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iCrossing Joins Mobile Marketing Association Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Big retailers get top grades for their site performance Description: Big retailers get top grades for their site performance Many of the webs top 50 retail sites are receiving top marks for delivering web shoppers a consistent user experience in
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J.C. Whitney signs up for Endecas site search tool Description: J.C. Whitney signs up for Endecas site search tool In the highly competitive market of site search technology, Endeca Technologies Inc. has racked up another win. Endeca
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Search marketing company Did-It searches within to find new CTO Description: Search marketing company Did-It searches within to find new CTO Did-It search marketing has a new chief technology officer: John Merryman, formerly of DoubleClick, is leading the
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VCOMMERCE AND K2B ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC MARKETING ALLIANCE Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Circuit City will buy digital music provider MusicNow Description: Circuit City will buy digital music provider MusicNow Circuit City Stores Inc. has agreed to purchase MusicNow Inc., a digital music platform. Chicago-based MusicNow, formerly
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 531 Description: CyberShop 1-800-Flower 1-800-Flowers
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Blending e-mail with direct mail gets higher response, AMR says Description: Blending e-mail with direct mail gets higher response, AMR says Nearly two-thirds of companies polled in a new AMR Research Inc. study on e-mail marketing campaigns got a better
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Create pages for customers, not search engines, experts urge retailers Description: Create pages for customers, not search engines, experts urge retailers Search engine marketing is evolving and keeping up with the changes can be daunting. Yet while retailers
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Coremetrics Appoints Brian Platter as VP of Products Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The Right Connection: Web Retailers Are Scrambling To Link Together Disparate Systems Description: The Right Connection: Web Retailers Are Scrambling To Link Together Disparate Systems When Celestial Seasonings launched its e-commerce initiative last year, the country's No. 1
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Alliance combines Drugstore.com traffic with Revolution Health Network Description: Alliance combines Drugstore.com traffic with Revolution Health Network Drugstore.com, a web-only retailer whose products include health, beauty and pharmacy goods, has signed an
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Women make up nearly two-thirds of online apparel and beauty shoppers Description: Women make up nearly two-thirds of online apparel and beauty shoppers No surprise here: Women dominate visitors to apparel and beauty sites, according to figures from
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GNC signs agreement with GSI Commerce to open its own online store Description: GNC signs agreement with GSI Commerce to open its own online store General Nutrition Centers Inc. expects to open its own online store in the fourth quarter of this year under a
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Fort Point Partners Launches eSelling Optimization Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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DMA Blasts Postage Hikes Description: DMA Blasts Postage Hikes The Direct Marketing Association board of directors, unhappy with proposed increases in mailing rates, has passed a vote of no confidence in the U.S.
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Music downloading is only beginning, Yankee Group warns Description: Music downloading is only beginning, Yankee Group warns If music companies and artists think downloading of music from the Internet is a problem today, wait until broadband
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Coremetrics appoints Jeff Schmidt worldwide VP of sales Description: Coremetrics appoints Jeff Schmidt worldwide VP of sales Jeff Schmidt has been named vice president of worldwide sales at web analytics provider Coremetrics. Most recently he was
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Laura Mercier boosts conversions by 40% with analytics-driven changes Description: Laura Mercier boosts conversions by 40% with analytics-driven changes Cosmetics manufacturer and retailer Laura Mercier increased site conversion by 40% and average order size by
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Conversion rate off paid vs. organic search about equal, says WebSideStory Description: Conversion rate off paid vs. organic search about equal, says WebSideStory How good is the conversion rate off paid search vs. organic search? About equal, according to a new
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iTunes surpasses 25 million downloads of digital songs Description: iTunes surpasses 25 million downloads of digital songs More than 25 million songs have been downloaded from Apple Inc.s online iTunes Music Store since its April debut, Apple
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Pricefish.Com Gives Comparison Shopping a Voice, Edges Closer to In-Store Shopping Experience With New Audio Enhancements Description: Comparison shopping site Pricefish.com seeks to more fully engage online shoppers with its new "FishClips" audio enhancements, which are like mini podcasts embedded into their product listings. Pricefish.com believes that FishClips along with other planned features will make online shopping more satisfying, edging closer to an in store shopping experience.
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CommercialWare Expands Purchase Options for Retailers Adopting Its Market-Leading Cross-Channel Retail Solutions Description: New Flexible Pricing Packages for CWDirect and OrderMotion Help Meet Customers Unique Business Needs
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Overstocks Q2 revenue is down 6%, while net loss improves 12% Description: Overstocks Q2 revenue is down 6%, while net loss improves 12% Second quarter revenue at Overstock.com Inc. declined 6% from the same quarter a year ago to $149 million from
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Online sales continue their robust growth in Q3, rising 27% from year ago Description: Online sales continue their robust growth in Q3, rising 27% from year ago Online retail sales grew 27% in the third quarter vs. the third quarter of 2002, the Census Bureau of
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Clarins Signs Exclusive Deal for QRS Exchange Solutions Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Everything Furniture streamlines checkout to increase conversions Description: Everything Furniture streamlines checkout to increase conversions As part of its 2006 strategic plan, Everything Furniture Inc. is betting an overhauled shopping cart will
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Online spending returns to double-digit growth Description: Online spending returns to double-digit growth Online spending returned to double-digit growth rates at the end of January, after growing in the single digits earlier in the
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Consumers to go online to pick winning pet video in Petco Stars contest Description: Consumers to go online to pick winning pet video in Petco Stars contest Petco Animal Supplies Inc. will shortly be rounding up consumer-generated videos of the in-store winners
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Unicru Announces New On-Site Device and IVR Hiring Solutions Description: Announcements complete the most comprehensive suite of employee sourcing solutions for retailers, foodservice and other highly decentralized employers
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BLUE MARTINI ENHANCES INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK FOR FLEXIBLE AND LOW-COST INTEGRATION TO BACK-END BUSINESS PROCESSES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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7-Eleven deploys web-based system to manage 10,000 suppliers Description: 7-Eleven deploys web-based system to manage 10,000 suppliers With nearly 6,000 convenience stores in the U.S. and Canada and 10,000 suppliers, 7-Eleven Inc. is going to the web
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MACROMEDIA AND MIRROR IMAGE PARTNER TO DELIVER FLASH VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES Description: New services enable high-quality delivery of Flash video across patented global network
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Fathom Online hires a new CTO from AOL Time Warner Description: Fathom Online hires a new CTO from AOL Time Warner Scott Wade, former chief technology officer and vice president of technology for AOL Time Warners Warner Music Group has been
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SEARCHFEED.COM PARTNERS WITH ICHEF OFFERING SITE VISITORS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Drugstore.coms Q2 sales grew 38% over year-earlier quarter Description: Drugstore.coms Q2 sales grew 38% over year-earlier quarter Second-quarter net sales at Bellevue, WA-based Drugstore.com Inc. increased 38% over second quarter of 2000, to $34
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2002 online sales rise 29% over 2001, comScore reports Description: 2002 online sales rise 29% over 2001, comScore reports Although 2002 has been a tough year economically, U.S. non-travel, non-auction online retail sales are estimated to come in
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Beyond.com launches web store for computer book publisher Sybex Description: Beyond.com launches web store for computer book publisher Sybex Beyond.com, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based builder, manager and marketer of online stores, has launched an e-store
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Did-it.com names interactive marketing veteran as new CEO Description: Did-it.com names interactive marketing veteran as new CEO Search engine marketing company Did-it.com has named Bill Wise, most recently COO for Ask Jeeves division MaxOnline, as
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Who`s Calling Acquires Clickpath Description: Acquisition Enhances Who`s Calling`s Solution Offerings for Measuring Online Campaign Effectiveness and Enabling Pay Per Call Tracking
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Customers & Marketing: Page 118 Description: SEM 1-800-Flowers SheetMusicPlus.com Wal-Mart.com WineMiner
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Napster turns up sales growth, turns down losses Description: Napster turns up sales growth, turns down losses Napster Inc. reported net sales of $111.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, up 17% from $94.7 million in fiscal 2006.
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Symbol Technologies Scan Engines a Key Component of Philips Hand-held Device That Allows Consumers to Shop At Home Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web Site Trends: Page 172 Description: BlueLight.com La-Z-Boy.com PlusSize.com ToysRUs.com SharperImage.com CircuitCity.coms
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Personal Creations adds more personalization Description: Personal Creations adds more personalization While it probably wont be available in time for the holidays, Personal Creations Inc. is rolling out new personalization programs
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A little sting behind the seal Description: Dont mess with TRUSTe. Thats the message the online privacy watchdog wants to send to Web sites that inappropriately display its Trustmark privacy seal.
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Backcountry.com joins the retail portfolio of Liberty Media Description: Backcountry.com joins the retail portfolio of Liberty Media Liberty Media Corp., which already owns three of the 100 largest Internet retailers plus travel site Expedia, has
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 465 Description: BlueLight eBay IDC BestBuy.com CEO
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Coupons, Inc. Launches Veri-FI Fraud Detection System for Consumer-Printed Coupons Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Slow response to e-mail queries will become a chief source of customer loss Description: Slow response to e-mail queries will become a chief source of customer loss While 92% of sites surveyed in a recent poll by Jupiter Research offer e-mail as a customer support
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