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FootSmart`s cross-sells rise 147% as share of total online sales
Description: FootSmart`s cross-sells rise 147% as share of total online sales The web site of FootSmart, a beta user of Intelligent Offer, a core component of a new tool set from web
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FootSmarts sales grow 93% year-over-year first week in December
Description: FootSmarts sales grow 93% year-over-year first week in December Sales for the week after Thanksgiving at shoe retailer FootSmart.com increased 93% over the same week a year ago,
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Football maven joins board of youth-oriented e-retailer dELiAs
Description: Football maven joins board of youth-oriented e-retailer dELiAs Multi-channel apparel and accessories retailer dELiAs Inc., which caters to youths aged 12 to 19, has appointed
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Footwear marketer Wolverine announces management changes
Description: Footwear marketer Wolverine announces management changes Wolverine World Wide Inc., which sells branded footwear through retail stores and online, has announced a series of
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For 2005 pcRUSH computes 17.2% online sales jump
Description: For 2005 pcRUSH computes 17.2% online sales jump Last year pcRUSH grew not just the size of its facility, but its total online sales as well. Sales for the pure-play, which in
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For 2005, Home Décor Products expects web sales to increase by 60%
Description: For 2005, Home Décor Products expects web sales to increase by 60% Home Décor Products is on track to grow its 2005 web sales by about 60% to between $75 million and $80 million,
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For AOL and Autobytel, the race is on for online Hispanic car buyers
Description: For AOL and Autobytel, the race is on for online Hispanic car buyers Segment marketing is very important to auto manufacturers, dealers and third-party advertising sites as they
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For American Eagle buyers, its more fashion, less paperwork
Description: Selling apparel fashions to teens and young adults takes a lot of both art and science--the art in knowing what fashions will sell and the science of getting those fashions in front of shoppers while they`re still interested. The effort puts time constraints on retailers like American Eagle Outfitters Inc., which tries to delay final buying decisions as long as possible to get the right mix of fashion treatments for its private label apparel. "We really push the envelope in terms of each product execution," says Dave Repp, director of supply chain technologies.
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For Best Buy, online gift cards and ideas pay off
Description: For Best Buy, online gift cards and ideas pay off In a bid to increase web sales and improve the online shopper experience, Best Buy last year made two big changes to its web
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For CDW, 2004 was a very good year for web sales
Description: For CDW, 2004 was a very good year for web sales 2004 was a good year for web sales for CDW Corp. The direct marketer of personal computers and related merchandise posted 2004
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For CDnow, one is the loneliest number
Description: CDnow.com, spending for two in anticipation of its merger with Columbia House, must adjust to the single life again. With the merger called off, the online music retailer is looking for ways to cut its costs by one-thirdeven while scouting for new suitors.
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For FordDirect, better use of the web is its top job
Description: For FordDirect, better use of the web is its top job Automotive manufacturers and dealers are doing a much better job of using the web to sell cars and for the first time
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For January through June, J. Crew grows web sales 44%
Description: For January through June, J. Crew grows web sales 44% E-commerce sales at J. Crew Group Inc. continue to grow at a healthy pace. For the first nine months of 2005, web sales grew
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For Office Depot, one successful web site isnt enough
Description: The first deal Amazon.com Inc. made to host a retailers online store was for a merchant who clearly had been unable to figure out how to sell on the web. In the waning days of the dot-com frenzy in 2000, Amazon agreed to host the Toys R Us Inc. web site. Battered by the online toy sellers who werent afraid to pour money into building a national e-brand, Toys R Us decided it was the better part of valor to turn its web operations over to Amazon.
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For Online Retailers, TV Is The Medium For Delivering A Strong Advertising Message
Description: For Online Retailers, TV Is The Medium For Delivering A Strong Advertising Message Paunch-bellied entrepreneur Reed Woodson calls his own shots. He pooh-poohs "the corporate
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For Online Shopping, It's Already Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas
Description: For Online Shopping, It's Already Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas The Fourth of July festivities are barely underway, but online shoppers already have another holiday on
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For Sale
Description: E-retailersand their support companiesget lots of financing activity in September
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For Web Success, Think Like A She
Description: For Web Success, Think Like A She If merchants want to make a fortune on the Internet they should think like a woman, not like a company, says Chicago-based advertising and
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For Whose Eyes Only
Description: Though Garden.com did not keep an official count or track hits to its privacy page, according to Carter, the customer service department steadily fielded calls from customers wanting to clarify how the site uses the data it gathers about them. The revised pledge is wordier, but theres no fine print. It begins by describing the benefits for customers who register with the site, such as: receiving previews of sales and promotions, designing a garden with its free Garden Planner software, asking questions of its Garden Doctors and receiving customized regional gardening information.
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For `02 holiday shopping, most shoppers thought of Amazon--again
Description: For `02 holiday shopping, most shoppers thought of Amazon--again When online shoppers started thinking about holiday shopping last year, most of them had their minds on
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For books e-retailer, timing is everything in e-mail marketing
Description: Nothing sells a book like a timely topic, but it also helps to promote it to the most interested customers when theyre most likely looking to buy. For A1Books.com, nothing fits that strategy like a perfectly timed e-mail, says marketing manager Shrevas Telang.
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For coffee and tea chain, its now coffee, tea and wi-fi
Description: For coffee and tea chain, its now coffee, tea and wi-fi Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is rolling out wireless fidelity Internet access in 144 locations in California, Nevada and
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For consumer response, Sephora finds viral networking better than banner ads
Description: When beauty products retailer Sephora.com wanted to create buzz among consumers loyal to its brand to build a broader network of engaged shoppers, it turned to a viral marketing campaign through its In Girl consumer panel that produced a response rate three times higher than attempts made through banner ads or click-through e-mail campaigns.
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For consumers on the go who cant wait, Overstock sends cell-phone alerts
Description: For consumers on the go who cant wait, Overstock sends cell-phone alerts Discount retailer Overstock.com Inc. has a new service for consumers who cant wait to get to their
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For customers, GameFly thinks fast on return process
Description: For customers, GameFly thinks fast on return process GameFly Inc.s FastReturn process is speeding shipping and boosting customer satisfaction for the online game rental and
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For education and branding, BuyMusic.com finds TV advertising fits the bill
Description: For education and branding, BuyMusic.com finds TV advertising fits the bill Online advertising may be the fastest and most direct way for companies selling on the web to find
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For efficient and effective payment systems, it`s all about integration
Description: Its not just about payment anymore, says William Donahoo, vice president of marketing for CyberSource. Online merchants now need more than a payment solution to facilitate an order or transaction. If the back-end systems dont work perfectly, customers will be frustrated and retailers will lose shoppers.
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For mobile phone users, its time to face the music
Description: For mobile phone users, its time to face the music Blazing the m-commerce trail in the United States, SunCom Wireless has become the first wireless telecommunications company to
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For more luxury retailers, kid-glove customer service includes live chat
Description: For more luxury retailers, kid-glove customer service includes live chat Luxury retailers treat their big-bucks customers with kid gloves and for more of those retailers, the
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For more than half of car buyers, the web is the last stop before buying
Description: For more than half of car buyers, the web is the last stop before buying 53% of car buyers use the Internet as their primary source of information during the final days before
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For next year, shoppers wish for better browsing and ordering, study says
Description: For next year, shoppers wish for better browsing and ordering, study says Although more than half of online shoppers said they were highly satisfied with their shopping
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For online shoppers concerned about credit card security: pay offline
Description: For online shoppers concerned about credit card security: pay offline Only 3.4% of consumers surveyed by Jupiter Research Inc. say that their credit card information had been
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For pet owners online listening pleasure, toys make noise
Description: For pet owners online listening pleasure, toys make noise MP3s are not just for listening to music. Online pet supply retailer Drs. Foster & Smith has launched a section of its
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For redesign, HSN brings television online
Description: For redesign, HSN brings television online Multi-channel retailer HSN has unveiled a redesigned e-commerce site that places online video in the spotlight. The redesigned site is
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For sellers of e-commerce companies, 2007 was a very good year
Description: For sellers of e-commerce companies, 2007 was a very good year Buyers and sellers in what investment bankers Petsky Prunier describe as the Digital Content & Commerce market were
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For small winemakers, its Internet or die, says attorney Ken Starr
Description: For small winemakers, its Internet or die, says attorney Ken Starr With help from former Clinton prosecutor Kenneth W. Starr, groups representing small winemakers are pushing
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For some, Bill Me Later merits pre-holiday consideration, says Forrester
Description: For some, Bill Me Later merits pre-holiday consideration, says Forrester With Q4 approaching, the window for implementing new systems before the holidays is closing, and most
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For teens dubbed Generation Y, online shopping is as common as a can of Coke
Description: In fact, retail sites that tout brands, games, gimmicks and celebrity endorsements are suspect, says Duif Calvin, senior retail analyst at Internet strategies firm iXL, Atlanta. Slick, image-building ads that ooze attitude dont strike the same nerve with Gen Y that they do with baby boomers. Like much smaller Gen Xabout 17 million strongGen Y was born into a culture overloaded with advertising and is wary of the hard sell. By the time kids turn 16, Forrester estimates, they will have seen some 6 million adsmore than one per waking minute. They are intelligent consumers, says Mitchell, and suspicious about advertising.
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For the first six months of 2005 Talbots grows web sales 24%
Description: For the first six months of 2005 Talbots grows web sales 24% The Internet accounted for just over 40% of all direct marketing sales at The Talbots Inc. during the first six
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For these shoppers, online security should speak Spanish
Description: For these shoppers, online security should speak Spanish Having effective security measures in place to protect online shoppers` personal financial information is one way to
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For unloading unwanted presents, some consumers are turning to the Internet
Description: For unloading unwanted presents, some consumers are turning to the Internet For the millions of Americans who will receive unwanted gifts this holiday, the Internet is offering a
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For web ROI, multichannel sellers should look beyond profits, Jupiter says
Description: For web ROI, multichannel sellers should look beyond profits, Jupiter says Web site profitability is elusive for many bricks-and-mortar retailers-but that shouldnt necessarily
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For web site content, the customer is king at BestBuy.com
Description: For web site content, the customer is king at BestBuy.com When seeking to deliver the best and most focused e-commerce site content, retailers must know their customers very,
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For whom the bell tolls
Description: EToys was not the only pure-play online retailer fearing the grim reaper at the start of 2001. EBags laid off 25% of its work force shortly after the start of the new year. MVP.com kept laying off while staunchly claiming not to be on the brink of demise. Kozmo.com closed delivery in San Diego and Houston and laid off 120 employees. And both gift site Send.com and bargain site AndysGarage.com closed shop in January.
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For women not built like Barbie, Lucy.com throws the cookie cutter out the window
Description: Lucy.coms new Body Type Solutions, introduced as the main feature of the revamped web site in August, lists clothing recommendations for eight different, but very common and very reasonable, body types. Instead of reading romantic descriptions of material accompanied by a flat photo of an item, you can see the type of person the item is designed to look and feel best on. What a relief!
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Ford dealers sold 210,000 cars via the web last year, FordDirect reports
Description: Ford dealers sold 210,000 cars via the web last year, FordDirect reports Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers sold more than 210,000 vehicles from FordDirect Internet referrals last
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FordDirect revs up Internet leads in 2005
Description: FordDirect revs up Internet leads in 2005 Ford Motor Co. is restructuring, but FordDirect, the companys joint venture Internet company with participating dealers, is doing well.
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FordDirect routing more customer calls over the Internet to dealers
Description: FordDirect routing more customer calls over the Internet to dealers Ford Motor Co.s FordDirect.com is expanding a new web-based service that helps its participating dealers use
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FordDirect takes the wheel on dealer lead generation
Description: FordDirect takes the wheel on dealer lead generation Ford Motor Co. is turning over management of its dealer lead generation system to FordDirect, a joint-venture company owned
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Fords looking for a better idea in site search
Description: Fords looking for a better idea in site search E-commerce is accounting for about 9% of all sales at Ford Motor Co., but better site search can help the company build on that
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