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The new realism of web site design
Description: Creating retail web sites that sell
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The new reality in multi-channel retailing
Description: The new reality in multi-channel retailing Much of the talk at the Shop.org Annual Summit in New York this week was about multi-channel retailing and how far the industry has
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The new reality of Sourcing
Description: How Ahold saves $350 million through web-based sourcing--for starters, that is
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The new supply chain model: Flow-through warehouses, or none at all
Description: The new supply chain model: Flow-through warehouses, or none at all Retail warehouses are an endangered species, says the new Virtually Vertical: The Supply Chain Model for the
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The new, bigger GameStop gets an e-c chief from Electronic Boutique
Description: The new, bigger GameStop gets an e-c chief from Electronic Boutique Now that GameStop Corp. has completed its acquisition of Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. the company will
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The newest online marketing tactic: Tell a friend who tells a friend who
Description: The newest online marketing tactic: Tell a friend who tells a friend who
Search engine marketing is in full flower but forward-looking retailers casting about for something
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The newest twist in reducing online fraud risk: Insurance
Description: >Retailers have a new weapon in their arsenal against online fraud: insurance policies. Two products have hit the market in the last seven monthsone from Oklahoma City-based Creative Risk Management Solutions LLC and another from London-based James Hampden Insurance, both of which tout the usage of neural networks to identify fraud trends. And the James Hampden company just released an enhancement to its product.
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The newest type of retail fraud has an easy solution, says security expert
Description: The newest type of retail fraud has an easy solution, says security expert To prevent fraud, e-retailers should not give customers shipping company tracking numbers for their
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The newest video viewer: Microsoft`s Xbox console
Description: The newest video viewer: Microsoft`s Xbox console Through content agreements with movie studios and TV networks, Microsoft Corp. will begin offering later this month Internet
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The newest wrinkle in online sales tax debate: Tying it to Bush tax cuts
Description: The newest wrinkle in online sales tax debate: Tying it to Bush tax cuts The Bush tax cuts should be taken into account when debating the Internet sales tax issue, Colorado Gov.
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The newly named Cyber Monday lives up to its history with sales spikes
Description: The newly named Cyber Monday lives up to its history with sales spikes Who heard of Cyber Monday before yesterday? Not many people as the term was coined by the National Retail
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The next frontier in order status: wireless
Description: The next frontier in order status: wireless To most retailers and consumers today, e-mail notification of order status is just fine. But that requires the customer logging on to
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The next surge
Description: The New Technology Proposition: Ride the e-retailing wave or stay the course and wipe out
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The nightmare after Christmas
Description: Web retailers planning to take a long winters nap after Dec. 25 had better ask Santa for an espresso maker. The days after the holidays are as critical as the ones before it, offering a narrow window to correct mistakes, evaluate promotions and merchandising decisions, and handle returns gracefully.
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The number of broadband households grew 37% year-over-year in 2005
Description: The number of broadband households grew 37% year-over-year in 2005 Broadband access continues to grow worldwide, accounting for an ever-larger percentage of total Internet
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The numbers back up Comp USAs customer reviews strategy
Description: The numbers back up Comp USAs customer reviews strategy 81% of surveyed CompUSA Inc. shoppers consider customer ratings and reviews important when they are researching or
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The official score: Commerce Dept. says online sales were up 22.3% in Q4
Description: The official score: Commerce Dept. says online sales were up 22.3% in Q4 Online retail sales reached $21.4 billion in the fourth quarter, up 22.3% from $17.5 billion a year
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The official word on Q3 online sales growth: Up 34.3%
Description: The official word on Q3 online sales growth: Up 34.3% The official word on online retail sales is out and the picture is even rosier than some had expected: Online retail sales
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The old standards still apply
Description: Just one year ago, something quite remarkable was happening in business publishing. Several new business magazines were challenging the long-established competitive balance in one of the most lucrative segments of the publishing market. Two of these magazines
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The ongoing boom at GroceryGateway.com
Description: The ongoing boom at GroceryGateway.com GroceryGateway.com, a home shopping and delivery service for the Toronto metropolitan area, has been more than doubling its number of
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The online buying habits of moms vs. non-moms
Description: The online buying habits of moms vs. non-moms The online shopping habits of women with children are markedly different from those of women without children, new research from
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The online few who buy the most
Description: The online few who buy the most Its not quite the 80/20 rule, but 18% of online shoppers account for 46% of online sales, according to a recent survey by Nielsen/NetRatings.
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The online game is on for Walt Disney Internet Group
Description: The online game is on for Walt Disney Internet Group Walt Disney Internet Group is adding another property to its growing portfolio of online games. Walt Disney, also the
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The online pharmacies seek an Rx
Description: he death in March of PlanetRx.com wasnt just a story of another failed dot-com retailer. It also was a story of consumers resistance to having their prescriptions filled online.
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The online sales rocket shoots up 62% vs. year ago for week ending Oct. 6
Description: The online sales rocket shoots up 62% vs. year ago for week ending Oct. 6 Online retail sales for the week ending Oct. 6 skyrocketed 62% to $918 million over the comparable week
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The online shopping experience
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The online shopping tidal wave isnt breaking yet, Forrester reports
Description: The online shopping tidal wave isnt breaking yet, Forrester reports Retailers heartened by the strong growth in online retailer spending last year should prepare for more of the
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The online shopping tidal wave isnt breaking yet
Description: The National Retail Federations Annual Convention & Expo in New York last month was almost two conventions. On the one hand were store-based retailers who were trying to get a handle on how to come back from what many researchers reported as a dismal year for retailsales in November and December up only 2.25% over the prior year and full-year sales up 5%, according to ShopperTraks National Retail Sales Estimate.
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The online wine segment can be a hard sell for branding
Description: The online wine segment can be a hard sell for branding One reason online wine retailers have not been able to maintain their business is that wine buying is not a good fit with
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The online/offline recipe: How consumers use the web
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The only dip in online buying this year: 9/11
Description: Online shopping didnt come to a halt on Sept. 11, but it took a breather, comScore Networks Inc. reports. On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, total online dollar sales were 25% lower than the average of the prior six Wednesdays, reports comScores Media Metrix division.
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The opportunities and obstacles of merging high-fashion and e-commerce
Description: At the heart of the matter is the challenge of creating an effective e-commerce site that doesnt make a fashion designer appear too much like Amazon.com. The fashion industry often goes out of its way to promote an image of exclusivity and glamour, yet the Internet is anything but exclusive and, due to fundamental technical limitations, anything but glamorous.
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The orders keep coming at Omaha Steaks
Description: The orders keep coming at Omaha Steaks Omaha Steaks is finishing up the holiday shopping season with a burst of activity. In November, Omaha Steaks, No. 88 in the Internet
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The over-65s are catching up to younger consumers in online use
Description: The over-65s are catching up to younger consumers in online use First it was Middle America going online, then it was women going online, now the further evidence that the
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The page features that turn shoppers into buyers
Description: The page features that turn shoppers into buyers How to get customers to move from your product page to your checkout section will be the topic of concern in the session Product
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The peacock has reason to strut online
Description: The peacock has reason to strut online Web sales at ShopNBC.com grew more than 30% to approximately $40.3 million during the first quarter ended May 6, 2006. This compares with
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The peacock plays a Polo match
Description: Retailers have the merchandise and media companies have the means for selling it, a combo thats touched off a flurry of dot-com ventures. Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and NBC are the latest to team up. Their launch, Ralph Lauren Media, will tout the upscale designer via Polo.com.
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The pizza & candy quotient
Description: Web stores, Ive recently learned, only seem to run on the latest techno tools. The real drivers are pizza, candy and stock options. At least thats the formula shared by e-retail executives this October at Internet Retailer World, our first conference for the industry.
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The platform changes keep on coming at Kohls.com
Description: The platform changes keep on coming at Kohls.com Now that it has introduced a newly redesigned web site and an updated e-commerce platform, Kohls Inc. will continue to make
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The portals have landed-and retailers want results
Description: The portals have landed-and retailers want results When executives at Cooking.com began to talk last year about how they would draw consumers to their new Web store-a
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The power of a brand name in an e-mail credit card scam
Description: The power of a brand name in an e-mail credit card scam Retailers and marketers have found e-mail an effective way to induce customers to take action. Criminals now have
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The power of an obvious URL
Description: The power of an obvious URL Intuitive URLs carry power on the web, at least if Closeout.coms experience is any gauge. After the name was dormant for seven years, owner Ben
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The power to find products more than price alone drives shoppers online
Description: The power to find products more than price alone drives shoppers online If you think holiday shoppers are driven online just to find the best prices on gifts, think again. A new
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The price is right?
Description: Retailers juggle strategies, margins and customer expectations as the Internet changes the rules of product pricing
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The price vise: e-retailers in the discount squeeze
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The reality of rich media: It`s not necessarily a bandwidth hog
Description: Broadband penetration is up in U.S. households is up and so is marketers’ use of rich media. Now about representing about 11% of all online ad spending, rich and streaming media will account for some 39% of online ad spending by 2008, according to Jupiter Research.
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The reasons behind the numbers
Description: A key part of Internet Retailers mission is to write about innovative retail web sites. While we do analyze the mistakes of some web merchants, our focus is on covering the most successful e-retailing operations. Over the years, we have put the spotlight on a good number of well run retail web sites, and our readers have profited by learning from the lessons of such innovators.
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The resurrection of Miss boo
Description: The resurrection of Miss boo Miss boo, the virtual shopping gal-pal, returns to Boo.com this fall with a new look, new information, new items and a new owner. This time around,
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The resurrection of Napster--as a legitimate service
Description: The resurrection of Napster--as a legitimate service Napster, which occupied the center of a storm over unauthorized music file-swapping, is going legit. Roxio Inc., which
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The reviews are in for two new features at Walmart.com
Description: The reviews are in for two new features at Walmart.com Walmart.com is out to be the most visited, most valued online retail site, CEO Raul Vasquez says. To achieve this goal,
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