Systemax Q2 web sales climb 29.2% Systemax Inc., which owns and operates TigerDirect.com, grew its web sales by 29.2% in the second quarter while total revenue grew by 8.1%. For
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Strategic planning helps Potpourri Group achieve more holiday sales
Description: Strategic planning helps Potpourri Group achieve more holiday sales Meticulous planning is helping direct marketer Potpourri Group Inc., which publishes 12 catalogs and operates
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RedPrairie to acquire StorePerform to expand workforce management
Description: RedPrairie to acquire StorePerform to expand workforce management RedPrairie Corp., a provider of web-based supply chain and enterprise management systems for retailers, has
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Two new sites and a catalog drive huge growth at Moosejaw
Description: Two new sites and a catalog drive huge growth at Moosejaw At Moosejaw Mountaineering holiday web sales are up 70% compared with last year and business is getting busier. Major
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BabyUniverse becomes a content provider to Amazon
Description: BabyUniverse becomes a content provider to Amazon BabyUniverse Inc. has agreed to become a content provider to Amazon.com Inc.s Amazon Baby marketplace. BabyUniverse will
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igourmet.com launches a wine shop
Description: igourmet.com launches a wine shop Igourmet.com has launched a wine shop, featuring, in addition to wine, specialty cheeses and fine foods. Wines will be paired with foods in
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Even used books are on Christmas giving lists
Description: Even used books are on Christmas giving lists This holiday season, Abebooks Inc. is stressing the breadth of its inventory of rare, used and out-of-print books, as well as unique
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J. Jill names a new head of marketing
Description: J. Jill names a new head of marketing J. Jill, a unit of The Talbots Inc., has named Hilary Chasin senior vice president and chief marketing officer. She will oversee J. Jills
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Online holiday sales up 25% year-to-year through Dec. 8, comScore says
Description: Online holiday sales up 25% year-to-year through Dec. 8, comScore says Online sales for the first 38 holiday shopping days, Nov. 1-Dec. 8, reached $15.58 billion, up 25% from
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On second try, online chocolatier boosts e-mail-driven sales by 50%
Description: On second try, online chocolatier boosts e-mail-driven sales by 50% By identifying recipients who declined to open a promotional e-mail and re-sending them the same creative
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Online graphic design and printing company VistaPrint names a new COO
Description: Online graphic design and printing company VistaPrint names a new COO VistaPrint Ltd., online supplier of graphic design services and customized printed products to small
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Blairs president and CEO announces April retirement
Description: Blairs president and CEO announces April retirement John Zawacki, president of CEO of Blair Corp., a catalog and online retailer of apparel and home products, will retire on
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John Federman named SVP at ATG, where he will lead the eStara unit
Description: John Federman named SVP at ATG, where he will lead the eStara unit Art Technology Group Inc., e-commerce platform provider, has appointed John Federman senior vice president. He
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Food/Drug
Description: Making it special
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Books/CDs/DVDs
Description: Pioneering players push innovation
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Flowers/Gifts/Jewelry
Description: This time its personal
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E-retailing`s brightest stars at IRCE 2007
Description: The purpose of keynote speakers at a major industry conference is to deliver a compelling message about the theme of the meeting. I am thrilled that the two keynote speakers at the Internet Retailer 2007 Conference & Exhibitionthe worlds largest e-retailing show, to be held in San Jose, Calif., June 4-7could not be better suited to deliver powerful messages on the conference theme: The WebPowering the Reinvention of Retailing. Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, and Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix Inc., are luminaries of e-retailing. More important, each has used the web to reinvent key retailing segments.
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Apparel & Accessories
Description: Where winners serve up `wow` and more
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Computers/Electronics
Description: Its the customer, stupid
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Mass Merchants/Department Stores
Description: The jumbo e-retailers continue to innovate
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Specialty/Non-Apparel
Description: The niche professionals
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Housewares/Home Furnishings
Description: Perfecting the in-store feel
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