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Online influence on store sales rises 43% in December, ShopLocal reports Description: Online influence on store sales rises 43% in December, ShopLocal reports The ShopLocal Index that measures consumer visits to online circulars that feature in-store promotions
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Online interactive product demos double conversion rates at SharpUSA.com Description: Online interactive product demos double conversion rates at SharpUSA.com When product beauty as well as dozens of technical specs all figure into the sales proposition, it can be
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Online jeweler AlltheRageOnline.com rings in site redesign Description: Online jeweler AlltheRageOnline.com rings in site redesign Citing a stale appearanceafter two years fashion jewelry e-retailer AlltheRageOnline.com redesigned its web site and
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Online jeweler Blue Niles revenues rise 37% for the quarter Description: Online jeweler Blue Niles revenues rise 37% for the quarter Online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. reports revenues rose 37% for the quarter ended June 30 over the year-ago quarter,
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Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile gets $7 million in new funding Description: Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile gets $7 million in new funding Blue Nile Inc., online retailer of diamonds and fine jewelry, has closed a $7 million round of venture funding,
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Online jewelry retailer has a bead on management reorganization Description: Online jewelry retailer has a bead on management reorganization After more than doubling sales last year, the Artbeads.com team is increasing and modifying its ranks to create an
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Online liquidator ReturnBuy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Description: Online liquidator ReturnBuy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Online liquidator ReturnBuy Inc. last week filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
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Online luxury home products retailer HomeClick gets $5 million investment Description: Online luxury home products retailer HomeClick gets $5 million investment HomeClick, an online retailer of luxury home products, has received an investment of $5 million, which
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Online luxury shopping site ideeli.com obtains $3.8 million in financing Description: Online luxury shopping site ideeli.com obtains $3.8 million in financing Ideeli.com, a luxury shopping site, has obtained $3.8 million in financing from early stage venture
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Online mall provider Mall Networks hires a head of product marketing Description: Online mall provider Mall Networks hires a head of product marketing Mall Networks, provider of online malls and loyalty programs, has hired Marc Caltabiano as vice president of
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Online marketer CoolSavings takes an offline path Description: Online marketer CoolSavings takes an offline path CoolSavings, well known to web shoppers for its piggybank with sunglasses figure, is going offline. CoolSavings is mailing
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Online marketers losing billions due to slow-loading pages Description: Online marketers losing billions due to slow-loading pages Marketers lose $25 billion a year due to slow-loading web sites and customer bailout, according to Zona Research. The
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Online marketers using fewer affiliates, report says Description: Online marketers using fewer affiliates, report says The recently released 2007 AffStat Affiliate Marketing Benchmark report provides a rare glimpse into how online marketers`
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Online marketing an untapped opportunity for CPGs, survey suggests Description: Online marketing an untapped opportunity for CPGs, survey suggests Less than one percent of total advertising spending by consumer packaged goods marketers is spent on the
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Online marketing company FindWhat will acquire EC platform provider Miva Description: Online marketing company FindWhat will acquire EC platform provider Miva FindWhat.com, developer and provider of performance-based marketing services for the Internet, will
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Online marketing grows sharply as percentage of e-retailers budgets Description: Online marketing grows sharply as percentage of e-retailers budgets Online marketing is growing in importance to e-retailers, reports the 3rd Annual Merchant survey from
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Online marketing is winning over the product researchers Description: When it comes to initiating consumer awareness, the top methods are still TV advertising and good old word-of-mouth. But when it comes to additional information to help consumers decide what theyll actually buy, their preferred sources are often online advertising, e-mail promotions and search engine marketing, DoubleClick Inc. says in a recent study.
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Online marketing kicks into high gear, a Coremetrics study reports Description: Online marketing kicks into high gear, a Coremetrics study reports Online marketing is having a significant impact on traffic to retailers web sites as the Christmas shopping
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Online marketplace uBid.com names Lee Olsen chief operating officer Description: Online marketplace uBid.com names Lee Olsen chief operating officer Online marketplace uBid.com has named Lee Olsen chief operating officer and says it plans to take advantage of
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Online measurement company Keynote reports 22% increase in annual revenue Description: Online measurement company Keynote reports 22% increase in annual revenue Fiscal year2007 revenue was up 22% at Keynote Systems Inc., which measures the performance of web sites
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Online merchants go too far in guarding against fraud, analyst says Description: Online merchants go too far in guarding against fraud, analyst says Since Visa reduced the chargeback percentage that induces penalties to merchants, many online retailers have
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Online merchants making better use of fraud-fighting tools, survey says Description: Online merchants making better use of fraud-fighting tools, survey says Online fraud perpetrators are becoming more sophisticated but so are merchants efforts to combat fraud,
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Online merchants often off the mark with e-mail marketing, eMarketer says Description: Online merchants often off the mark with e-mail marketing, eMarketer says There`s nothing like e-mail for efficient and targeted large-scale marketing to consumers, but there`s
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Online merchants, ERA form an alliance to address legislative issues Description: Online merchants, ERA form an alliance to address legislative issues Several major multi-channel retailers, including eBay Inc., Shop NBC and the Home Shopping Network, have
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Online merchants` returns policies inconsistent with customer service Description: Online merchants` returns policies inconsistent with customer service Many online merchants make it difficult for consumers to find out how to return products, especially ones
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Online moms embrace the web for frequent shopping and buying, BizRate says Description: Online moms embrace the web for frequent shopping and buying, BizRate says Online mothers are enthusiastic users of the Internet for retail product research and buying, according
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Online music expands the market, says a trade groups survey Description: Online music expands the market, says a trade groups survey Online music has been good for the music businessat least according to a survey from the Digital Media Association.
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Online music for retailersnot just for music fans Description: When young people shop, they`re not necessarily looking for bargains or things they need. More often than not, they`re looking to be entertained--to feel good about being out on the town.
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Online music provider FullAudio snares rights to BMG music Description: Online music provider FullAudio snares rights to BMG music FullAudio Corp., a web-based provider of music downloading, has reached a licensing agreement with BMG to include BMG`s
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Online music sales are not cannibalizing CD sales, a new survey reports Description: Online music sales are not cannibalizing CD sales, a new survey reports The NPD Group reports an increasing number of CD buyers are also purchasing from legal digital music
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Online music sales dropping faster than offline, comScore reports Description: Online music sales dropping faster than offline, comScore reports Online sales of recorded music have declined sharply for three consecutive quarters, comScore Networks Inc.
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Online music sales languish, Jupiter reports Description: Online music sales languish, Jupiter reports Once thought as the primo use of the web, music sales and downloading are going nowhere this year, Jupitermedia Corp. reported today
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Online music sales to surpass $10 billion in 2010, In-Stat reports Description: Online music sales to surpass $10 billion in 2010, In-Stat reports Online music sales will grow 7-fold worldwide by 2010, rising to $10.7 billion from $1.5 billion in 2005,
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Online music wars: battle of the brands Description: Its been a big spring for duets in the world of online music sales. First came the March 17 merger of CDnow Inc. and N2K Inc., who rang up sales to the tune of $98.5 million in 1998. Theyre teaming to fend off Amazon.com, which rushed the stage with its offerings last summer and posted fourth-quarter music sales of $33.1 million.
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Online newspaper users affluent and more likely to shop online, study finds Description: Online newspaper users affluent and more likely to shop online, study finds Marketers have looked at the advertising medium of newspapers as a way to expand local reach, and the
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Online order size up over holidays, says Shop.org Description: Online order size up over holidays, says Shop.org The average online order size increased 27% in the 2000 holiday shopping season over the year-ago period, according to new
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Online orders 70% of Mothers Day web and phone sales at 1-800-Flowers.com Description: Online orders 70% of Mothers Day web and phone sales at 1-800-Flowers.com Online orders were in full flower during the Mothers Day holiday period at 1-800-Flowers.com,
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Online orders grow 51% and sales 58% last week from year earlier Description: Online orders grow 51% and sales 58% last week from year earlier Online sales last week grew 58% over the week before, BizRate.com Inc. reports. Sales for the week that ended
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Online orders grow 54% over prior year in week before July 4 Description: Online orders grow 54% over prior year in week before July 4 Online orders for the week ending June 29 were up 54% over the corresponding week a year earlier while sales were up
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Online pay for performance deals booming among online retailers Description: Online pay for performance deals booming among online retailers Pay for performance online ad deals are booming among e-retailers as merchants become savvier and more selective
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Online payment alternatives to credit cards such as iDEAL enthuse customers Description: GlobalCollect, the leading Payment Service Provider specializing in online alternative payment methods to credit cards has received very positive feed back from its pilot customers of iDEAL, the new Dutch real-time banking payment method.
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Online payment fraud approaching rate for stores, study says Description: Online payment fraud approaching rate for stores, study says 48% of online retailers say they their chargebacks for fraudulent purchase transactions is less than 0.1% of sales,
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Online payment fraud goes global--and so does the fight against it Description: Clever criminals and high-speed international dissemination of stolen card numbers create new challenges for merchants in combating online fraud.
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Online payment shifting from credit to debit, Jupiter report finds Description: Online payment shifting from credit to debit, Jupiter report finds As in the offline world, consumers are shifting from credit to debit payment online, with debit transaction
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Online payment transactions rose 75% in 2002 over `01, VeriSign says Description: Online payment transactions rose 75% in 2002 over `01, VeriSign says In another measure of how well the online retail world is doing compared to offline, payments processor
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Online peer-to-peer marketing program a winner for Sephora.com Description: Online peer-to-peer marketing program a winner for Sephora.com A recent online viral marketing program has taught cosmetics retailer Sephora something about the power of
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Online pet stores: It`s a dog-eat-dog world Description: Last year Americans spent upwards of $23 billion on their faithful furred, feathered and finned friends. Thats a lot of Scooby snacks, to be sure, but very little of that spending has translated to the world of e-commerce. But combine the seemingly insatiable demand for pet products and services with an online marketplace growing by leaps and bounds, and its not surprising that the Internet big dogs are making early strides to mark their territory.
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Online pet supply seller Drs. Foster & Smith acquires Pet Warehouse Description: Online pet supply seller Drs. Foster & Smith acquires Pet Warehouse Drs. Foster & Smith Inc., catalog and online retailers of supplies for dogs and cats, has acquired Pet
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Online pharmacy sales trail other retail sectors Description: Online pharmacy sales trail other retail sectors While e-commerce is growing fast in some retail sectors, retail pharmacy is lagging, according to a new nationwide consumer
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Online photo processing driving store pick-up at Walgreens Description: Online photo processing driving store pick-up at Walgreens If one of the webs jobs at a multi-channel retailer is to pull customers who place their order online into their
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