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Add-to-cart rate 6%-15% higher with enriched product content, tests find
Description: Add-to-cart rate 6%-15% higher with enriched product content, tests find More e-retailers are experimenting with enriched content on their sites, with the results of newer
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Web sales are up 11% for NBTY in Q3
Description: Web sales are up 11% for NBTY in Q3 E-commerce sales for NBTY Inc. rose 11% in the third quarter while total sales rose by 8.3%. For the quarter e-commerce revenue totaled $16.3
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First-half web sales grow 50% for PC Connection
Description: First-half web sales grow 50% for PC Connection PC Connection Inc. is closing in on the day when e-commerce will account for one-third of total sales. For the first six months of
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Making too much money too quickly
Description: Making too much money too quickly With work complete on web site and database infrastructure, Biblio Inc. now is putting aside the tangible realm of technology and focusing on
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Neiman Marcus to launch discount site
Description: Neiman Marcus to launch discount site Though its only offering up a few details, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. will launch a new e-commerce site sometime in the spring of 2007.
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Comerxia ceases operations
Description: Comerxia ceases operations Comerxia Inc., a turnkey provider of services to online retailers looking to sell overseas, has ceased operations. The company, headquartered in
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Q2 sales rise 88% year-over-year at Communicate.com
Description: Q2 sales rise 88% year-over-year at Communicate.com E-commerce product sales at Communicate.com Inc. rose 88% year-over-year to $1.5 million for the second quarter ended June 30,
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Music leader Billboard.com launches fashion site
Description: Music leader Billboard.com launches fashion site While checking the music charts and reviews of their favorite artists at Billboard.com, fans can now search for music-related
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Aspect Software awarded patent for live chat technology
Description: Aspect Software awarded patent for live chat technology The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Aspect Software Inc. a patent for technology that can determine when an
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UBid.coms Q2 net revenue remains unchanged from 2005
Description: UBid.coms Q2 net revenue remains unchanged from 2005 Net revenue at excess and refurbished merchandise seller uBid.com Holdings Inc. dropped to $19.1 million for the second
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At Google.com, Google Video pushes Froogle off the home page
Description: At Google.com, Google Video pushes Froogle off the home page Underlining Googles focus on search as a shopping tool, the company has pushed its Froogle shopping site link off
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RedEnvelope names new vice president of merchandising
Description: RedEnvelope names new vice president of merchandising RedEnvelope Inc. has named Scott Loly, formerly senior merchant at Design Within Reach Inc., vice president of
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Q2 revenue at eCost.com falls 30% to $28.8 million
Description: Q2 revenue at eCost.com falls 30% to $28.8 million Although second-quarter total revenue at parent company and fulfillment services provider PFSWeb climbed 28.7% year-to-year,
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Former Khimetrics exec joins Vcommerce as VP of marketing
Description: Former Khimetrics exec joins Vcommerce as VP of marketing Tim Manning, a former executive with optimization software provider Khimetrics, which is now a part of SAP, has been
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Q2 revenue at BabyUniverse rises 61.3% as net loss widens
Description: Q2 revenue at BabyUniverse rises 61.3% as net loss widens Net sales at online retailer BabyUniverse Inc. increase 61.3% year-over-year to $8.5 million for the second quarter
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Microsoft sites record the most global traffic in June, comScore says
Description: Microsoft sites record the most global traffic in June, comScore says Microsoft sites had the most global traffic during June, with about 500 million global visitors, followed by
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Online advertising firm ClickShift expands management team
Description: Online advertising firm ClickShift expands management team ClickShift Inc., an online advertising optimization company, has added three executives to its management team. Eddie
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Dell veteran appointed vice president of marketing at REI
Description: Dell veteran appointed vice president of marketing at REI Recreational Equipment Inc. has appointed Tom Vogl, a former marketing executive at Dell Inc., as vice president of
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Former Federated exec Stanley Payson joins Benchmark Brands as VP of IT
Description: Former Federated exec Stanley Payson joins Benchmark Brands as VP of IT Stanley Payson, a former director of IT for Active Hours Formalwear, a division of Federated Department
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UK retailer Authentics sharpens inventory control with web-based system
Description: UK retailer Authentics sharpens inventory control with web-based system Housewares and gifts retailer Authentics, using a web-based warehouse management system, has cut by 50%
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U.K. online shoppers will increase 83% to 32 million by 2011, study says
Description: U.K. online shoppers will increase 83% to 32 million by 2011, study says By 2011, 32 million consumers in the United Kingdom will be shopping online, representing about 83% of
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Williams-Sonoma launches premium furniture site
Description: Williams-Sonoma launches premium furniture site Williams-Sonoma Inc. on Monday will officially launch a web site dedicated solely to its premium home furnishings brand,
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Car sellers need to diversify their online ad spending, study says
Description: Car sellers need to diversify their online ad spending, study says To be truly effective with their online advertising programs, vehicle manufacturers and dealers need to spread
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VictoriasSecret.com posts largest traffic gain of top apparel/beauty sites
Description: VictoriasSecret.com posts largest traffic gain of top apparel/beauty sites VictoriasSecret.com recorded the sharpest increase in traffic among the top 10 apparel and beauty sites
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PointRoll.com leads in rich media ad impressions, new study says
Description: PointRoll.com leads in rich media ad impressions, new study says PointRoll.com took a commanding lead in an initial study of rich media advertising impressions, with 404.2
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Amazons new Search Suggestions lets shoppers submit product descriptions
Description: Amazons new Search Suggestions lets shoppers submit product descriptions Tagging, an online activity that arose with consumer-generated media, is getting official recognition of
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U.S. Hispanics shun web buying due to payment security issues, study says
Description: U.S. Hispanics shun web buying due to payment security issues, study says Concern about the security of online payments is the top reason U.S. Hispanics dont buy on the web,
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Internet Retailer 2006: Report from the conference
Description: A convergence of technology and customer desires
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Q4 web sales grow 14.6% at 1-800-Flowers.com
Description: Q4 web sales grow 14.6% at 1-800-Flowers.com Online sales at 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. totaled $124.4 million for the fourth quarter, ended July 2, up 14.6% year-over-year from
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Discounting the Discount
Description: Retailers drive a hard bargain for payment services by sweating the details and knowing the fine print
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Web brother, can you spare a dime?
Description: A new e-commerce technology vendor is offering e-retailers a free system that enables customers to donate their change from an online purchase to charity. Launched last month, Change Round-Up provides interested e-retailers free software and transaction services that can be integrated into merchants checkout processes. The system was inspired by the fund-raising change jars found near the cash registers of many bricks-and-mortar stores.
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Google Checkout may give PayPal a run for its money
Description: To date nearly 100 retailers have added Google Checkout to their sites. Like PayPal, Checkout enables shoppers to make purchases at participating e-retailers. Unlike PayPal, Checkout is not a payment alternative to credit and debit cards. Rather, its a card gateway that uses consumers existing cards and streamlines the payment processand can substantially lower the costs of card payment processing for merchants, especially for those using Google AdWords, a component of the Checkout offering.
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New geolocation tool gives e-retailers more data to fight payment fraud
Description: New geolocation tool gives e-retailers more data to fight payment fraud A new Internet protocol geolocation tool from CyberSource Corp., a provider of payment processing and risk
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Delivery with a Smile
Description: Technology and competition put retailers in the delivery service driver`s seat
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Amazon.com not playing with its food
Description: Internet retail kingpin Amazon.com is hungry for new business and its not playing around. Last month the company launched new online stores in the toys and babies categories, hot on the heels of its launch of an online grocery store in June.
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Clicking on all cylinders
Description: A new generation of site design probes deep into the consumer mind - and deeper into web pages
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Bigger is Better
Description: Technobrands` FirstStreetOnline.com finds a search marketing strategy that fits
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When web hosting turns into a disaster
Description: It`s hard to recover when your outside provider screws up. The lesson: Get it right the first time.
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Crossing Channels
Description: K&L Wine Merchants uncorks a single database as a key to multi-channel success
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Shop.org: E-retailing`s high priority means more competition
Description: The attention the web now receives from offline divisions is apparent across many disciplines, including the use of shared resources and offline marketing attention to online marketing tactics. Its also clear that many retailers are in strategic planning mode to determine the role of the online channel over the next five to 10 years, the study concludes.
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New payer authentication product uses text messaging
Description: New payer authentication product uses text messaging FactorTrust.com next week is launching a product which uses a consumers mobile phone for purchase and payer authentication
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PropertyRoom.com to handle payments for third-party sellers
Description: PropertyRoom.com to handle payments for third-party sellers PropertyRoom.com, the online auction site for legally recovered property in which some 700 municipal law enforcement
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Flying Carpets
Description: Rugs Direct weaves new site search for shoppers buried under area rugs
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Will that be credit, debit or mobile phone?
Description: Will that be credit, debit or mobile phone? Mobile commerce, a subset of electronic commerce, is on the rise. An increasing number of Americans are purchasing digital content as
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Security concerns keep 1/3 of consumers from purchasing online or offline
Description: Security concerns keep 1/3 of consumers from purchasing online or offline Over one-third of consumers polled about the security of personal information said they have stopped a
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Energizing E-mail
Description: How Road Runner Sports improved traction with e-mail and short-circuited customer burnout
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: The growing link between site security and sales
Description: As consumer concerns over site security and fraud grow, e-retailers are not only looking to vendors for the tools to thwart cyber crooks but also the expertise to implement them.
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Taking a byte out of crime
Description: Cops know that one of the best ways to thwart criminals is for victims to pool their experiences. That not only consolidates resources so crime-fighters have more fraud-busting techniques at hand, but it also helps crime-fighters and victims identify patterns of criminal behavior that might prevent future crimes. The Merchant Risk Council, a volunteer organization of online retailers and payments processors, periodically surveys members to see whats happening on the fraud front. The groups annual report has some interesting data about how retailers are preventing fraudand the results theyre achieving. Here are a few stats from Merchant Risk Council Fifth Annual Survey.
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Overstock.com puts certified e-mail to the test
Description: Overstock.com puts certified e-mail to the test Early this year, Overstock.com Inc. researched new certified e-mail technology that ensuresthrough a strict process of
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Dicks Sporting Goods relaunches site with GSI Commerce
Description: Dicks Sporting Goods relaunches site with GSI Commerce In a move to make its web site more like its brick-and-mortar stores and drive a more consistent multi-channel shopping
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