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FTCs big-bucks childrens privacy settlements send a message to all online marketers
Description: In October 2001, FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris announced that the Federal Trade Commission would increase the resources the Commission devotes to enforcing privacy laws such as the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act by 50%. That effort produced its most dramatic results in February in two high profile cases that the FTC clearly intended as a lesson for online retailers and other marketers.
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The sales tax issue continues to split retailers
Description: It was only a small step, it didnt even deal with sales taxes, and there are still several stages the legislation must move through, but the vote in August by the House Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law to extend the moratorium on Internet taxes-known as the Internet Tax Freedom Actsparked immediate and opposite responses from two associations representing merchants.
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Cyber Monday, meet Friday, December 15
Description: Cyber Monday, meet Friday, December 15 Cyber Monday, meet Friday, Dec. 15. According to the recently launched Chase Paymentech Pulse Index, Dec. 15 recorded the highest sales
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Coming soon to a PC near you: Blockbuster movie downloads
Description: Coming soon to a PC near you: Blockbuster movie downloads Blockbuster Inc. expects to begin offering movie downloads to personal computers sometime in the first or second
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Napsters Q1 revenue grows 167% over year before
Description: Napsters Q1 revenue grows 167% over year before Revenue in FY first quarter at digital music service Napster Inc. increased 167% to $21 million from $12.5 million in Q1 a year
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Coldwater Creek moves up in converting browsers to buyers
Description: Coldwater Creek moves up in converting browsers to buyers Coldwater Creek, a multi-channel retailer of womens apparel, jewelry and gifts, joined the top 10 retailers in July in
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Office Depot Rolls Out New Microsoft Office XP Across www.officedepot.com and Its North American Catalogs and Retail Stores
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Keynote: holiday shopping sites get mixed reviews, but fair performance overall
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 220
Description: PWC SmartBargains EVP COO BestBuy.com CEO MusicNet
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George Loyer, founder of LoyaltyLab, heads Fry Inc.s San Francisco office
Description: George Loyer, founder of LoyaltyLab, heads Fry Inc.s San Francisco office George Loyer, a founder and former vice president of engineering of LoyaltyLab, an on-demand loyalty
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Brylane chooses TrueSpectra for Image Serving
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Drugstore cowboys ride onto the Internet
Description: Drugstore cowboys ride onto the Internet Industry analysts used to joke that someday people would buy even toothpaste online. Now, it's happening. Nearly half a dozen online
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Web Site Trends: Page 64
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Niche Retail puts search engine marketing to the test
Description: Niche Retail puts search engine marketing to the test In a complete reversal of the spendthrift advertising policies of the early days of e-retailing, more online merchants are
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Marketers and IT people are learning to cooperate
Description: Marketers and IT people are learning to cooperate Marketers and IT managers are finally beginning to communicate with each other on the subject of web analytics, and its not a
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Open and delivery rates not the only measures of e-mail program success
Description: Open and delivery rates not the only measures of e-mail program success Marketers most often view e-mail program success in terms of open and delivery rates, but that doesnt
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Web site content management company DigitalPost Interactive names a new VP
Description: Web site content management company DigitalPost Interactive names a new VP DigitalPost Interactive, provider of web platforms for digital media sharing and social networking, has
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Jupiter Media Metrix revenue grows 8% in Q1; researcher plans lay-off
Description: Jupiter Media Metrix revenue grows 8% in Q1; researcher plans lay-off First quarter revenue for researchers Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. grew 8% to $29.6 million from Q1 2000s
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NEW GEO-TARGETING TOOL RELEASED BY SEARCHFEED.COM
Description: Advertisers Able to Choose to Receive Additional High Quality European Traffic
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Web analytics and e-mail cultivate sales for Scotts
Description: Web analytics and e-mail cultivate sales for Scotts Lawns and the Internet dont seem to go together, but The Scotts Co. has figured out a way to use its web site to talk to
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Investment firm generates millions in funding for ShopWiki
Description: Investment firm generates millions in funding for ShopWiki Shopping search engine ShopWiki has completed a $6.2 million round of private equity funding from Generation Partners.
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Squeaky customer wheels tell Scentiments.com when new site is ready to go
Description: Squeaky customer wheels tell Scentiments.com when new site is ready to go Scentiments.com launched its new web site last week on the Microsoft .Net platform. The new site
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Online video makes converts of DVD and gift shoppers
Description: Online video makes converts of DVD and gift shoppers Online video is a hot topic in Internet retailing today. Vat19.com, a DVD and gift e-retailer, is blazing online video trails
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Web use peaks on Mondays, a year-long tracking study shows
Description: Web use peaks on Mondays, a year-long tracking study shows Retailers have long noticed that shopping peaks during the week--especially during holiday buying times, traffic is
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Online Shoppers Spent Over 4 Million Minutes Viewing SellPoint Active Product Tours in December
Description: SellPoint Adds Office Products Manufacturer Brother to Client Roster
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Bluefly.com tests a multi-channel strategy
Description: Now that online retailing is maturing following the boom-and-bust cycle of the Internet, many retailers are fine-tuning multi-channel strategies. With competition for customers growing online as well as offline, retailers must consider the advantages of selling through an additional channel, experts say. So its no surprise there are few pure-play online retailers left. Even the strongest of the remaining online pure-plays need to reevaluate their retail store viability, says Jim Okamura, senior partner who specializes in multi-channel retailing at consultants J.C. Williams Group.
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Twas the week before Christmas and consumers were comparison shopping
Description: Twas the week before Christmas and consumers were comparison shopping Consumers flocked to comparison shopping sites in the week before Christmas, looking for the best prices on
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E-checks may be coming to Amazon.com
Description: E-checks may be coming to Amazon.com Amazon.com Inc. has been shopping for a provider of electronic check services to offer e-check payment as an alternative to credit cards,
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Costco predicts another record year for e-commerce
Description: Costco predicts another record year for e-commerce Costco Wholesale Corp. is predicting another record year for e-commerce sales. In fiscal 2008, the company expects web sales to
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Technology: Page 17
Description: IT IRCE iTunes iPhones IRCE IRCE IRCE
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Dock lockout becomes a boon to online retail liquidators
Description: Dock lockout becomes a boon to online retail liquidators Although the West Coast lockout of dockworkers was only 10 days old when interrupted by a court order on Tuesday,
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Become.com Offers New Retailers 30 Days of Free Clicks
Description: Existing Retailers Also Feel Become.coms Appreciation with Discounts During Same Promotional Period
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Customers & Marketing: Page 66
Description: GameFly TVs TiVo
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R.R. DONNELLEY LOGISTICS SEES INCREASE IN 2001 PARCEL VOLUME
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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E.PIPHANY APPOINTS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE MARKETING
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SubmitOrder gets new funding, a new CEO
Description: SubmitOrder gets new funding, a new CEO SubmitOrder Inc. has received new funding and a new CEO. SubmitOrder, an outsourcer to retailers of customer service and e-fulfillment
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Web Site Trends: Page 101
Description: AAFES OfficeMax TV FordDirect
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The Virtual IT Department Announces eFaxOrder
Description: New Cost-Effective and Timely Service Enables Businesses to Receive Customer Internet Orders Via Fax
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The Malling of the Web
Description: Once thought a threat, the Internet is now serving shopping centers
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When the holidays are near, retailers adjust fraud fear, expert says
Description: When the holidays are near, retailers adjust fraud fear, expert says On the verge of the holiday shopping season, an online fraud-fighting expert warns that retailers too often
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Fry, Inc. Launches Redesigned Web Site for KitchenAid
Description: Kitchenaid.com provides detailed product information, intuitive navigation and links to retailers
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First Data plans to spin off Western Union unit
Description: First Data plans to spin off Western Union unit First Data Corp. is converting its Western Union consumer payments business into an independent publicly traded company through a
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Using the Internet to level the battlefield for independent retailers
Description: ince the rise of the super retailers who have invaded every consumer market promising wide selections, volume discounts and huge retail facilities, many Main Street retailers have gone out of business, unable to compete for low-cost/high-demand products. Although it sometimes seems like it, not all Main Street retailers have disappeared. And Chicago-based Goliath Falls Inc., an aggregate online buying service for independent retailers, wants to use the Internet to help the remaining Davids of the retail world fight against the Goliaths in getting discounts on merchandise.
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Return Path And Veripost Merge, Creating Industry Standard For E-Mail ChangeOf Address (ECOA)
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Holiday activity drives web traffic in December, comScore finds
Description: Holiday activity drives web traffic in December, comScore finds Holiday-related visits dominated web traffic in December, according the figures released by comScore Networks
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Early-morning shoppers spend more than other shoppers, says new study
Description: Early-morning shoppers spend more than other shoppers, says new study Web stores are available 24 hours a day, so consumers shop at them 24 hours a day. A survey just out from
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OFFICEMAX LAUNCHES PRODUCT ADVISOR STATIONS FROM ACTIVE DECISIONS
Description: Sales Associates Equipped with Deep Product Knowledge at Advisor Stations
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Traffic report: Visitors to e-retail sites by category
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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OfficeMax.com launches site for e-books
Description: OfficeMax.com launches site for e-books Picking up on an increasing demand for digital books, OfficeMax Inc.s OfficeMax.com is adding an e-book web site to its assortment of
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Toys and TV tie-ins help Discovery grow web sales 34% in 2006
Description: Toys and TV tie-ins help Discovery grow web sales 34% in 2006 Discovery Communications grew web sales 34% in 2006. But more important, the online retailer is continuing down an
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