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Amazon.com adds audiobooks on demand and buys book-recording company
Description: Amazon.com adds audiobooks on demand and buys book-recording company Amazon.com has acquired audiobook publisher Brilliance Audio and announced its Disc On Demand service will
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Staples shoppers top list of web spenders
Description: Staples shoppers top list of web spenders Staples.com customers have the highest propensity of online shoppers to buy, Diameter, a division of DoubleClick Inc., and comScore
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Web Site Trends: Page 189
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Keynote Breaks Through Web Content Management Frontier
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Net shoppers begin to think---even buy---big
Description: Computer and software sales are already well-established on the Internet, accounting for nearly 20% of the market. Now, research shows that consumers not only browse but increasingly are buying big-ticket goods such as furniture, fridges and even VW Beetles online.
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Webvan Plugs in Electronics
Description: Webvan Plugs in Electronics Following moves earlier this year to expand its offerings to include books and videos as well as groceries, Webvan is adding consumer electronics to
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Online research to influence more than $1 trillion in offline sales by 2012
Description: Online research to influence more than $1 trillion in offline sales by 2012 Forrester Research estimates that online research influences more than $400 billion in in-store sales,
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GENCO, One of World`s Largest Liquidation Distributors, Makes Million-Dollar Strategic Investment in Slingshot Solutions
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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So many books, so few shelves
Description: Amazon.com, the magilla of e-retailing, wrote the book on what makes a Web site successfulclean organization, easy navigation, huge inventory and personal touches. And its still the one to watch. The store greets customers by name when they log on, and shoppers can build a sense of community by reading and writing reviews.
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Wal-Mart rolls out a personalized gift card customers can initiate online
Description: Wal-Mart rolls out a personalized gift card customers can initiate online Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Walmart.com are rolling out a multi-channel marketing program this holiday
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Customer retention metrics still often overlooked, survey finds
Description: Customer retention metrics still often overlooked, survey finds Catalog companies have known for a long time that its far less expensive to retain a customer that to acquire a
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EBay launches babys room makeover contest
Description: EBay launches babys room makeover contest EBay Inc. this week launched a multi-channel promotion in conjunction with the new public television program Real Moms, Real Stories,
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SELECTS BRADLEY DIRECT TO HOUSE ITS FULFILLMENT NEEDS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online spending on Visa cards rose 48.4% year-over-year last week
Description: Online spending on Visa cards rose 48.4% year-over-year last week E-commerce spending on Visa branded cards in the U.S. rose 48.4% year-over-year to $2.7 billion for the week
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How a content management plan helps HPs top line and bottom line
Description: How a content management plan helps HPs top line and bottom line Since rolling out an initiative 18 months ago to standardize structured content and store it in a single,
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GSI Commerce gets a 44% boost in revenue and a 90% increase in sales
Description: GSI Commerce gets a 44% boost in revenue and a 90% increase in sales Third-quarter revenue at GSI Commerce Inc., which provides outsourced services for online retailers,
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GameFly cuts three days off returns processing
Description: GameFly cuts three days off returns processing GameFly Inc. is rolling out a customer service program that cuts days off the time it takes online gamers to receive their next
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Health care e-commerce is nothing to sneeze at
Description: Health care e-commerce is nothing to sneeze at In 2006 an estimated 18.3 million U.S. adults purchased health-related products online, according to a Manhattan Research LLC
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WebSideStory seeks up to $57.5 million through IPO
Description: WebSideStory seeks up to $57.5 million through IPO With two profitable quarters under its belt, web site analytics provider WebSideStory is seeking up to $57.5 million through an
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Online customer service with a twist
Description: Online customer service with a twist E-commerce technology vendor Jaduka has launched a service that enables shoppers and retailers to immediately connect via telephone. The
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E-Commerce, Banking Open Up
Description: E-Commerce, Banking Open Up Barnes and Noble, Dell Computers, Lands' End, OfficeMax, The Sharper Image and Toys R Us have been recruited as partners by Open Solutions, a provider
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Site responsiveness is strong at start of shopping season, Keynote says
Description: Site responsiveness is strong at start of shopping season, Keynote says While fulfillment was moving along quickly, responsiveness at retail web sites was slowing down, Keynote
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Tesco deploys web-based system to integrate Asian distribution centers
Description: Tesco deploys web-based system to integrate Asian distribution centers Tesco plc, the U.K.-based grocery retailer with more than 2,000 stores in 10 countries, is speeding up its
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Ace Hardware Selects Gilat`s Spacenet Subsidiary to Provide Its Member Retailers with Nationwide, Commercial-Grade Broadband Connectivity
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Toys `R` Us re-launches ToysRUs.com with multi-channel sales in mind
Description: Toys `R` Us re-launches ToysRUs.com with multi-channel sales in mind The new Toys R Us e-commerce site is up and running and the retailer is making multi-channel integration a
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Blue Martini ships Relationship Marketing software
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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An interactive web site for La-Z shoppers
Description: An interactive web site for La-Z shoppers La-Z-Boy Inc. is really letting customers live up to its name. Customers at www.lazboy.com can design their own recliners without even
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InternetPerils Online Visualization Technology Actively Tracks and Pinpoints Phishing Websites
Description: Internet Radar Locates Phishers and Provides Trend and Growth Patterns
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PAYMENTECH, HYPERCOM EXPEDITE AVAILABILITY OF HYPERCOMS VALUE-ADDED EPIC
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online retail spending holds steady, travel bounces back, comScore reports
Description: Online retail spending holds steady, travel bounces back, comScore reports Online retail sales are holding steady at levels equal to those before Sept. 11, after declining for
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Experian acquires Marketswitch
Description: Acquisition of optimization software firm expands Experians analytics and decisioning capabilities
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ALERTSITE DEBUTS NEW SECURITY VULNERABILITY SCAN TO PROTECT WEBSITES AND SERVERS FROM EXPLOITATION
Description: AlertSite continues to work with customers to improve online safety with addition of Security Vulnerability Scan
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 278
Description: eBay PayPal, iTunes eToys CDs DVDs: HomeFurnishings: Non-Apparel:
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BabyUniverses revenue slips as the company focuses on merger with eToys
Description: BabyUniverses revenue slips as the company focuses on merger with eToys Net revenue in the first half at BabyUniverse Inc., an online retailer and provider of content geared
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Coalition to Fight Fraud
Description: Coalition to Fight Fraud E-commerce merchants, including buy.com, and Expedia.com, have partnered with American Express, card processors, Paymentech and First Data Corp., and
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Internet traffic is still only a Sunday drive, IDC says
Description: Internet traffic is still only a Sunday drive, IDC says In spite of consumers wide adoption of the Internet in the past few years, Internet traffic still has only one way to go:
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 171
Description: LivePerson iTunes ToolKing
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Retailers have a lot to learn about e-mail marketing, says a new report
Description: Retailers have a lot to learn about e-mail marketing, says a new report The proportion of online retailers offering incentives to consumers to sign up for their e-mail
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RichSolutions Delivers New Tools that Facilitate Integration of ePayment Web Services in VB .NET, C# .NET, DELPHI, C++BUILDER and JAVA
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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At Long Last: Wal-Mart-AOL Drop Veil on Alliance
Description: At Long Last: Wal-Mart-AOL Drop Veil on Alliance Ending weeks of rumors regarding a partnership, (www.wal-mart.com) Wal-Mart Stores and (www.aol.com) America Online today
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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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Early test shows new CAN-Spam law has little effect on junk e-mail
Description: Early test shows new CAN-Spam law has little effect on junk e-mail The federal CAN-Spam law that went into effect January 1 appeared to have little impact on junk e-mail in a
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Accenture`s Connection to eBay and Yantra to Provide Order Management and Fulfillment for Brylane
Description: New Capabilities Enable Specialty Catalog and Internet Retailer to Sell Inventory on eBay Quickly and Easily
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Europe a new hot spot for online retail
Description: It used to be a huge undertaking for U.S. e-retailers to launch a presence abroad, with interest in and adoption of e-commerce in Europe trailing that in the U.S. But a look at traffic figures, the experiences of individual merchants and growing demand for services to support international sales signals that e-commerce is on the upswing in Europeand that retailers both here and there are looking to the web as a quick route to international expansion.
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Webvan finishes initial bankruptcy auction, puts EC platform up for sale
Description: Webvan finishes initial bankruptcy auction, puts EC platform up for sale The bankrupt Webvan Group, Inc. of Foster City, CA, is putting its business units, technology platform
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PC market continues its recovery with a surprise Q4, IDC reports
Description: PC market continues its recovery with a surprise Q4, IDC reports The worldwide PC market continued its recovery from 2001 with a surprise fourth-quarter showing from U.S.
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Amazon leads general merchandisers in number of web site visits, study says
Description: Amazon leads general merchandisers in number of web site visits, study says Amazon.com came in first among the top 10 general merchandise web sites in number of visitss during
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THE KNOT WALKS DOWN THE AISLE WITH THE FEEDROOM
Description: The Marriage Of Technology And Fashion Offers The Web`s First Ever Broadband Broadcasts Of Wedding Gown Fashion Shows
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Omniture Implements SiteCatalyst on More Than 3,000 Client Sites in 2004
Description: Rapid Deploy Process Helps Achieve Shortest Time-to-Value in the Industry
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ORDERMOTION CLIENTS DOUBLE THEIR REVENUES FOR 2005
Description: SaaS Model Continues to Attract New Customers
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