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BizRate.com expects 31% growth in online holiday sales Description: BizRate.com expects 31% growth in online holiday sales Online sales this holiday season will grow 31% over last year, predicts BizRate.com, a shopping comparison site and
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Sales up more than 20% at outdoor gear retailers Altrec.com and REI.com Description: Sales up more than 20% at outdoor gear retailers Altrec.com and REI.com Growing popularity of outdoor activities continues to drive sales at outdoor gear e-retailers, with
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Retailers Lack A Well-Articulated Supply Chain Strategy, According to BearingPoint Study Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Apple holds onto top spot among computer manufacturers sites in June Description: Apple holds onto top spot among computer manufacturers sites in June Apple Inc. continued to hold onto its top spot among computer hardware manufacturers web sites in June, as
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WalMart.com enters the digital music market Description: WalMart.com enters the digital music market Wal-Mart Stores Inc.s WalMart.com today launched a digital music service that offers music downloads at 88 cents per song, 11% less
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Vendas On-Demand eCommerce Solution Utilized for Lands End International Sites Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 34 Description: AARP AllBrands PayPal
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Hot link to a vending machine Description: Until now, management of vending machines has been labor-intensive. When something goes wrong, machine operators have no way of knowing unless someone notices a problem and calls the machine owner or until a technician visits the machine.
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Build-A-Bear is bullish on its e-commerce prospects Description: Build-A-Bear is bullish on its e-commerce prospects Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. grew web sales 8.2% in the second quarter. For Q2, Build-A-Bear, No. 411 in the Internet Retailer
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Limited Too Managing Vendor Compliance with Avery Dennison InfoChain Express Supply Chain Management Solution Description: Tween specialty retailer can use the system to ensure compliance even by vendors with limited Internet access.
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Online sales on Visa cards rise 49% year-over-year at end of November Description: Online sales on Visa cards rise 49% year-over-year at end of November Online sales transacted on U.S.-based Visa credit and debit cards, including travel sales, rose 49.2% to
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Car dealers come of age on the Internet Description: No longer the slowpokes on the information superhighway, car dealers are upgrading their web sites to better interact with vehicle shoppers as well as with manufacturers.
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All that glitters Description: All that glitters Two online luxury sites added well-known product lines as holiday shopping gets into full swing. eLUXURY, added leather-goods retailer Coach to its online
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The FTC wants to take a bite out of spam Description: The FTC wants to take a bite out of spam The Federal Trade Commission is going to delve into spam. It announced this week that it will host a three-day "Spam Forum" April 30
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Families compete, video viewers vote online in Hyatt campaign Description: Families compete, video viewers vote online in Hyatt campaign Much of the buzz around consumer-generated video as an online marketing tool has been centered around whats
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Channel Intelligence launches Commerce Data Syndication(SM) service for online retailers to expand their market presence and increase sales Description: Best Buy, Circuit City, eToys Direct and others increase visibility of full product catalogs distributed among popular comparison shopping search engines and Web portals
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PC Mall grows 2005 e-commerce sales 17% in 2005 Description: PC Mall grows 2005 e-commerce sales 17% in 2005 Though its a leaner web retailer since it divested itself of eCost.com more than a year ago, PC Mall still managed to grow its
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Coldwater Creek drives up last-minute holiday sales with fast-ship offer Description: Coldwater Creek drives up last-minute holiday sales with fast-ship offer E-commerce sales have been increasing as a percent of overall sales at multi-channel retailer Coldwater
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Felicite.com to offer patented partial purchase gift registry software Description: Felicite.com to offer patented partial purchase gift registry software Felicite.com Inc., which offers an aggregated partial-purchase gift registry service used by about 100
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Manufacturers linked to retailers get 33% hike in `04 sales, company says Description: Manufacturers linked to retailers get 33% hike in `04 sales, company says A service that lets consumers shopping on manufacturers web sites link directly to retailers sites
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Albertsons.coms orders explode 300% in two days Description: Albertsons.coms orders explode 300% in two days Since Webvan announced its shutdown on Monday, Albertsons.com has seen a 300% increase in web orders, the company says. As a
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Ezic Announces EZICheck Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online spending up 34% at end of January Description: Online spending up 34% at end of January Online retail spending grew 34% for the week ending Jan. 23, reaching $1.33 billion from $991 million a year ago, comScore Networks Inc.
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New law establishes web-based FBI retail theft database Description: New law establishes web-based FBI retail theft database A bill creating an Organized Retail Theft Task Force at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and creating a private-sector,
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Retailer e-mail delivery near all-time high in Q1, Bigfoot says Description: Retailer e-mail delivery near all-time high in Q1, Bigfoot says Retailers e-mail delivery rates ranged between 94% and 95% in the first quarter, the third consecutive quarter in
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 479 Description: JCPenney.com PETsMART.com HomeCourier.com RedEnvelopes Wal-Mart PlanetRx CEO
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Biblio.com closes the books on record August sales Description: Biblio.com closes the books on record August sales New and improved forms of marketing helped Biblio.com achieve record textbook sales in August. The company is also beginning to
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E.piphany E.5 System(tm) Provides New Applications to Support The Indirect Channel Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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And The Winner Is
Description: And The Winner Is
RedEnvelope, a multi-channel gift retailer, has announced that it has secured its third venture round of financing for $33 million. Leading the round of
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 372 Description: GSI NASCAR.com BackcountryStore.com 1-800-Flowers.com 7-Eleven POS BlueNile eBay`s
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Callaway Golf Interactive tees up technology for tomorrow Description: Callaway Golf Interactive tees up technology for tomorrow Near the end of 2005, Callaway Golf Interactive implemented overarching upgrades to its e-commerce platform, Microsoft
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Furniture e-retailer redesigns site to better match modern furniture design Description: Furniture e-retailer redesigns site to better match modern furniture design Exclusively Home has redesigned its web site to create a modern, fashionable look that mirrors the
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Marketer of Sonic Toothbrush Kits Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty to Settle FTC Charges Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online Book Wars Description: Online Book Wars Barnesandnoble.com, New York, has issued a statement in response to a lawsuit filed last week by Amazon.com against the company in U.S. District Court in
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Nearly three-fourths of college students buy online, study says Description: Nearly three-fourths of college students buy online, study says Most college students, 72%, make a general range of purchases on the web, according to the StudentWatch 2002 study
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 224 Description: StrideRite FTD ShoeBuy
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FTD Q3 web sales bloom by 11% Description: FTD Q3 web sales bloom by 11% Thanks in large measure to a big lift in Valentines Day orders, FTD Inc. increased its Q3 2006 e-commerce sales by 11% to $68.9 million from $62.1
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Watchdog Group Cuts Amazon Ties Over Privacy Description: Watchdog Group Cuts Amazon Ties Over Privacy The Internet's largest retailer took what critics say is a backward step in its privacy policy two weeks ago with changes that could
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DAVE LAUFFER PROMOTED TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT SAFEWAY.COM Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Xchange lands $20.5 million in financing Description: Xchange lands $20.5 million in financing Boston, MA-based Exchange Applications Inc., known as Xchange Inc., has received $20.5 million in financing from Insight Venture
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More than a quarter of consumers who go online still wont buy there Description: More than a quarter of consumers who go online still wont buy there In a climate in which it seems everyone has made a purchase online at some point, more than a quarter of
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Web-based cell phone lets shoppers search for products and stores Description: Web-based cell phone lets shoppers search for products and stores Mobile phone provider Sprint Nextel and GPShopper have teamed up to launch a service that uses the web and
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Fraud complaints to an Internet watchdog group triple in one year Description: Fraud complaints to an Internet watchdog group triple in one year For the third year in a row, web watchdog group the Internet Fraud Complaint Center logged in more complaints in
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Its everywhere--except in overseas customers wallets Description: Who would know better than MasterCard and Visa executives the limits of the credit card as a payment vehicle outside the U.S.? Consumers have not adopted credit cards in other countries as they have in the U.S.and that creates an obstacle to U.S.-based e-retailers who want to expand to overseas markets.
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Supply chain provider Freeborders closes $9 million in funding Description: Supply chain provider Freeborders closes $9 million in funding San Francisco-based Freeborders, a provider of collaborative supply chain management systems for the retail
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Maurices Boosts Facility Flow-Through for Complex, High-Volume Operations Following Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Execution Solutions From HighJump Software Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Wal-Mart Chooses iSoft Corporation`s Commerce Suite; Expense Savings Will Lower Costs and Help Keep Prices Low Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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GSI Commerce names Patrick Vogt as head of general and specialty business Description: GSI Commerce names Patrick Vogt as head of general and specialty business GSI Commerce Inc., a provider of e-commerce platforms and services, has named Patrick Vogt as executive
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VeriSign Reports First Quarter Results Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Nordstrom Completes Rollout of Fujitsu POS Technology Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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