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How Tower Records plans a second boost in conversions through site search Description: How Tower Records plans a second boost in conversions through site search When Tower Records deployed a new site search feature a year and a half ago, it saw an immediate 50%
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A Little Less Boo Description: A Little Less Boo In the latest example of post-holiday restructuring, online sportswear merchant Boo.com has laid off 70 employees. The layoffs come just three months after
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After site redesign, Market Day is helping customers along Description: After site redesign, Market Day is helping customers along Sometimes the more things change, the more they dont stay the same. Such was the case at Market Day Corp. after it
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How MyWeddingFavors.com boosted conversion rates 65% Description: How MyWeddingFavors.com boosted conversion rates 65% With a new multi-variable page optimization system to support its Internet natural search campaigns, MyWeddingFavors.com has
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eScoutSM Commits to Join PeopleSoft`s Network of Content Service Providers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Autobytel Launches RPM 2.0 Description: Advanced Customer Segmentation Capabilities Help Auto Dealers Reach Right Customers, With Right Message, at Right Time
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Online apparel liquidation specialist may sell know-how to other retailers Description: Online apparel liquidation specialist may sell know-how to other retailers eValueville.com knows online apparel closeout auctions so well, in fact, that its closed some
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WebCollage Provides Online Marketing Solution for Sony Electronics eSolutions Company Description: Online Merchandizing Platform Integrates Sony Electronics Content with Retail Partners
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BEA AND AKAMAI TEAM TO ENHANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE BY OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF E-BUSINESS APPLICATIONS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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NADA puts its new interactive vehicle comparison program in gear Description: NADA puts its new interactive vehicle comparison program in gear The National Automobile Dealers Association is joining the rapidly increasing ranks of third-party vehicle
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Multi-channel retailers dominate the top 10 e-retailers for the first time Description: Multi-channel retailers dominate the top 10 e-retailers for the first time If anyone needed confirmation that dot-com bubble burst drove the pure-play online retailers out of the
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Burpee cultivates a new channel in RSS Description: Burpee cultivates a new channel in RSS One of retails oldest brands became one of the first to offer an RSS feed to its customers when W. Atlee Burpee & Co.s Burpee.com
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Europes LoveFilm acquires Amazons DVD rental business in U.K. and Germany Description: Europes LoveFilm acquires Amazons DVD rental business in U.K. and Germany London-based LoveFilm International Ltd., which operates an online DVD rental business in several
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Retek and SeeBeyond Partner to Bring Unparalleled Integration Capabilities To The Retail Sector Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: E-Payments: Curing the Achilles Heel of the Web Description: Fraud isnt going away, but retailers and payment processors are getting smarter about dealing with it
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How Petco.com is making it easier to search for products Description: How Petco.com is making it easier to search for products To get a clearer picture of what customers are searching for, Petco Animal Supplies Inc. expanded the attribute fields in
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RETAIL BRAND ALLIANCE, INC. SELECTS NEXTOR POINT-OF-SALE APPLICATION FOR ITS 1,000+ STORES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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BlueLight to re-launch site next week with a focus on brand names Description: BlueLight to re-launch site next week with a focus on brand names BlueLight.com, the online arm of Kmart, will launch its redesigned and reorganized web site next week. The
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British retailers slow to spend on web sites, trade group reports Description: British retailers slow to spend on web sites, trade group reports Seven of the 100 most profitable retail chains in the UK account for 50% of the spending on web site
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Web content accelerator Akamai agrees to buy Netli for about $180 million Description: Web content accelerator Akamai agrees to buy Netli for about $180 million Akamai Technologies Inc., provider of services that accelerate the delivery of web content, has agreed
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When search dead-ends Description: Results not found is the virtual red-headed stepchild of web designno one wants to spend time dealing with it. Its not sexy, its not exciting, its an error message. No one wants to think about it, says Jason Fried, president of web design and usability consultants 37signals.
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Enhanced eBay ProStores targets a growing segment of online sellers Description: Enhanced eBay ProStores targets a growing segment of online sellers EBays ProStores, the companys stand-alone storefront solution that includes optional integration with the
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Alltel adds Digby mobile mall to offerings Description: Alltel adds Digby mobile mall to offerings Wireless telecommunications network Alltel has debuted access to mobile shopping mall Digby in its menu of mobile offerings. The free
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Merchant Fraud Squad re-launches its web site with new, free services Description: Merchant Fraud Squad re-launches its web site with new, free services The Merchant Fraud Squad, which helps online retailers reduce fraud, today made available to members a
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Netshops Selects Equilibrium MediaRich Server to Automate Dynamic Image Processing Description: Equilibrium MediaRich Server for Online Retailers reduces costs, increase sales and accelerates time-to-market to maximize online margins through media automation technology.
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Overstock: Boldly going... Description: Overstock.com has built a business on finding quality surplus merchandise and selling it to consumers at a discount, but its announcement earlier this month that its expanding into online sales of travel pushes that strategy into a new realm where it faces an entirely different set of competitors.
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REI rolls out web-based workforce management across all 66 stores Description: REI rolls out web-based workforce management across all 66 stores REI Inc., the multi-channel retailer of outdoor sports gear and clothing, is implementing a web-based workforce
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Software Engineering Consultants Releases GTIN Builder Description: LANSA Business Partner Solution Simplifies Item Data Preparation
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AfterBOT, Inc. Appoints New CEO Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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European consumers may accept multi-channel selling faster than retailers Description: European consumers may accept multi-channel selling faster than retailers European retailers have been reluctant to develop a multi-channel approach, finding it too costly,
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Why merchants have to do the heavy lifting Description: Why merchants have to do the heavy lifting While it should be obvious by now to web retailers of all sizes, customers will leave or ignore entirely an e-commerce site that
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E4X plans to expand global services for e-commerce Description: E4X plans to expand global services for e-commerce E4X Inc., a provider of software that supports the display of foreign currencies converted into shoppers home currency on
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Odimo winds down its e-commerce operations Description: Odimo winds down its e-commerce operations E-commerce sales for Odimo Inc. dropped 73.9% in the third quarter to $2.4 million from $9.1 million in the third quarter of 2005. Its
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Customers & Marketing: Page 275 Description: WorldPay NetRatings POS: CRM JCPenney.com FindWhat.com VW CD
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Web Site Trends: Page 35 Description: eBay BookFinder.com BabyUniverse comScore IPO DoubleClick
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WebSLED: a kiosk that rocks Description: WebSLED: a kiosk that rocks First Choice Solutions, a Utah-based service provider for the mobile electronics industry, introduced WebSLED, an Internet kiosk for the mobile
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Real-time sales data help guide merchandising at Personalcreations.com Description: Real-time sales data help guide merchandising at Personalcreations.com Real-time product sales data from NetIQ Corp.s WebTrends reporting service has helped guide merchandising
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Searchfeed.com promotes Bryan Brickley to general manager Description: Searchfeed.com promotes Bryan Brickley to general manager Searchfeed.com, a provider of pay-per-click Internet search advertising, has promoted Bryan Brickley to senior director
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Revenue rises 35.5% year-over-year in Blueflys Q3 Description: Revenue rises 35.5% year-over-year in Blueflys Q3 Revenue at fashion apparel e-retailer Bluefly Inc. rose 35.5% to $16.3 million for the third quarter ended September 30, up
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Customers & Marketing: Page 127 Description: CPG TVs EBay firstStreet NetFlix DVDs CEO, BuzzMetrics
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Living It Up At Amazon Description: Living It Up At Amazon Home furnishings e-tailer living.com has partnered with Seattle-based Amazon.com to open the new "Home Living" store at Amazon.com. In early February, the
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 71 Description: COO McAfees CEO GiftCertificates.com iCrossing CEO SureSource USA ScanAlert
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Commission Junction co-founder and CEO becomes chairman Description: Commission Junction co-founder and CEO becomes chairman Santa Barbara, CA-based Commission Junction, one of the largest pay-for performance online advertising networks, has
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Web sales are up, but dont count other channels out, Sharper Image says Description: Web sales are up, but dont count other channels out, Sharper Image says Internet sales are growing strongly at Sharper Image Corp., but so are catalog and store sales and both
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New Avalara-Taxware Partnership Brings Unprecedented Level of Sales Tax Sophistication to Small Businesses Description: Taxware`s equity position strengthens Avalara`s unique ability to bring world-class transaction tax technology to even the smallest companies
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FrogMagic.com Springs for Free Gourmet Sweets Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The Goods On Grocery Description: The Goods On Grocery International food giant Royal Ahold's rescue late last week of Web grocery service Peapod is likely the first of many moves by brick-and-mortar grocers
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Groundbreaking MSN-Sponsored Study Proves Online Ads Boost Branding and Offline Sales Description: Nestlé, Kraft, Procter & Gamble and Others Find Online Advertising Critical to Marketing Mix
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ForeSee Results acquires usability consulting company Red Spade Description: ForeSee Results acquires usability consulting company Red Spade ForeSee Results, provider of online customer satisfaction monitoring and management, has acquired web-site
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GSI finds all that glitters
Description: It was supposed to be the operation that expanded GSI Commerce Inc. from sports to gifts and luxury goods. But only nine months after it closed on its $14 million acquisition of luxury gifts retailer Ashford.com, GSI Commerce is selling Ashford to Diamond.com and as a result incurring a fourth-quarter net loss of $7 million to $10 million.
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