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Weighing spending options
Description: Online retailers are purchasing more e-commerce technology, but they`re also pickier and want more tools that drive traffic and convert sales.
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E-Mail Marketing
Description: Retailers seek the ultimate goal of e-mail marketing: the right message, the right consumer, the right time
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Site Search
Description: Not just about finding the product anymore
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Sonys online customers click, take a lesson and buy
Description: Sonys online customers click, take a lesson and buy About 18-20% of consumers who sign up for free instructor-led online courses on topics like digital cameras go on to purchase
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New wine e-commerce site offers just one wine per day
Description: New wine e-commerce site offers just one wine per day Newly-launched wine web site RadCru.com brings a new model to online wine sales: on offer each day will be a single wine,
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eFashionSolutions gets a new round of funding and a new chairman
Description: eFashionSolutions gets a new round of funding and a new chairman Bernie Brennan, former CEO of Montgomery Ward and a board member of eFashionSolutions LLC since last November,
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Fulfillment
Description: Aggregating channels and inventory data to keep products flowing to customers on time
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eBay reports resignation of PayPals Jordan and other top executive changes
Description: eBay reports resignation of PayPals Jordan and other top executive changes PayPal Inc. president Jeff Jordan will step down in the fall to spend more time with his family. He
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REI appoints a new e-commerce manager
Description: REI appoints a new e-commerce manager Recreational Equipment Inc. has appointed Brad Brown as vice president of e-commerce and web strategies. Brown had been REIs vice president
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Most-hunted May products included satellite TV, flowers and gourmet foods
Description: Most-hunted May products included satellite TV, flowers and gourmet foods The following are the top retail product and retailer name searches for May 2006, according to
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Racing Ahead
Description: 2006 is shaping up as another year of record sales, with retailers shifting their attention to customer retention from acquisition
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Search Marketing
Description: Search marketing gets bigger and goes narrowerat the same time
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Payment Processing
Description: The increasingly complex world of online payments
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Liz Claiborne names Jill Granoff group president of direct-to-consumer
Description: Liz Claiborne names Jill Granoff group president of direct-to-consumer Liz Claiborne Inc. has a new group president heading up its direct-to-consumer business, which includes
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Affiliate Marketing
Description: Low-profile affiliate marketing grows in importanceand in complexity
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Web Site Analytics
Description: Robust technology and mountaineering skills required for constructive analysis
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Call center company Alpine Access gets a new CEO
Description: Call center company Alpine Access gets a new CEO Alpine Access Inc. has named Christopher M. Carrington as chief executive officer. Alpine Access is a provider of customer
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Online ad agency Performance Bridge names ad veteran to advisory board
Description: Online ad agency Performance Bridge names ad veteran to advisory board Online advertising agency Performance Bridge has named the former chief operating officer for North America
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Performics signs 16 new affiliate clients
Description: Performics signs 16 new affiliate clients Affiliate marketing company Performics, a division of DoubleClick Inc., has announced the signing of 16 new affiliate marketing clients.
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Online car buyers research Hondas and Toyotas the most
Description: Online car buyers research Hondas and Toyotas the most Hondas and Toyotas are the most researched new vehicles on the Internet, says a new study from Kelley Blue Book, an
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Visits to 8 of top 10 apparel/ beauty sites grow by double digits in May
Description: Visits to 8 of top 10 apparel/ beauty sites grow by double digits in May Eight of the top 10 apparel and beauty sites experienced double digit increases in visitors in May, led
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Pricefish offers merchants fixed-fee plan to beat click-fraud
Description: Pricefish offers merchants fixed-fee plan to beat click-fraud Providing a new tool to fight online click fraud, Pricefish Inc., the developer of comparison shopping site
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Hummer tops the list of best auto manufacturer sites
Description: Hummer tops the list of best auto manufacturer sites Hummer.com is the automotive manufacturing web site providing online car shoppers with the deepest content and best array of
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Lots of people like Google Checkout, but eBay doesnt
Description: Lots of people like Google Checkout, but eBay doesnt A lot of e-commerce platform providers have integrated the new Google Checkout service into their offeringsbut eBay wont
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PayPal tests a virtual debit card for use at MasterCard merchants
Description: PayPal tests a virtual debit card for use at MasterCard merchants PayPal Inc. is testing a virtual debit card that allows PayPal customers to use their PayPal accounts anywhere
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How tiny CompulsivePaintball.com targets multi-channel growth
Description: How tiny CompulsivePaintball.com targets multi-channel growth Five years after launching a paintball retail web site in his Penn State dorm room, Compulsive Paintball Inc.
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Sharper Image racks up another month of declining sales; JCP.com rises 27%
Description: Sharper Image racks up another month of declining sales; JCP.com rises 27% Internet sales at Sharper Image Corp. in June were down 19% from June last year, falling to $5.4
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Store locators score big with 68% of online shoppers, new study says
Description: Store locators score big with 68% of online shoppers, new study says 68% of online shoppers cite store locators as one of the most helpful features of retail web sites, says a
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Toys `R` Us re-launches ToysRUs.com with multi-channel sales in mind
Description: Toys `R` Us re-launches ToysRUs.com with multi-channel sales in mind The new Toys R Us e-commerce site is up and running and the retailer is making multi-channel integration a
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Court rejects Ecometrys request for restraining order against PCS
Description: Court rejects Ecometrys request for restraining order against PCS A federal court in Florida has denied Ecometry Corp.s requests for a temporary restraining order and a
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Inventory management and visibility lead multi-channel tech plans, AMR says
Description: Inventory management and visibility lead multi-channel tech plans, AMR says In a recent survey by AMR Research Inc. of retailers plans for upgrading their multi-channel
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Multi-channel shoppers spend big, but dont carry loyalty across channels
Description: Multi-channel shoppers spend big, but dont carry loyalty across channels Cross-channel shoppers have major buying power, according to a recent report from Forrester Research: in
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New majority owner to beef up Bodybuilding.com
Description: New majority owner to beef up Bodybuilding.com Higher Power Inc., which owns and operates two health and fitness e-commerce sites, has sold the majority interest in the company
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When web hosting companies go down the drain
Description: When web hosting companies go down the drain For multi-channel PortableSink.com, a competent web host along with shopping cart and content updates are the most important factors
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Mays online sales grow 21% over last May, comScore reports
Description: Mays online sales grow 21% over last May, comScore reports Online retail sales in May reached $7.45 billion, up 21% from $6.14 billion in May last year, comScore Networks Inc.
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Luggage Online beefs up its content with Ask the Luggage Experts
Description: Luggage Online beefs up its content with Ask the Luggage Experts Content was once thought to be king of web sites. Then commerce became king. Today, many web sites have declared
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Yahoo will give marketers refunds under click fraud settlement
Description: Yahoo will give marketers refunds under click fraud settlement Yahoo will settle a class-action click fraud lawsuit by giving refunds or ad credits to search marketers who paid
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Amazon launches new toy and baby stores
Description: Amazon launches new toy and baby stores Amazon.com is back in the toy retailing business, but this time with its own inventory and on its own terms. In March, Amazon lost its
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Testing new software enables group of e-retailers to boost conversion
Description: Testing new software enables group of e-retailers to boost conversion While testing new software from Sento Corp., eFashion.com, an umbrella company for numerous
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Web brother, can you spare a dime?
Description: Web brother, can you spare a dime? When checking out in stores, customers sometimes find a small jar in which they can deposit the change from their purchase, or more, that goes
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PC failure rates: better, but still room for improvement
Description: PC failure rates: better, but still room for improvement E-commerce sites are bending over backwards to improve usability but that wont matter to the consumers who cant even
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Search marketing company Did-It searches within to find new CTO
Description: Search marketing company Did-It searches within to find new CTO Did-It search marketing has a new chief technology officer: John Merryman, formerly of DoubleClick, is leading the
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How MyWeddingFavors.com boosted conversion rates 65%
Description: How MyWeddingFavors.com boosted conversion rates 65% With a new multi-variable page optimization system to support its Internet natural search campaigns, MyWeddingFavors.com has
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Cellfire launches free mobile coupon service
Description: Cellfire launches free mobile coupon service A downloadable application that delivers coupons wirelessly to consumers cell phones for in-store use has been launched by San
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Data security bill introduced in U.S. Senate
Description: Data security bill introduced in U.S. Senate A bill that would require retailers and other entities to secure consumer data and notify consumers when information is breached has
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Bidz.com and Gmarket experience different IPO reactions
Description: Bidz.com and Gmarket experience different IPO reactions Two web retailing companies are each experiencing different reactions to their planned initial public offerings. One
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MoreVisibility promotes Gina Barron to vice president of client development
Description: MoreVisibility promotes Gina Barron to vice president of client development Search engine marketing company MoreVisibility has appointed Gina Barron to the position of vice
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Conversion rates will be key to Google Checkouts success
Description: Conversion rates will be key to Google Checkouts success Google`s new payment service Google Checkout sounds promising, but the proof of success will lie in conversion rates,
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With new owner, AB&C Group gets a new CEO
Description: With new owner, AB&C Group gets a new CEO Mike Lutz, a former executive at Hanover Direct, Spiegel, and JCPenney, has been named CEO of the AB&C Group, a provider of outsourced
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May visits grow at 7 of top 10 home and garden sites
Description: May visits grow at 7 of top 10 home and garden sites In spring consumers thoughts turn to home and garden. Visits to seven of the top 10 home and garden sites increased in May,
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