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YouTube launches local sites in nine countries
Description: YouTube launches local sites in nine countries Online video site YouTube LLC has launched international sites in nine countries in Europe, South America, and the Far East. Local
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Fulfillments key role in e-retailing
Description: Fulfillment has come a long way since the 1990s when newly online retailers learnedsome the hard waythe importance of fulfillment. First there was the bad press about late and missed deliveries for holiday shopping 1999. Then in 2000, the Federal Trade Commission levied high-profile fines totaling
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Ask Jeeves Launches Smart SearchSM for Products
Description: In response to extensive user studies, Ask.com now delivers an easier, more intuitive way to find, research or purchase products online
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RedPrairie Corporation Acquires MARC Global
Description: Expanded Global Supply Chain Solutions Provider Offers Combined Customer Base Industry-Leading Solutions and Deeper Functionality Across Several Key Verticals
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Web-enabled kiosks extend inventory and keep some stores small for REI
Description: Web-enabled kiosks extend inventory and keep some stores small for REI When the store shelves are virtual, stores may require less of that oh-so-costly real estate far less, in
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STERLING COMMERCE DISHES UP GENTRAN INTEGRATION SUITE TO MICHAEL FOODS
Description: Sterling Commerce Helps Meet Retail Business Integration Requirements
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Papyrus Improves Labor and Accuracy with RedPrairie Supply Chain Solutions
Description: Leading paper wholesaler and retailer reduces labor by 50% and attains inventory accuracy rate of 99.99999%
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Computers/Electronics Figuring out needs and moving on
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Men are on a mission, women are on an exploration
Description: Men are on a mission, women are on an exploration Five years ago, the stereotype of men Internet users was that they were web explorers and of women that they wanted as little to
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New custom-fitting technology: From the fabric store to the web
Description: Online retailers have been trying to figure out how to deliver customized clothing effectively, and Lands End last year went so far as to stake a flag in the sand with its launch of Lands End Custom, which lets web shoppers order custom-made chinos and jeans. But technology that could one day equip clothing retailers to compete with Lands End Customand go it one better by letting shoppers see the custom clothing on an online model that reflects their individual body measurementsis already on the floor in an unlikely place: fabric stores.
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Guiding Googles spiders
Description: In the growing web content universe, retail site pages must compete with the content offered up by every other kind of web site to be found by search enginesone reason Google launched the e-commerce-specific Froogle. Now, Google has created another opportunity for retailers and others to make more of their content more accessible to its spiders.
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TRUESPECTRA AND AKAMAI PROVIDE DYNAMIC IMAGING SOLUTIONS AT THE INTERNET`S EDGE
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web Site Trends: Page 143
Description: WebSideStory GoodGuys.com DVD eBay TeaLeaf
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Buy.com takes to the airwaves
Description: Buy.com takes to the airwaves In the latest move to aggressively compete for its share of retail spending, Buy.com is launching a TV shopping channel, founder and CEO Scott A.
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Illinois sues 70 retailers for failing to collect online sales tax
Description: Illinois sues 70 retailers for failing to collect online sales tax Arguing that they have violated state law that requires online retailers to collect sales tax if they maintain
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Web application management platform tracks how customer sessions go awry
Description: Web application management platform tracks how customer sessions go awry The new release of TeaLeaf Technologys RealiTea web applications management platform went live this week
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Furniture.com opens online shop for Leons Furniture
Description: Furniture.com opens online shop for Leons Furniture Online shoppers in the Great White North now can join their American counterparts at Furniture.com. The e-retailer has
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American Eagle brings original video programming to its web site
Description: American Eagle brings original video programming to its web site Following trailblazers Amazon.com Inc. and Baby Universe Inc., American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has created a
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DollarDays.com August sales up 350% over year-ago
Description: DollarDays.com August sales up 350% over year-ago Riding growth among independent small retailers, August sales at general merchandise wholesaler Dollar Days Internationals
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27% of abandoned shopping carts could be prevented with better design
Description: 27% of abandoned shopping carts could be prevented with better design Roughly two out of three shopping carts are abandoned before the shopper completes an online purchase and in
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Thomson and VeriSign to Cooperate in Developing Digital Content Authentication and Authorization Service
Description: Companies Partnering To Launch New Service in Mid-2005
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Retailers share tips on when to increase e-mail frequency
Description: Retailers share tips on when to increase e-mail frequency The most effective times to send e-mail marketing messages are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, just before lunch, but it can
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Walgreen launches pharmacy site targeting U.S. Hispanics
Description: Walgreen launches pharmacy site targeting U.S. Hispanics WalgreensEspanol.com debuts this week, the first Spanish-language pharmacy web site targeting U.S. Hispanics to be
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Online spending up 9% for week ending Nov. 14
Description: Online spending up 9% for week ending Nov. 14 Online retail spending for the week ending Nov. 16 was up 9% to $1.35 billion from $1.24 billion in the corresponding week a year
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The well heeled are now well connected via RSS at Nordstrom.com
Description: The well heeled are now well connected via RSS at Nordstrom.com Nordstrom Inc. wants its well heeled shoppers equally well connected. To pull more shoppers back to the latest
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Gomez Advisors closes its retail research division
Description: Gomez Advisors closes its retail research division Analyst firm Gomez Advisors has laid of 25% of its staff, shutting down several business units including the retail, travel and
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Acxiom Announces Second-Quarter Results Significant Year-Over-Year Growth Achieved in Revenue, Earnings
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Amazon book-selling service steals a page from Cendant, suit claims
Description: Amazon book-selling service steals a page from Cendant, suit claims Amazon, known for setting the pace in online personalization for shoppers in its database, is infringing on a
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RedMax/Komatsu Zenoah Chooses ServiceBench for Automated Warranty Claims System
Description: Commercial Outdoor Power Company to Streamline Service Operations for Nationwide Channel
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Sundance Catalogs web adds MediaRich to cut time and labor costs
Description: Sundance Catalogs web adds MediaRich to cut time and labor costs The newly redesigned web site of Sundance Catalog Company features some 1,400 products and it`s growing fast.
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Peets.com adds visualization technology to streamline site search
Description: Peets.com adds visualization technology to streamline site search Peets.com, the web site of coffee merchant Peets Coffee & Tea Inc., has become one of the first online
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Wireless Advertising Association Formerly Adopts Standards for WAP, SMS and PDA Advertising
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Safeway.com entices customers with a discounted delivery fee
Description: Safeway.com entices customers with a discounted delivery fee The competition for online grocery customers is heating up: Safeway.com is offering customers home delivery for $4.95
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Fireclick Builds Momentum, Expanding Presence in Web Analytics Market
Description: Extensive analytics functionality and ease-of-use is key to new client wins
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Technology: Page 67
Description: eBay eBags RideGear NewRoads
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New Release of QAS QuickAddress Batch Solution Ensures Address Data Validity
Description: -- Customers Benefit From Easy-to-Use, Low-Cost, Back-End Address Management Solution with Enhanced Delivery Point Validation --
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Serving different types of shoppers with search
Description: Serving different types of shoppers with search Going directly from web search to a product page shortens shoppers paths to finding what they want. But not everyone is as
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Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce for $60 million
Description: Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce for $60 million Intuit Inc., provider of the popular QuickBooks financial accounting software, has acquired StepUp Commerce for about $60 million
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Its official: BlueLight.com becomes Kmart.com
Description: Its official: BlueLight.com becomes Kmart.com In a 180-degree turn from an earlier strategy that separated Kmart Corp.s web operation from its stores with a different name,
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Canadians warm up to e-commerce, eMarketer reports
Description: Canadians warm up to e-commerce, eMarketer reports Canadians are spending more onlinewith a good portion of those purchases being made at U.S. e-commerce sitesbut they remain
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Toshiba Chooses 3D from Kaon to Launch PDR-T20 Camera
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Disney Promotes Online Catalog in Print Catalog for Multi-Channel Success
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Where the conversion funnel starts
Description: Where the conversion funnel starts Web design and development companies have long been focused on site improvements that enhance conversion fixes to navigation, check out, and
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Bidz sales rise 57% for January through September
Description: Bidz sales rise 57% for January through September E-commerce sales for Bidz.com Inc. shined during the first nine months of the year. Bidz, an online jewelry retailer and
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August Sharper Image Internet sales down 10% from last year
Description: August Sharper Image Internet sales down 10% from last year August Internet sales at Sharper Image Corp. were down 10% from August last year, falling to $5 million from $5.6
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Online retailers still reject too many international orders, study finds
Description: Online retailers still reject too many international orders, study finds Online orders are more than twice as likely to be fraudulent when placed from outside the U.S. and
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19% of broadband users create 31% of online sales, says new study
Description: 19% of broadband users create 31% of online sales, says new study The 19% of adult Internet users who have broadband Internet access at home are responsible for 31% of all online
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eBay tunes up a test of the digital music download market
Description: eBay tunes up a test of the digital music download market As it searches for new ways to grow, eBay will soon launch a test of digital music download sales from its music
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Limoges Jewelry implements better site search
Description: Limoges Jewelry implements better site search Limoges Jewelry will rely on a new site search program and slight modifications to its shopping cart to help generate more sales
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THE GOLFWORKS SELECTS COMMERCIALWARE`S MULTI-CHANNEL RETAIL SOLUTIONS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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