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Affluent customers and targeted e-mails help Costco reach record web sales
Description: Affluent customers and targeted e-mails help Costco reach record web sales Its not the only reason, but e-mail marketing is playing a major role in helping Costco Wholesale
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Affluent northeastern men are most likely to look online for electronics
Description: Affluent northeastern men are most likely to look online for electronics A nationwide survey of 1,001 adults for investment bank RBC Capital Markets provides a detailed
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Affluent women still dominate, but online shoppers are becoming mainstream
Description: Affluent women still dominate, but online shoppers are becoming mainstream Women remain the dominant segment of the U.S. population shopping online, but the demographics are
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After CAN-Spam, next step is authentication technology, says Digital Impact
Description: After CAN-Spam, next step is authentication technology, says Digital Impact In the midst of a growing spam problem, one of the worlds largest e-mail service providers is
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After Two Decades, PC Use Is Still Rising in Businesses and Homes
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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After a 10-month lull, Albertsons.com expands again
Description: After a 10-month lull, Albertsons.com expands again Building from its base on the West Coast, Albertsons Inc. is moving its Albertsons.com online grocery shopping service to the
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After a brief hiatus, Sears once again is expanding e-commerce
Description: After a brief hiatus, Sears once again is expanding e-commerce After placing web development on the back burner to focus on building e-commerce and brand name products synergy,
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After a dull 2002, the supply chain automation picture brightens
Description: Supply chain automation is like the weather; many talk about it, few do anything about it, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc. 2002 is a year that supply chain management vendors would rather forget, begins the Five SCM Predictions for 2003 report by analyst Navi Radjou. Thats not stopping Forrester, though, from predicting robust growth as industries attempt to bring automation to their supply chains. And retailing is right up there, with the second highest compound annual growth (35%) of all industries, just behind transportation (37%). In 2008 the total market in supply chain management spending will be nearly four times what it will be this year, Forrester says. Much of the spending will be on web-based automation and collaboration services. Here are some of Forresters findings and predictions:
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After a flashy finish in 2007, Blue Nile sees duller times ahead
Description: After a flashy finish in 2007, Blue Nile sees duller times ahead Blue Nile Inc. is reporting a bright finish to 2007, but already warning of duller sales in 2008. In 2007, Blue
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After a quiet launch, ShoppersChoice.com is building momentum
Description: After a quiet launch, ShoppersChoice.com is building momentum Since early May when The Grill Store & More launched ShoppersChoice.com, a new mass merchandise site, business has
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After a series of acquisitions, Innotrac looks for further growth
Description: After a series of acquisitions, Innotrac looks for further growth Fulfillment provider Innotrac Corp. is looking to expand, David Ellin, senior vice president of sales and
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After a bumpy Black Friday, site performance hums on Cyber Monday
Description: After a bumpy Black Friday, site performance hums on Cyber Monday Keynote Systems reports that Cyber Monday--the Monday after Thanksgiving--presented no significant web site
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After all that hard work, the online grocers are ready to transform the supermarket industry
Description: Another way e-grocers can attract customers is by offering services that go beyond delivering groceries, such as picking up and dropping off dry cleaning, film, flowers or videos. By adding to the types of items that they deliver, online grocers can increase the number of deliveries per hour or items per trip. Those with a niche in a specialized area, such as delivery of health foods, prescriptions or convenience-store items, are also likely to prosper.
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After analyzing failed searches, Fingerhut boosts conversion rates 26%
Description: After analyzing failed searches, Fingerhut boosts conversion rates 26% General merchandise retailer Fingerhut expects to gain $1.1 million in incremental revenue within the first
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After defeats, e-retail group still pushing Senate on net neutrality
Description: After defeats, e-retail group still pushing Senate on net neutrality Despite failed recent attempts in the House and Senate to pass bills that would protect network neutrality,
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After delays, Hanover Direct reports its preliminary 2004 web numbers
Description: After delays, Hanover Direct reports its preliminary 2004 web numbers After nearly a year of delay, Hanover Direct Inc. is reporting its preliminary 2004 web sales. In 2004,
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After divesting of 6pm.com, eBags.com gets back to basics
Description: After divesting of 6pm.com, eBags.com gets back to basics Its back to strictly bags and accessories for eBags.com. In August eBags sold its footwear and accessories site,
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After five years, the early vision of online consumers has evolved
Description: After five years, the early vision of online consumers has evolved The online shopper is a thing of the past, having in the short space of the past five years turned into a
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After grounding brick & mortar model, Egghead takes flight as dot-com
Description: Two months after taking over Egghead, Orban shut down half the retail stores. Not only did we have to shut down the chain and lay off a lot of people, Orban says, but we had to liquidate tens of millions of dollars in inventory. He then had to figure out what could be built around the remains of the business. There appeared to be two paths: build a larger store prototype and incorporate other PC products or focus the company on the Internet.
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After peaking in 2000, consumer faith in online card security dips
Description: After peaking in 2000, consumer faith in online card security dips After a period of rising consumer confidence about the safety and security of putting credit card information
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After post-Thanksgiving outage, Yahoo strives to reassure Yahoo Store retailers
Description: The Monday after Thanksgiving 2007 arrived as usual with high expectations among e-retailers of a busy kick-off to online holiday sales, but for OneWayFurniture.com and most of the more than 40,000 other merchants on the Yahoo Merchant Solutions e-commerce platform, the day was a disappointment. Database servers for the platform, also known as Yahoo Store, couldnt display contents in shopping carts during the days peak traffic load, preventing shoppers from completing their intended purchases for several hours.
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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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After rebuilding, Highlights.com pares its cart abandonment rate to 48%
Description: After rebuilding, Highlights.com pares its cart abandonment rate to 48% Highlights for Children Inc., a magazine and catalog publisher focused on educational toys and other
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After segmenting customers, Avon doubles sales driven by e-mail
Description: After segmenting customers, Avon doubles sales driven by e-mail After analyzing its online customer activity, Avon Products Inc. segmented its e-mail marketing campaigns
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After several high-profile web site attacks, experts offer advice to help safeguard your site
Description: Clearly, all Web retailers are at risk and must take security seriously to maintain customer confidence and to protect themselves from financial lossno matter how big or small the company. Security has to do with estimating how bad it would be if something went bad, says Frank Prince, senior analyst at Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass. Then putting together some measures to indemnify yourself from that risk. Its important to remember that security is only as good as your weakest link.
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After shoppers abandon carts, Drapers and Damons e-mail brings em back
Description: After shoppers abandon carts, Drapers and Damons e-mail brings em back Womens apparel e-retailer Drapers & Damons was getting tired of customers leaving their partially
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After side-by-side comparison, Walmart.com picks Omniture analytics
Description: After side-by-side comparison, Walmart.com picks Omniture analytics After a lengthy review including side-by-side testing with another analytics product, Wal-Mart Stores has
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After site redesign, Market Day is helping customers along
Description: After site redesign, Market Day is helping customers along Sometimes the more things change, the more they dont stay the same. Such was the case at Market Day Corp. after it
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After six months of tests, Office Depot prepares to launch new site design
Description: After six months of tests, Office Depot prepares to launch new site design Office Depot in early December will quietly launch the first major overall update to its web site in
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After success in stores, retailers take e-learning up the corporate ladder
Description: Even though retailers have yet to adopt e-learning widely, some pioneers in e-learning are getting ready to take it to the next level. We are expanding beyond the store base to the store support group, says John McKeever, director of superstore training for Circuit City Stores Inc. We want to expand and leverage this type of learning into the corporate office, including service and distribution.
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After the Boo-Hoo Tears, A Plan to Relaunch "The Portal to Cool"
Description: After the Boo-Hoo Tears, A Plan to Relaunch "The Portal to Cool" "They tried to hit the moon and they were off by an inch, and when you're off by an inch on a moon shot, you miss
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After two static years, Headsets.com is prepping a redesign
Description: After two static years, Headsets.com is prepping a redesign Two years is a long, long time when it comes to Internet developments. And, tweaks and additions aside, thats the
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After two years as a brochure site, Lane Bryant begins selling online
Description: After two years as a brochure site, Lane Bryant begins selling online Marking the second stage of its e-commerce strategy, Charming Shoppes Inc. has introduced e-commerce sales
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AfterBOT, Inc. Appoints New CEO
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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AfterMarket Reports Direct Response Ads Return To Normal Levels In Wake of September 11
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ag-Mart Produce Creates New Consumer-Based Web Site to Build Brand Awareness for Grape Tomatoes
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Against The Grain
Description: With little product alignment with stores and a bare-bones web site, Costco defies conventional thinking
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Age makes a difference in how consumers pay online
Description: Age makes a difference in how consumers pay online Younger shoppers are more likely than older consumers to pay online with a debit card or use a peer-to-peer service like
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Aggregate Knowledge gets $20 million in financing
Description: Aggregate Knowledge gets $20 million in financing Aggregate Knowledge, whose web site technology recommends products to online shoppers based on past shopping behavior of
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Agilera Serves Up ASP Solution for El Pollo Loco; Agilera to Host Lawson
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Agribuys Fresh Foods Link Version 10.5 Ships, Delivering the Fresh Foods Industrys Most Complete Supply Chain Solution Offering
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Agribuys Introduces New Supplier Pricing
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ahead of the holidays, BizRate.com beefs up its search tools
Description: Ahead of the holidays, BizRate.com beefs up its search tools BizRate.com, the comparison shopping and product rating service, has launched a shopping search tool with a
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Ahold Selects Agribuys as its Technology Partner for Centralized Perishable Procurement
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ahold USA increases control of store inventory with scan-based trading
Description: Ahold USA increases control of store inventory with scan-based trading Supermarket company Ahold USA is among a growing number of retailers using web-enabled scan-based trading
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Ahold makes an offer to acquire balance of Peapod
Description: Ahold makes an offer to acquire balance of Peapod With the major national brands now pretty much out of the market, Netherlands-based international food retailing and food
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AhoyCaptain.coms December sales grew 600%+ over year earlier December
Description: AhoyCaptain.coms December sales grew 600%+ over year earlier December December sales at Internet retailer AhoyCaptain.com grew 629% over December 2002, the company reports.
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Aided by web and catalog growth, Jos. A. Bank has record earnings, income
Description: Aided by web and catalog growth, Jos. A. Bank has record earnings, income Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. announced its fourth consecutive quarter of record sales and earnings for
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Ailing CDNow Nears Merger
Description: Ailing CDNow Nears Merger CDnow, Port Washington, Pa., says it will announce a merger partner by June 30, a move that boosted its stock price and quelled concerns that the online
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AirClic/Donnelley will make the phone book interactive
Description: AirClic/Donnelley will make the phone book interactive R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., publishers of telephone directories, has reached agreement with AirClic Inc. to incorporate
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