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Improved navigation and configuration nets HPshopping.com higher sales Description: Improved navigation and configuration nets HPshopping.com higher sales Improving navigation and product configuration nets HPshopping.com more custom-configuration sales and an
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Improved search marries products with customers Description: If one typed in candle at AmericanBridal.com recently, the first product that came up was a stout, off-white candle with a lopsided heart on its side designed as a favor for wedding guests. A year ago that candle would have been the 91st product to come up, and one would have had to scroll down eight pages to find it. The candle with the lopsided heart moved to the top because American Bridal Accessories adopted a technology that learns the most popular items in each category and presents those first.
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Improved site search boosts sales at Toolfetch.com Description: Improved site search boosts sales at Toolfetch.com When a contractor would hit the Buy button for a CST/Berger rotary laser on Toolfetch.com, owner Andrew Brown got a sale of
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Improvement Direct boosts sales, average order values with billing service Description: Improvement Direct boosts sales, average order values with billing service Improvement Direct Inc., a retailer of home furnishings, appliances and accessories through more than
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Improvement Direct finds a home for new bid management system Description: Improvement Direct finds a home for new bid management system A new bid management system is giving Improvement Direct Inc. better control over its search engine marketing
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Improvement Direct helps customers go green Description: Improvement Direct helps customers go green Improvement Direct, a specialty web retailer with 17 niche e-commerce sites that sell everything relating to home improvement from
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Improvement Direct names a new marketing chief Description: Improvement Direct names a new marketing chief Improvement Direct, a specialty web retailer with 17 niche home improvement sites, has hired Sean Cramer as executive vice
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Improvement Direct opens another niche site Description: Improvement Direct opens another niche site Improvement Direct continues to look for new niches in the home improvement space. The online retailers newest launch is
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Improvement Direct remodels corporate site to capture shoppers Description: Improvement Direct remodels corporate site to capture shoppers Improvement Direct has relaunched its corporate web site as the focal point of its 12 home improvement specialty
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Improving E-Retailing Profits With E-mmediate Delivery Description: Improving E-Retailing Profits With E-mmediate Delivery To hear Joe Park tell it, the highly publicized profit problems of some dot-com retailers can be solved by going ãthe last
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Improving Internet search to build sales Description: Improving Internet search to build sales At GiftCollector.com, a retailer of porcelain figurines and other giftware, sales are on course to double this year to $10 million from
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Improving conversion with call-ins without breaking the bank Description: Improving conversion with call-ins without breaking the bank ChoiceShirts.com, a retailer of T-shirts and sweatshirts, has increased conversion rates and reduced call center
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Improving performance Description: Slow pages and site crashes still hurt many retail sites
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Improving search by cutting no results found Description: Improving search by cutting no results found Since implementing site search from Netrics Inc., National Business Furniture has reduced by 70% across its three web sites the top
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Improving site search boosts conversions by 30% - 40% at Fabric.com Description: Improving site search boosts conversions by 30% - 40% at Fabric.com A switch to on-demand site search functionality from Mercado Software has helped improve conversion rates by
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Improving site search by looking at what lies beneath Description: Improving site search by looking at what lies beneath Web retailers cant forget the basics when it comes to building a better site search application. Retailers can build their
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Impulse e-commerce: Anytime, anywhere, sans computer Description: Impulse e-commerce: Anytime, anywhere, sans computer Because of the ubiquity of mobile phones and a massive cultural shift from formal to impulse communication, there is a
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In Brief Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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In Brief Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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In Canada, web influence outstrips online sales, Forrester says Description: In Canada, web influence outstrips online sales, Forrester says Canada lags the U.S. in the penetration of online purchasing, according to new data from Forrester Research Inc.,
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In December, 10 retailers were power converters Description: In December, 10 retailers were power converters During the busy holiday shopping season, one of the most important factors for success in e-retailing is converting shoppers into
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In Full Swing Description: Through innovation and investment, the Top 300 lead the way in the maturing online channel
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In Operation Bidder Beware, FTC seeks to curb online auction fraud Description: In Operation Bidder Beware, FTC seeks to curb online auction fraud With more than 51,000 complaints filed by consumers against web auctions last year, the Federal Trade
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In Retail Systems keynote address, Wal-Mart says RFID goes on track Description: In Retail Systems keynote address, Wal-Mart says RFID goes on track Michael Duke, executive vice president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and president and CEO of the Stores Division,
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In Stock Description: A growing trend toward giving suppliers a real-time view of store inventory
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In a burst of online spending, sales shoot up 53% week ending Sept. 26 Description: In a burst of online spending, sales shoot up 53% week ending Sept. 26 Online retail sales skyrocketed the week ending Sept. 26, up 53% from the corresponding week a year ago,
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In a complex web universe, search marketers hunt for the right formula Description: Paid web search is one of the most measurable advertising vehicles going, online or off. Marketers can put up a keyword, track the traffic it brings to a site and the sales it generates, stack that up against what theyve paid to secure that ranking, and calculate a precise return on investment.
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In a major overhaul, Norm Thompson updates a trio of web stores Description: In a major overhaul, Norm Thompson updates a trio of web stores Norm Thompson Outfitters Inc. is taking the wraps off this years biggest e-commerce initiative: three newly
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In an attempt to reclaim users and revenue, AOL likely to drop fees Description: In an attempt to reclaim users and revenue, AOL likely to drop fees After losing almost a third of its subscribers in three years and about $200 billion in market value in five,
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In competing priorities, the guarantee of transaction security is a basic Description: In competing priorities, the guarantee of transaction security is a basic With competing operational demands juggled by online merchants, its inevitable that sometimes the ball
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In content management software, buy, dont build, analyst says Description: In content management software, buy, dont build, analyst says Although many web site operators are leaning toward open-source software to build or expand their content
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In fashion handbag giveaway, Bluefly acquires thousands of e-mail addresses Description: In fashion handbag giveaway, Bluefly acquires thousands of e-mail addresses Discount fashion shoppers are willing to give their e-mail addresses in return for a chance to win a
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In fighting fraud, online consumers want balance of usability and security Description: In fighting fraud, online consumers want balance of usability and security Banks understanding of online consumers attitudes about fraud control and prevention provide a window
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In its quest for customers, Buy.com takes another shot at Amazon Description: In its quest for customers, Buy.com takes another shot at Amazon Buy.com has undertaken a strategy of weekly splashes to entice consumers to switch from Amazon.com to Buy.com.
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In marketing, match brands and products to right media, merchant says Description: In marketing, match brands and products to right media, merchant says Telephone orders drove sales in the early days of 20-plus-year-old Vermont Teddy Bear Co., but by 2002, the
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In one swoop, eBay store AuctionDrop grows its network by 3,400 locations Description: In one swoop, eBay store AuctionDrop grows its network by 3,400 locations AuctionDrop, a service that sells items at eBay.com for would-be sellers who dont want to do the work
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In online digital music, Amazon tunes in as Sonys Connect fades out Description: In online digital music, Amazon tunes in as Sonys Connect fades out Amazon.com Inc., with its millions of music customers and strong sales of MP3 players, is the best bet to
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In online merchandising, the word is more, survey reveals Description: In online merchandising, the word is more, survey reveals Online shoppers keep cranking up their expectations of retail sites performance, functionality and ease of useand
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In online retail, too, perception is reality Description: In online retail, too, perception is reality With retail sites increasingly made up of content and functionality pulled from multiple sources, the retail adage know your
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In online sales, its the Bears over the Colts Description: In online sales, its the Bears over the Colts If online shoppers are any indication, there will be more fans rooting for the Chicago Bears than for the Indianapolis Colts when
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In online sales, pictures are worth 1,000 words Description: In online sales, pictures are worth 1,000 words In the scramble to get web sites operating smoothly and efficiently and the battle to get customers to their sites, product images
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In partnership with KBtoys.com, Buy.com puts its own touch on merchandising Description: In partnership with KBtoys.com, Buy.com puts its own touch on merchandising Buy.coms new co-branding partnership with KBtoys.com doesnt provide a unique selection of toys, but
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In search engine optimization, one-word keywords still powerful, study says Description: In search engine optimization, one-word keywords still powerful, study says In the competition to garner search engine traffic, the strategy of using multi-word keyword phrases
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In search for new sales, manufacturers seek channel conflict workarounds Description: In search for new sales, manufacturers seek channel conflict workarounds Manufacturers of consumer goods depend on retail to distribute their products, but given current
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In search, two heads are better than one Description: In search, two heads are better than one Toll Free Yellow Pages Corp. has launched SearchBoth.com, a web site that enables Internet users to simultaneously search Google and
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In site redesign, OfficeMax grants customers the first and last word Description: In site redesign, OfficeMax grants customers the first and last word OfficeMax today launched a redesigned web site for its more than 600,000 business customers, following a
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In spite of all the bashing, banner ads still rule online, says Jupiter Description: In spite of all the bashing, banner ads still rule online, says Jupiter Banner ads have taken a rap lately for their declining effectiveness, but they still dominate online,
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In spite of overuse concerns, e-mail marketing retains its luster Description: E-mail marketing continues to be one of the prime ways in which retailers promote their web sites. In an Internet Retailer survey this spring of online retailers, 68.3% reported that they are expanding their e-mail marketing activity much more or somewhat more this year over last. Only 13.2% said they are using e-mail less and 18.6% that they are using e-mail about the same amount.
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In spite of the talk, specialty chains have yet to embrace web-enabled POS Description: In spite of the talk, specialty chains have yet to embrace web-enabled POS Retailers are moving slowly to adopt web-enabled POS systems, says LakeWest Group Ltd.s 2002 Annual
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In the IPO market, its one in, one out Description: The IPO market continues to hold allure for online retailers, even if they dont actually go through with a sale. Odimo Inc., which operates Diamond.com and other e-commerce sites, filed an IPO in mid February with plans to offer 3.1 million shares with a proposed price of $9 a share.
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