|
Sun Microsystems Introduces Two Customized Solutions for Retailers
Description: Sun Retail Store Processor and Sun Retail Integration Architecture Software Enable Retailers to Transform the Customer Experience, Minimize Cost
|
|
Former AMR analyst Alexi Sarnevitz leads retail strategy at SAS
Description: Former AMR analyst Alexi Sarnevitz leads retail strategy at SAS Alexi Sarnevitz, a former retail executive who most recently served as a retail industry analyst for AMR Research
|
|
Celebros gets $3 million in new funding
Description: Celebros gets $3 million in new funding Celebros Inc., a provider of site search technology, has received $3 million in new venture capital funding, the company says. Celebros
|
|
FIRECLICK LAUNCHES NETFLAME ENTERPRISE TO AID ONLINE MERCHANDISERS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
|
|
eBay leads apparel and accessory site traffic, reports Nielsen/NetRatings
Description: eBay leads apparel and accessory site traffic, reports Nielsen/NetRatings EBay.com, which usually leads Nielsen/NetRatings rankings of web sites by visitors in many categories,
|
|
PPC search marketing no couch potato at Furniture.com with new analytics
Description: PPC search marketing no couch potato at Furniture.com with new analytics Furniture.com boosted its conversion with a key retail partner by 350% while cutting its PPC spending by
|
|
PowerReviews Offers Retailers and Brands Free Consumer Product Review Service
Description: Enterprise-class service delivered without enterprise cost
|
|
Live Chocolate Online
Description: Live Chocolate Online Chocolatier Godiva.com is using technology from LivePerson Inc. to allow consumers to chat live with Godiva chocolate experts while shopping on the site. In
|
|
Strategies and Profiles: Page 327
Description: iTunes MLB.com GSI CompUSA CompUSA SoftwareToGo BuyMusic.com TV
|
|
Google captures 75% share of U.K. search engine market in February
Description: Google captures 75% share of U.K. search engine market in February Google dominated the search engine market in the United Kingdom in February, referring three out of every four
|
|
Crate & Barrel, Red Envelope lead in Change Sciences holiday site review
Description: Crate & Barrel, Red Envelope lead in Change Sciences holiday site review A review of 15 top e-retail sites over the holiday shopping season by online research firm Change
|
|
Executives of Federated and Sainsburys join the GlobalNetXchange board
Description: Executives of Federated and Sainsburys join the GlobalNetXchange board GNX, an Internet-based sourcing and supply chain service for the retail industry, named to its board of
|
|
WEBSIDESTORY SIMPLIFIES WEB ANALYTICS WITH LAUNCH OF HITBOX ENTERPRISE 9.0
Description: Award-Winning Service Delivers Actionable, Up-to-the-Second Reports That Fit Into the Clients Workflow
|
|
The Buzz about Blueflys technology investments
Description: >Bluefly Inc.s mission in life is no less than to change the way consumers buy name brand merchandise at discount. It took several steps last month that bring it closer to achieving that goal.
|
|
Online rock `n` roll is here to stay
Description: Ever since Napster went legit and iTunes rocked the online music world, many music retailers and those who sell music-related merchandise have wondered where the market is heading. According to a new report by eMarketer Inc., Online Music: Downloads, Streaming, Radio, Mobile, music downloading is in its infancy. Only a small portion of the population has downloaded music so far, although the reasons consumers give for downloading now when they had not before bode well for industry growth: got broadband Internet access, bought a better computer, bought a digital music player, all technology trends with strong growth ahead. "2004 marks the year that a genuine online music sector emerged," eMarketer senior analyst Ben Macklin concludes. EMarketer pulled together stats from a number of sources. Here are a few from the 16-page report:
|
|
CoolSavings Taps RightNow for Customer Service
Description: Leading Online Direct Marketer CoolSavings Selects RightNow eService Center Over Competing Solutions For Superior Features, Hosted Delivery, Scalability, and Overall Value
|
|
Crutchfield takes on Canada
Description: Crutchfield takes on Canada Direct marketer and online retailer Crutchfield Corp. is cruising deeper into the Canadian market with an expanded e-commerce site. Crutchfield, No.
|
|
Time for luxury marketers to go to the web, luxury consultant says
Description: Time for luxury marketers to go to the web, luxury consultant says Luxury marketers have ignored the Internetbut will continue to do so at their own peril, warns luxury
|
|
Lenox upgrades and re-launches its web site
Description: Lenox upgrades and re-launches its web site Langhorne, PA-based Lenox Collections, a gifts and collectibles retailer, has relaunched its web site, www.LenoxCollections.com to
|
|
Gaiam hires new president to oversee direct marketing
Description: Gaiam hires new president to oversee direct marketing Gaiam Inc., online retailer and direct marketer of healthy lifestyle and personal improvement products, has hired Bill
|
|
The FTC takes its first CAN-Spam action
Description: When more than 1 million spam complaints made their way to the Federal Trade Commission since Jan. 1, the agency took the federal governments first legal action under the new CAN-Spam Act in late April, charging two organizations with sending millions of spam e-mail messages.
|
|
Giftcertificates.com gets funding following reorganization
Description: Giftcertificates.com gets funding following reorganization Giftcertificates.com has secured $21.7 million in private financing, which the company plans to use to support general
|
|
Sterling Commerce Accelerates Retail Business Performance
Description: Company Leverages Yantra Acquisition to Create Industrys Broadest Offering for Retail Supply Chain Synchronization from Source to Sale
|
|
A site that says style
Description: Like its offline stores, CrateandBarrel.com is crisp, clean and contemporary. You know instantly that this is very similar to their stores, says Pamela Stubing, a retail consultant at Ernst & Young in New York. And thats a merchandising must. Execution has to be different, but stylistically it should look the same. Otherwise, why do it? Youre wasting your money if you have a different merchandise and marketing strategy, says Stubing.
|
|
Online spending up 36% vs. year ago for Thanksgiving week, comScore reports
Description: Online spending up 36% vs. year ago for Thanksgiving week, comScore reports Online consumer spending reached $1.66 billion the week ending Nov. 28, up 36% from the $1.22 billion
|
|
Industry Issues & Trends: Page 17
Description: PCI-compliant IBM McAfee RedPrairie CEO
|
|
Patagonia.com expands overseas
Description: Patagonia.com expands overseas Patagonia Inc. will expand its e-commerce operations next year to include at least one European county and possibly as many as three more.
|
|
UPS`s Q2 package volume rises 4.1%, while revenue per package is up 4.7%
Description: UPS`s Q2 package volume rises 4.1%, while revenue per package is up 4.7% UPS handled 4.1% more packages in the second quarter compared to Q2 a year ago, with the daily average
|
|
Expanding online retailer of eco-friendly products adds warehouse capacity
Description: Expanding online retailer of eco-friendly products adds warehouse capacity Safe Home Products has moved into a 6,000-square-foot warehouse in Iowa City, IA, to accommodate its
|
|
Leading Gift Retailer Creates Exclusive Bouquet and Launches The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood Sweepstakes
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
|
|
Beauty & The Merchant
Description: Beauty & The Merchant Beautymerchant.com says that orders by new customers have increased for the second quarter of 2000 over the first quarter. The online store presently
|
|
Another plus-size online mall opens
Description: Another plus-size online mall opens Competition for the plus-size online shopper is heating up. Earlier this year, Plus Ventures opened the PlusSize.com site for women size 12 or
|
|
Verizon Wireless Get It Now® Customers can Bargain Shop Virtually Anytime, Anywhere with Overstock.com Daily Deals
Description: Save up to 80% on Merchandise from Manufacturers Such as Sony, JVC, Nike, Krups, Hewlett Packard, Fuji, Movado, Bissell, Samsonite, Helly Hansen and More
|
|
Earthbound Farm Gains Efficiencies with Supply Chain Execution Solutions from HighJump Software
Description: Largest Grower and Shipper of Organic Produce Speeds Order Fulfillment and FDA Compliance Processes
|
|
The e-tailing groups top picks in 16 categories
Description: The e-tailing groups top picks in 16 categories Chicago-based consultants the e-tailing group announced its category killers today, based on its review of 100 web sites and
|
|
Of 500,000 search advertisers, 90% of them use Google
Description: Of 500,000 search advertisers, 90% of them use Google In the first of what it expects to be a series of regular research notes on the topic, Chicago-based investment firm William
|
|
Einstein Online
Description: Einstein Online Despite the recent failure of some high-profile e-tailers, online shopping continues to thrive, especially in the U.S., reveals an IMPACT 2000 survey released by
|
|
eBags.com Celebrates Five Years of Helping Consumers Find the Perfect Bag Online
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
|
|
Strategies and Profiles: Page 461
Description: DMA IDC CRM US PC
|
|
BEST BUY SELECTS YANTRA DEMAND FOR HIGH VOLUME, MULTI-CHANNEL ORDER MANAGEMENT
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
|
|
Living.com lives no more
Description: Living.com lives no more Two year-old online furniture retailer Living.com is the latest b2c dot.com to close its doors. The Austin, Texas-based e-retailer says it will file for
|
|
Online shopping hits a speed bump
Description: Online shopping hits a speed bump Online shopping came to a virtual standstill the week ending March 16, comScore Networks Inc. reports. Web-based retail purchases grew only 5%
|
|
Strategies and Profiles: Page 313
Description: UPS ZapLink BareNecessities.com CircuitCity.com, GolfBalls.com TV? MusicNow
|
|
Tomax Announces Retail.net® Price Modeler
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
|
|
Shoebuy.com ties success to carefully fitted search terms
Description: Shoebuy.com ties success to carefully fitted search terms Choosing the right Internet search engines and paid-placement programs may only be as effective as the appropriateness
|
|
Ross-Simons boosts average ticket, gains new customers with payment option
Description: Ross-Simons boosts average ticket, gains new customers with payment option Jewelry and housewares retailer Ross-Simons has increased its average order size and acquired new
|
|
Paul Sagan takes over as CEO of Akamai Technologies
Description: Paul Sagan takes over as CEO of Akamai Technologies Paul Sagan, one of the pioneers in putting the Internet to use as a business tool, has taken over the top spot at Akamai
|
|
Strategies and Profiles: Page 83
Description: BabyUniverse FreshDirect ForeSee BabyUniverse MXTabs comScore IPO REI FAO
|
|
TruServ selects Celarix to create a transportation component of its web-based supply chain
Description: TruServ selects Celarix to create a transportation component of its web-based supply chain TruServ Corp., the world's largest member-owned hardware wholesale cooperative, will
|
|
Speedera Networks Cash Flow Positive, Doubles Revenue in Fiscal 2003
Description: Fastest Growing Company in the Content Delivery Network Industry Continues to Thrive as Signs of Economic Recovery Grow
|
