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V-Day sales peak for RedEnvelope
Description: V-Day sales peak for RedEnvelope San Francisco-based RedEnvelope, an online and mail order specialty gift retailer, says it achieved a 300% increase over last year`s sales for
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Choose carefully among Ajax site development tools, analyst warns
Description: Choose carefully among Ajax site development tools, analyst warns Ajax, or asynchronous Javascript and XML, one of the hot new development tools for making web sites more
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Blockbuster takes aim at rival Netflix in TV campaign
Description: Blockbuster takes aim at rival Netflix in TV campaign In a 30-second TV ad spot that launched Jan. 1 and names its rival Netflix Inc., Blockbuster Inc. seeks to up the ante in
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SPONSORED WHITE PAPER: TigerDirect.com finds success with PayPal
Description: Learn how PayPal can help your business grow
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Jewelry Television takes a shine to enhanced site performance
Description: Jewelry Television takes a shine to enhanced site performance JewelryTelevision.com continues to make enhancements to a major site redesign it launched almost a year ago. In
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Digital Connexxions to launch new service in combination with USPS PLANET Barcode
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web sales at b2b supplies seller Grainger to hit $750 million this year
Description: Web sales at b2b supplies seller Grainger to hit $750 million this year Chicago-based b2b distributor of facilities maintenance supplies W.W. Grainger Inc. expects web sales this
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The direction of POS technology upgrades
Description: More technologically sophisticated customers mean more technological sophistication at retail locations. As customers understand the power of technology to enhance the shopping experience, retailers will need to respond with appropriate technology upgrades, says the 6th Annual POS Benchmarking Survey: A Retailer Perspective, from consultants LakeWest Group LLC. Retailers are particularly interested in how POS terminals create or improve the multi-channel experience. Heres some of what LakeWest Group found in its survey of the largest specialty chains:
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Vendio reports year 2 of profits and rolls out new products
Description: Vendio reports year 2 of profits and rolls out new products Vendio Services Inc., a provider of online sales management technology, has reported its second consecutive year of
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Bluefly.coms sales grew 31% last year
Description: Bluefly.coms sales grew 31% last year Fourth-quarter sales at Bluefly Inc., an off-price Internet retailer of designer fashions, grew 37% to $7.9 million from $5.76 million in
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Improving E-Retailing Profits With E-mmediate Delivery
Description: Improving E-Retailing Profits With E-mmediate Delivery To hear Joe Park tell it, the highly publicized profit problems of some dot-com retailers can be solved by going ãthe last
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New study points out the webs crucial role to 18- to 34-year-olds
Description: New study points out the webs crucial role to 18- to 34-year-olds Retailers who want to reach 18- to 34-year-old consumers need to be online, says new research from comScore
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LIS Enhances Dispatcher-WMS with Real-Time Alerting Technology
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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KBkids.com's IPO Still On
Description: KBkids.com's IPO Still On Consolidated Stores Corp. says it remains committed to an initial public offering for toy e-retailer KBkids.com, even though the parent company has
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A focus on niche e-commerce keeps Neeps a breed apart
Description: A focus on niche e-commerce keeps Neeps a breed apart Neeps Inc. likes breeding niche e-commerce sites almost as much as its core clientele likes adopting and breeding their
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EarthLink becomes first major ISP to offer rich media ad blocker
Description: EarthLink becomes first major ISP to offer rich media ad blocker The war on what consumers see as intrusive online advertising continues as Internet service provider EarthLink
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Web-based shipping tool cuts costs at KazooToys.com
Description: Web-based shipping tool cuts costs at KazooToys.com Replacing a manual system of re-keying web orders into KazooToys.coms shipping application, an integrated system from Yahoo
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Harris Interactive appoints vice president of Loyalty Research Practice
Description: Harris Interactive appoints vice president of Loyalty Research Practice Research firm Harris Interactive has named John Fricker, a veteran loyalty programs, to the position of
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Cars.com to rev up marketing with Super Bowl advertising
Description: Cars.com to rev up marketing with Super Bowl advertising After plunking down millions several years ago for Super Bowl television spots that didnt produce traffic commensurate
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Putting Outdoors Online
Description: Putting Outdoors Online E-commerce startup (www.beoutdoors.com) beOutdoors.com is betting that consumers will deck the halls with fishing line, sleeping bags, binoculars and
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eLoyalty Provides Business Update
Description: Raises Fourth Quarter Revenue Estimate, Discusses Progress of Strategic Initiatives, and Updates Hiring and Cost Reduction Actions
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Fathom Online names Gregg Stewart senior vice president, channel management
Description: Fathom Online names Gregg Stewart senior vice president, channel management Fathom Online, a search engine marketing company, named veteran online advertising executive Gregg
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For Online Retailers, TV Is The Medium For Delivering A Strong Advertising Message
Description: For Online Retailers, TV Is The Medium For Delivering A Strong Advertising Message Paunch-bellied entrepreneur Reed Woodson calls his own shots. He pooh-poohs "the corporate
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Anthropologie uses rich media to build customer relationships
Description: Anthropologie uses rich media to build customer relationships Anthropologie, a retailer of globally sourced womens apparel and home furnishings, uses rich media throughout its
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PayPal to pay millions in settlement over disclosure practices
Description: PayPal to pay millions in settlement over disclosure practices PayPal, eBay Inc.s online payment service, has reached a settlement with the attorneys general of 28 states to
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FTD plants the seed for online expansion overseas
Description: FTD plants the seed for online expansion overseas Now that FTD Group Inc. has fully integrated all aspects of its acquisition of Interflora Holdings, a floral products and
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AdSubtract Restores Relevance to Web Search Engines, with new Search Sanity Feature
Description: Latest Release of AdSubtract PRO, award-winning Internet Ad Blocking Software, blocks paid search ads and more
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More bad news for Priceline
Description: More bad news for Priceline Meanwhile, hard on the heels of the WebHouse announcement, priceline announced that Perfect Yardsale Inc., another separate priceline.com licensee
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VeriSign Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2003 Results
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Blue Nile shines in second-quarter results
Description: Blue Nile shines in second-quarter results Online jeweler Blue Nile Inc. reported net sales of $72.1 million for the quarter ended July 1, up 28% from $56.9 million in the
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BlueLight.com, CareThere team up
Description: BlueLight.com, CareThere team up CareThere, a company dedicated to improving the lives of caregivers of the elderly, disabled and chronically ill and BlueLight.com formed a
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ENHANCEMENTS TO YANTRA 5X STRENGTHEN RETAIL MULTI-CHANNEL CAPABILITIES
Description: Delivery and Service Scheduling Module Enables Retailers to Offer Differentiated Services that Improve Customer Satisfaction and Streamline Costs
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Web-based data storage helps Shoney`s restaurants better serve customers
Description: Web-based data storage helps Shoney`s restaurants better serve customers At Captain D`s and Shoney`s restaurants, data storage systems accessible through the web make it possible
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GERS Retail Systems Improves Auditing, Asset Control with Enterprise1
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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EasyAsk rolls out levels of enhancements to its core search product
Description: EasyAsk rolls out levels of enhancements to its core search product The market for site-search technology continues to become more competitive. EasyAsk Inc. is rolling out two
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E-mail companies consolidate with MindArrows acquisition of Radical Mail
Description: E-mail companies consolidate with MindArrows acquisition of Radical Mail Aliso Viejo, CA-based MindArrow Systems Inc. plans to acquire Radical Communication, a competing online
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GlobalNetXchange tops $2 billion in Q4 auction volume
Description: GlobalNetXchange tops $2 billion in Q4 auction volume With a surge of activity in December, the value of retail industry transactions conducted through the GlobalNetXchange
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Coldwater Creeks 04 online sales grow 9.4% as total sales are up 13.8%
Description: Coldwater Creeks 04 online sales grow 9.4% as total sales are up 13.8% Internet-based sales at womens apparel and accessories retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. increased 9.4% last
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Managing search more challengingand rewardingthan ever
Description: Managing search more challengingand rewardingthan ever General best practices have emerged around search engine marketing, but for online retailers working with an outside
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Digital signatures secure ATM card payments on the Net, NACHA says
Description: Digital signatures secure ATM card payments on the Net, NACHA says A test of 598 web-based purchases showed that payment by debit card over the Internet is as secure and fast as
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LaGarde Emerges as Leading Independent Small, Medium and Enterprise E-Commerce Solutions Provider
Description: StoreFront E-Business Solutions: Growth, Diversification, Leadership
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AOL joins ISPs blocking images in e-mail messages
Description: AOL joins ISPs blocking images in e-mail messages AOL recently became the latest provider of a web-based e-mail service to block images from unknown senders, which means many
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ChannelAdvisor unveils application for comparison site data feeds and more
Description: ChannelAdvisor unveils application for comparison site data feeds and more E-commerce technology and services vendor ChannelAdvisor has launched ShoppingAdvisor, an application
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Manufacturers web visitors are motivated buyers, says Channel Intelligence
Description: Manufacturers web visitors are motivated buyers, says Channel Intelligence While the typical sales conversion rate for retail web sites is about 2%, retailers are realizing
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Q1 online sales grow 18.4% from year earlier, Commerce Department reports
Description: Q1 online sales grow 18.4% from year earlier, Commerce Department reports Online retail sales grew 18.4% in the first quarter to $30.6 billion from $25.8 billion in the first
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Big Internet players stake their claims in the online advertising gold rush
Description: Total advertising spend in the U.S. declined 0.3% in the first six months of the year. But online display advertising was up 17.7%, says TNS Media Intelligence. That helps explain why major Internet players are rushing to acquire online advertising companies and introducing new technologies to help advertisers deliver more compelling ads to the most appropriate online consumers.
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Web Site Trends: Page 116
Description: iPhrase PacSun UK HMV WalMart.com eBay
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The differing shopping expectations of consumers vs. retailers
Description: The differing shopping expectations of consumers vs. retailers Customer convenience is speed and ease, right? Wrong, consultant/researcher Kelly Mooney told the Shop.org Annual
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Omniture Enhances Campaign Management, Customized Analysis and Reporting with Release of SiteCatalyst 9.5
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ezic Continues to Enhance Fraud BarricadeTM Controls and Add Offshore Processors
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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