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Online research influences online and offline purchases
Description: Online research influences online and offline purchases 58% of adults plan to do online research during the holiday season and 43% plan to make online and offline purchases based
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RadioShack transmits a new multi-channel initiative
Description: RadioShack transmits a new multi-channel initiative RadioShack Corp. is rolling out a new e-commerce initiative that provides free shipping of RadioShack.com orders to a nearby
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Q3 sales rise 41% at apparel retailer Avenue.com
Description: Q3 sales rise 41% at apparel retailer Avenue.com Sales at Avenue.com, a retailer specializing in plus-size womens wear, rose 41% year-over-year for the third quarter ended Oct.
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Best Buy rolls out designated parking slots for web shoppers
Description: Best Buy rolls out designated parking slots for web shoppers Best Buy Co. is introducing new web tools and an expedited buy-online/pick-up in-store program to capture more
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Hanover Direct merges with Chelsey Direct
Description: Hanover Direct merges with Chelsey Direct Direct marketer Hanover Direct Inc. is merging with Chelsey Direct LLC, the company`s largest shareholder. Though the overall value of
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Good or bad? Two researchers predict both for holiday sales
Description: Good or bad? Two researchers predict both for holiday sales Which will it be? Retailers gearing up for Christmas shopping might have a hard time figuring out whether it will be a
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Ice.com on course to grow sales 50% this year
Description: Ice.com on course to grow sales 50% this year Jewelry e-retailer Ice.com, No. 193 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to Retail Web Sites, is on course to boost sales by about
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HP introduces Internet-based customer service assistance
Description: HP introduces Internet-based customer service assistance Hewlett-Packard Co. customer-service agents can now connect to customers` PCs over the Internet to provide personalized
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L.L. Bean looks to the web and catalogs for a Canadian expansion
Description: L.L. Bean looks to the web and catalogs for a Canadian expansion L.L.Bean Inc. is considering a web site and catalog expansion into Canada, the company says. It might eventually
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Retailer Bidz names two department executives
Description: Retailer Bidz names two department executives Online jewelry retailer and auctioneer Bidz Inc. has promoted Claudia Liu to the newly created position of chief operating officer.
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Akamai to acquire Nine Systems for $160 million
Description: Akamai to acquire Nine Systems for $160 million Akamai Technologies Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nine Systems Corp. Inc. in a transaction valued at about
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U.S. online apparel sales rise 32% year-over-year in Q3
Description: U.S. online apparel sales rise 32% year-over-year in Q3 U.S. online apparel sales increased 32% year-over-year during the third quarter, with specialty retailers such as
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Loyalty Lab names a new chief of customer strategy and business development
Description: Loyalty Lab names a new chief of customer strategy and business development Loyalty Lab Inc., an on-demand loyalty marketing provider for consumer brands, has named David Rosen
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Mercent appoints a new director of service delivery
Description: Mercent appoints a new director of service delivery Mercent Corp. has hired former Amazon.com manager Alan Brozovich as director of service delivery. Brozovich will report to
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Avenue A | Razorfish creates a new department to handle emerging marketing
Description: Avenue A | Razorfish creates a new department to handle emerging marketing Seattle-based Interactive marketing firm Avenue A | Razorfish, a unit of aQuantive Inc., has named
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Wal-Mart holds back special deals to reveal on web site on Thanksgiving
Description: Wal-Mart holds back special deals to reveal on web site on Thanksgiving Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use its web site on Thanksgiving to create excitement for shopping in stores
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GXS acquires on-demand product data services company UDEX
Description: GXS acquires on-demand product data services company UDEX GXS, major provider of web-based b2b services that help retailers share synchronized product data with suppliers, has
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Polo Ralph Lauren brings interactive window shopping to Chicago
Description: Polo Ralph Lauren brings interactive window shopping to Chicago Polo Ralph Lauren today launched interactive window shoppingin which customer can shop from outside the store
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Tentoe hires a software user experience expert as marketing VP
Description: Tentoe hires a software user experience expert as marketing VP Tentoe, provider of online merchandising systems, has appointed Dennis Marshall as vice president of marketing and
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eBay home leads in traffic to home and garden sites in October
Description: eBay home leads in traffic to home and garden sites in October EBay Home had the most traffic of the top 10 online home and garden sites in October, with 12.9 million visitors,
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RadioShack.com launches four new consumer education courses
Description: RadioShack.com launches four new consumer education courses RadioShack Corp. is expanding its online consumer education content with four new courses on wireless technology,
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Barnes & Noble.com sales down 0.5%
Description: Barnes & Noble.com sales down 0.5% Barnes & Nobles online sales declined 0.5% year-over-year to $95.8 million during the third quarter ending Oct. 28, the retailer said. Online
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UPS will raise rates 4.9% as of Jan. 1
Description: UPS will raise rates 4.9% as of Jan. 1 United Parcel Service of America Inc., UPS, announced today that it will raise prices an average of 4.9% for ground and air shipments
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Q3 online retail sales climb 21% over year ago, Commerce Department reports
Description: Q3 online retail sales climb 21% over year ago, Commerce Department reports Online retail sales in Q3 grew at four times the rate of total retail sales, the Commerce Department
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How web analytics boost e-mail effectiveness
Description: How web analytics boost e-mail effectiveness Web analytics can serve up a goldmine of information on what consumers want by tracking their behavior as they enter a retail site
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WebMetro launches new search marketing and analytics platform
Description: WebMetro launches new search marketing and analytics platform WebMetro, a provider of interactive marketing software and services, has launched DSMM2, a new version of the
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FootSmart.com increases sales of cross-sell items by 97% with analytics
Description: FootSmart.com increases sales of cross-sell items by 97% with analytics FootSmart.com has experienced a 97% increase in sales for all cross-sell items since implementing
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Analytics helps Merrick Group increase landing page conversion rates
Description: Analytics helps Merrick Group increase landing page conversion rates Bedding e-retailer The Merrick Group finds through its web site analytics application that shoppers arriving
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NetShops acquires online niche retailer Thralow Inc.
Description: NetShops acquires online niche retailer Thralow Inc. NetShops Inc. has acquired Thralow Inc. and its 30 specialty retail web sites, the companies announced today. The purchase
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Analytics users want more sophisticated tools, study says
Description: Analytics users want more sophisticated tools, study says Web retailers that use analytics are expanding their use of the application to measure other aspects of their e-commerce
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How analytics drives holiday planning at NapaStyle.com
Description: How analytics drives holiday planning at NapaStyle.com When looking forward to the holiday shopping season, some online retailers are betting their smartest move will be to first
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ShopNBC.com`s third-quarter sales climb 29% year-over-year
Description: ShopNBC.com`s third-quarter sales climb 29% year-over-year Sales at ShopNBC.com rose 29% year-over-year to $44.37 million for the third quarter ended Nov. 4, as total sales at
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Cooking.com serves up new customer acquisition strategies
Description: Cooking.com serves up new customer acquisition strategies Customer service and how the company uses feedback from customer service will help Cooking.com grow its web sales to
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Apparel retailers deliver the best performance in October
Description: Apparel retailers deliver the best performance in October Apparel retailers gave web shoppers the most consistent high broadband performance in October. Gomez Inc. notes that
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Palm ends its black-and-white period
Description: Palm ends its black-and-white period For years Palm Inc. has manufactured all of its hand-held PDAs, smartphones and other devices in a traditional black, white and gray. In
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Revenue rises 35.5% year-over-year in Blueflys Q3
Description: Revenue rises 35.5% year-over-year in Blueflys Q3 Revenue at fashion apparel e-retailer Bluefly Inc. rose 35.5% to $16.3 million for the third quarter ended September 30, up
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Dicks takes a swing at Golf Galaxy
Description: Dicks takes a swing at Golf Galaxy To create more market share for itself in the multi-billion-dollar golf industry, Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. is acquiring Golf Galaxy Inc.
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Apple launches more Latino content on iTunes
Description: Apple launches more Latino content on iTunes Apple Computer Corp. has launched iTunes Latino, a dedicated area within the U.S. iTunes store featuring Latin music, music videos,
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Discover Card launches a shopping portal for cardholders
Description: Discover Card launches a shopping portal for cardholders Discover Financial Services LLC, issuer of the Discover credit card, has launched an online shopping portal,
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Walt Disney expects a big Internet year in 2007
Description: Walt Disney expects a big Internet year in 2007 The Walt Disney Co.s push into digital content and online games should help the company generate Internet revenue of more than
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Ritz Interactive makes huge addition to offerings
Description: Ritz Interactive makes huge addition to offerings Ritz Interactive Inc. has added more than 70,000 new products to the electronics category on its e-commerce sites. The new
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Alibris goes across the pond for new launch
Description: Alibris goes across the pond for new launch New and used book e-retailer Alibris Inc. has launched an e-commerce site for the United Kingdom as part of the companys drive to
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Target.com expands its multi-channel tools
Description: Target.com expands its multi-channel tools Though its only offering up a few details, Target Corp. is taking steps to enhance its multi-channel retail base with new e-commerce
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Home Décor Products opens up blinds
Description: Home Décor Products opens up blinds Home Décor Products Inc. has reached an agreement to purchase all of the assets of NationBlinds.com from interactive retail company The
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Q3 web sales grow 11% for Hanover Direct
Description: Q3 web sales grow 11% for Hanover Direct Web sales for Hanover Direct rose 11.3% in the third quarter while total sales declined by 3.2%. For Q3 Hanover Direct generated
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Big ticket web shoppers prefer Nordstrom.com and SaksFifthAve.com
Description: Big ticket web shoppers prefer Nordstrom.com and SaksFifthAve.com Affluent shoppers are extremely brand conscious when shopping online and give the highest marks for site
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Webloyalty, Fandango reveal customers details in effort to dismiss lawsuit
Description: Webloyalty, Fandango reveal customers details in effort to dismiss lawsuit Webloyalty.com Inc. and Fandango Inc., operator of Fandango.com, yesterday filed for a summary
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BabyUniverse grows web sales 55% in Q3
Description: BabyUniverse grows web sales 55% in Q3 BabyUniverse Inc. is reporting net income of $102,964 on revenue of $8.9 million for the third quarter, compared with a net loss of
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Spiegel Brands relaunches Newport News site
Description: Spiegel Brands relaunches Newport News site Spiegel Brands Inc. yesterday relaunched its Newport News e-commerce site with improved site search product listings and
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Cyber Monday: busy, but no monolith, two holiday shopping studies show
Description: Cyber Monday: busy, but no monolith, two holiday shopping studies show In a data review demonstrating that Cyber Monday isnt necessarily D-Day for online retailers anxiously
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