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Vons.com tries to win back customers with candy and roses
Description: Vons.com tries to win back customers with candy and roses After five months out of commission, Vons.com is trying to woo back customers with free roses and chocolates delivered
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Internet Retailer conference sells out
Description: Internet Retailer conference sells out Internet Retailer on Monday announced that its first annual conference, the Internet Retailer 2005 Conference & Exhibition to be held at
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Visa, MasterCard Respond To Hacker
Description: Visa, MasterCard Respond To Hacker In response to a major incident in which a hacker stole thousands of credit card numbers over the Internet, Visa U.S.A. says it will focus
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Marks Work Warehouse checks the weather to boost sales
Description: Marks Work Warehouse checks the weather to boost sales With more than 300 stores across Canada, Marks Work Warehouse has increased sales by using a web-based weather-prediction
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Albertsons pins high hopes on web-based product data synchronization
Description: Albertsons pins high hopes on web-based product data synchronization By building a web-based central repository of its product data synchronized with its suppliers` data,
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Musicians Friend names Craig Johnson as president and COO
Description: Musicians Friend names Craig Johnson as president and COO Musicians Friend, the direct marketing arm of Guitar Center Inc., has promoted Craig Johnson to the newly created
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100 million vertebrate animals in Kansas cause to celebrate
Description: 100 million vertebrate animals in Kansas cause to celebrate The uploading to Abebooks.com of A Checklist of the Vertebrate Animals of Kansas by George D. Potts and Thomas T.
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Bluefly Selects TogetherSoft to Help Provide the Ultimate Online Shopping Experience
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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FRY, INC. AND WEBMETRICS PARTNER TO DELIVER LOAD TESTING AND EXTERNAL MONITORING SERVICES TO ONLINE RETAILERS
Description: Companies Join Forces to Validate Performance for New Lillian Vernon Site
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Web-based product videos step up marketing at Marks Work Warehouse
Description: Web-based product videos step up marketing at Marks Work Warehouse At apparel and accessories chain Marks Work Warehouse Ltd., product demonstration videos shown on new web-based
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Viewpoint Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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J. Crews December web sales grow 24% vs. 4% growth in total sales
Description: J. Crews December web sales grow 24% vs. 4% growth in total sales J. Crew Group Inc. today reports that Internet sales in December were up 24.3% from December last year to $26.1
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Blue Martini Software Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2001 Financial Results In Line With Company Guidance
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 202
Description: BOOM: PC IDC comScore BizRate.com PhotoAlley.com
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Wilsons uses web-based tool to avoid holiday overstock of leather jackets
Description: Wilsons uses web-based tool to avoid holiday overstock of leather jackets When the West Coast dock lockout threatened to upset timely shipments of holiday goods to retailers,
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Webloyalty.com Achieves Record Revenues and Customer Growth in 2004
Description: Subscriber Base Reaches 1.4 Million; Revenues Exceed $85 Million
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The eulogies start for not-yet-dead eToys
Description: Great reviews probably will not be able to save faltering eToys Inc. The online retailer gained consistently high marks from analysts and consultants. But online consumers have shown a decided preference for shopping the offline brands. The online brick-and-mortar retailers had a very strong holiday season, says Barrett Ladd, senior retail analyst at Gomez Advisors. Were seeing the consumer re-evaluating where they shop online in terms of offline versus pure-plays.
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The newest twist in reducing online fraud risk: Insurance
Description: >Retailers have a new weapon in their arsenal against online fraud: insurance policies. Two products have hit the market in the last seven monthsone from Oklahoma City-based Creative Risk Management Solutions LLC and another from London-based James Hampden Insurance, both of which tout the usage of neural networks to identify fraud trends. And the James Hampden company just released an enhancement to its product.
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CD Now plans to change its rewards
Description: CD Now plans to change its rewards CD Now is planning to discontinue its Fast Forward Rewards program at the end of September. The site is informing customers that its making
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Restoration Hardware hires a new COO from RedEnvelope
Description: Restoration Hardware hires a new COO from RedEnvelope Tom Bazzone, former president and COO of RedEnvelope.com, has become executive vice president and COO of Restoration
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Pretty soon, ATM may stand for Automated Toy Machine
Description: In a perfect brand marketing world, e-retailers could zoom in on potential customers known to conduct transactions electronically, give them lots of pretty pictures promoting the brand and leave them something as an incentive to stop by the virtual shop.
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Affiliates may be partnersbut they still need monitoring
Description: Affiliate web sites have become a major source of sales and new customers for online retailers. But affiliate marketing sites, which host links to retailers and earn a commission on each sale that takes place when someone clicks from the affiliate site to the retailers, can also pose threats to a retailers brand and Internet search strategy if the retailer does not keep an eye on its affiliates.
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Leading online retailers focus on searchandising
Description: Leading online retailers focus on searchandising More than half of best-in-class retailers surveyed use site search as a merchandising tool, according to Web Site Search:
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Edcon to Cut Costs and Expand Operations with Retek
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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GenuOne Delivers Industry`s First Unit-Level Product Tracking Software Engine for RFID Systems and Other Tagging Technologies
Description: TraceGuard V2.5 tracking and supply chain integrity system provides RFID and barcode users unit level tracking beyond traditional pick, pack and shipping operations
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A green thumbs up
Description: Garden.com is a perennial favorite. By sourcing plants from 60 different growers around the country, this virtual retailer easily one-ups any land-based nursery. Launched with about 2,000 SKUs, the site has blossomed into more than 16,000, including some 130 varieties of peonies.
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Luggage Onlines sales shoot up 70% over Thanksgiving weekend
Description: Luggage Onlines sales shoot up 70% over Thanksgiving weekend Sales at Luggage Online from Thanksgiving through the following Monday were up 70% compared to the same period a
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Overstock takes affiliate management in-house and sees program revenue soar
Description: Overstock takes affiliate management in-house and sees program revenue soar As affiliate programs grow in size, online retailers are trying out a variety of approaches to handle
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The web helps regional chain Boscovs build a bigger national base
Description: The web helps regional chain Boscovs build a bigger national base For a regional department store chain, Boscovs keeps on using the web and e-commerce to build a national
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SPS COMMERCE AND HIGHJUMP SOFTWARE PARTNER
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online spending accounted for 10% of all Visa card holiday spending
Description: Online spending accounted for 10% of all Visa card holiday spending E-commerce purchases on Visa cards during the 2005 holiday season reached $26.5 billion, equal to 10% of all
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Focusing on the new web site analytic "system of record"
Description: Focusing on the new web site analytic "system of record" The world of web site analytics is about to enter a competition over what will appear as the web marketing analytic
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 455
Description: AntiqueParlor.com Computers4Sure.com Solutions4Sure.com FTD.com SamsClub.com eBay REI CustomerAsset
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LowerMyBills Takes On Priceline
Description: LowerMyBills Takes On Priceline In a bid to steal some of Priceline.com's thunder, LowerMyBills.com, an consumer online service to research, compare and lower recurring bills
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HARTE-HANKS ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF ALLINK® ON DEMAND
Description: A new Web-based direct marketing tool that allows brands to communicate with their customers locally more efficiently and cost-effectively
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Casual Male fashions better margins, sell-throughs with web-based pricing
Description: Casual Male fashions better margins, sell-throughs with web-based pricing With thousands of SKUs to constantly review, apparel retailer Casual Male Retail Group Inc. had found it
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Sharis Berries rebuilds web site to meet February spike
Description: Sharis Berries rebuilds web site to meet February spike Sharis Berries, which sells chocolate-covered strawberries and other delicacies at Berries.com, rebuilt its site in the
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 307
Description: eBay E-Catalogs ShoeSource
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KeyBank Cuts Paper (Use) in Half
Description: KeyBank Cuts Paper (Use) in Half (www.key.com) KeyBank has implemented a solution that executives say will deliver customers better electronic bank statements over the Internet
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Cabelas rolls out workforce management system for 30,000 employees
Description: Cabelas rolls out workforce management system for 30,000 employees To help it better manage its workforce, recently expanded to 30,000 employees, hunting and camping retailer
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 200
Description: CPG TVs EBay AG NetFlix DVDs FTC
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DoubleClicks Q1 revenue rises 12% year-over-year
Description: DoubleClicks Q1 revenue rises 12% year-over-year Revenue at online advertising services company DoubleClick rose 12.2% to $76.3 million for the first quarter ended March 31,
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VC company Oak Hill Capital Partners acquires Alibris
Description: VC company Oak Hill Capital Partners acquires Alibris Venture capitalists Oak Hill Capital Partners has acquired Alibris, an online exchange for used, hard-to-find and specialty
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Top management shuffle ties Walmart.com closer to Wal-Mart Stores
Description: Top management shuffle ties Walmart.com closer to Wal-Mart Stores With the promotion of stores division chief Tom Coughlin to vice chairman in charge of all U.S. retail
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With conversion rate of 7%, Newegg is expecting 40% growth this year
Description: With conversion rate of 7%, Newegg is expecting 40% growth this year Quality products at competitive prices have generated a conversion rate of 6% to 7% for Newegg.com, an online
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 77
Description: FirstStreet GSI IPO NASDAQ CDW Books-A-Million CEO RadioShack
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Assurz secures business development, relationship management veterans
Description: Assurz secures business development, relationship management veterans Independent satisfaction guarantees provider Assurz Inc. has hired Kim Lee and Michael Cruz as vice
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Digital cameras boost traffic to shopping comparison sites
Description: Digital cameras boost traffic to shopping comparison sites While online retail sales have grown sharply so far during this holiday season over last years season, an even larger
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Avenue.com puts up record 2005 web sales
Description: Avenue.com puts up record 2005 web sales Online sales are sizzling at United Retail Group, a multi-channel retailer of moderately priced plus-size women`s clothing. In 2005
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First USA Boosts Online Shoppers Confidence
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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