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Sony and Circuit City beef up web content with electronics courses Description: Sony and Circuit City beef up web content with electronics courses Sony Electronics and Circuit City Stores Inc. have launched free online education resources to help consumers
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Online holiday sales at Barnes & Noble rise 10.9% Description: Online holiday sales at Barnes & Noble rise 10.9% Online sales for the 9-week holiday season period that ended January 5 rose 10.9% to $129.4 million at BarnesandNoble.com, up
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Value of online advertising to more than double in five years, study says Description: Value of online advertising to more than double in five years, study says With greater sophistication among advertisers using a new generation of online marketing tools, the
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NETLEDGER EXCEEDS 6,000 LICENSEES OF ITS APPLICATION SERVICES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Buy.com shoppers can roll the cameras on product reviews Description: Buy.com shoppers can roll the cameras on product reviews Buy.com Inc. has partnered with Grouper Networks Inc., a user-generated video sharing service, to enable Buy.com users to
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Shoppers rising expectations dampen their satisfaction with e-retailers Description: Shoppers rising expectations dampen their satisfaction with e-retailers Consumers are expecting more from e-commerce, and e-commerce is letting things slip. Thats the
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Netkey Teams with KIS to Offer Comprehensive Kiosk Solutions for Retailers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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CDW names a new cadre of senior vice presidents Description: CDW names a new cadre of senior vice presidents CDW Corp. is promoting four executives to senior vice president, including chief information officer Jonathan J. Stevens, who
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Olympus Corporation Selects Verity Ultraseek to Enhance its Web-based Customer Service Description: Software-Based Enterprise Search Software Easy to Install and Use; Provides Quality Performance
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Q2 online sales at Staples Inc. increase 25.7% Description: Q2 online sales at Staples Inc. increase 25.7% Worldwide Internet sales at office superstore Staples Inc. rose 25.7% to $860 million in the second quarter, up from $684 million
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JCPenney.com to re-launch Description: JCPenney.com to re-launch JCPenney.com plans to relaunch its site within the next few weeks. The new site will leave the catalog format in favor of shop-format. Visitors to the
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Best Buy leads in visits to consumer electronics sites in November Description: Best Buy leads in visits to consumer electronics sites in November BestBuy.com recorded the most traffic of the top 10 multi-category computers and consumer electronics sites in
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Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts Description: Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts Zale Corp. is using its online channel to personalize holiday gifts. The jewelry retailer, which earlier this
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Online buyers shift to aggregator sites, BizRate reports Description: Online buyers shift to aggregator sites, BizRate reports The proportion of online buyers who start their shopping trips at aggregator sites-search engines, comparison sites,
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i2 names a new chief marketing officer Description: i2 names a new chief marketing officer I2 Technologies, a provider of online supply chain management applications to web and multi-channel retailers, has named John Cummings as
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PayPal could be the next big thing in online payments, Gartner says Description: PayPal could be the next big thing in online payments, Gartner says When it reaches critical mass, PayPals fast-growing customer base could be big enough to force large
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Advertising widgets help site publishers reap cash Description: Advertising widgets help site publishers reap cash Shopping portal Mpire has introduced WidgetBucks, an ad network of pay-per-click, web page-based widgets for content
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Barnes & Noble.coms Q1 net sales rise 8% as net loss narrows Description: Barnes & Noble.coms Q1 net sales rise 8% as net loss narrows Barnes & Noble.coms first-quarter net sales rose 8.4% year-over-year to $114.9 million from $106 million, as its
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Online Shoppers Can Pay Bills Online, Too Description: Online Shoppers Can Pay Bills Online, Too NextCard Inc., a leading issuer of credit cards on the Web, has forged a strategic relationship with Paytrust.com that will provide
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eBay leads in shopping destinations, says Nielsen/NetRatings Description: eBay leads in shopping destinations, says Nielsen/NetRatings EBay.com was the top shopping destination for the week June 22, beating number 2 by 52% in unique visitors,
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Demandware names former Oracle, Sterling Commerce execs as vice presidents Description: Demandware names former Oracle, Sterling Commerce execs as vice presidents Jamus Driscoll, a former marketing executive at Oracle Corp., and Tom Griffin, former vice president of
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Rooms To Go finds it is possible to drive offline sales with online ads Description: Rooms To Go finds it is possible to drive offline sales with online ads Furniture retailer Rooms To Go had not had much success with the online advertising it had tried, most of
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Sales Surge at JCPenney.com Description: Sales Surge at JCPenney.com JCPenney, Plano, Texas, says its Web store sales continue to exceed expectations, growing more than sevenfold in the first quarter over the same
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Web Site Trends: Page 74 Description: QuikDrop eBay T-Shirts DVDs USNavySealsStore.com CustomOutfitters.com
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 73 Description: MySpace AT&T SageMetrics CEO SVP
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Knot Your Typical Online Bank Description: Knot Your Typical Online Bank Online wedding resource The Knot has forged a strategic partnership with Synovus Financial Corp. for Synovus' newly launched virtual bank,
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UPS names a new chief operating officer Description: UPS names a new chief operating officer UPS has named David Abney as chief operating officer. Abney will be responsible for international operations, U.S. package operations,
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Wallace Sacks Launches Lifestyle Home Accessories Brand on the Internet Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Performics signs 16 new affiliate clients Description: Performics signs 16 new affiliate clients Affiliate marketing company Performics, a division of DoubleClick Inc., has announced the signing of 16 new affiliate marketing clients.
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CDW achieves record total sales, but web sales grow faster Description: CDW achieves record total sales, but web sales grow faster In the third quarter of 2006 web sales at CDW Corp. hit $496.3 million, a 9% increase over Q3 2005s $445.3 million.
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Online shoppers are happy with experience, but retailers can still improve Description: Online shoppers are happy with experience, but retailers can still improve Nearly two-thirds of online shoppers are satisfied with their shopping experiences, but more than half
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Vitacost.com pumps up Q1 sales by 55% Description: Vitacost.com pumps up Q1 sales by 55% Vitacost.com Inc. is reporting a 55% increase in first quarter sales, according to the companys recently updated S1 registration. For the
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The Technology Marketing Group Hires Creative and Marketing Professionals Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Mass Merchants: Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Triversity Continues Its Expansion Into Asia With Latest Implementation by the DFS Group Description: Transactionware Enterprise proves its scalability and flexibility as global POS solution for worlds largest duty-free retailer
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 288 Description: GiftCertificates.com CrazyGrazer eBay eBags CEO CEO REIs CEO WebSideStory NASDAQ
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Bluefly sales up year-over-year for second straight quarter Description: Bluefly sales up year-over-year for second straight quarter Online apparel retailer Bluefly Inc., No. 131 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, reported sales of $21.6 million
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800.Com opens east coast distribution center Description: 800.Com opens east coast distribution center 800.Com, Inc., has opened a distribution center in New Castle, Del. The Delaware facility begins shipping this week and allows
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Sport Supply Group to manage online store for American Youth Football Description: Sport Supply Group to manage online store for American Youth Football Sport Supply Group Inc. has signed a long-term agreement with American Youth Football to manage its on-line
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Web sales pace revenue growth at Office Depot, reaching $2.6 billion Description: Web sales pace revenue growth at Office Depot, reaching $2.6 billion Worldwide web sales for Delray Beach, FL-based Office Depot Inc. reached $2.6 billion for the year just
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 181 Description: CrewCutKids TheFedoraStore.com BBQGuys.com SEM OfficeMax 1-800-Flowers SheetMusicPlus.com
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Marketers must keep up with multitasking consumers, BIGresearch says Description: Marketers must keep up with multitasking consumers, BIGresearch says Traditional media trigger many web searches, but so do newer channels like e-mail. And the online consumer is
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Excess Technologies Defines 8 Crucial Steps For Successful Auction Management Implementation Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Internet Ad Dollars Being Wasted? Description: Internet Ad Dollars Being Wasted? Web site ads may be missing the mark, according to a recent survey of 1,734 online shoppers. Active Research, a Internet research firm, says its
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A Swat at Cybersquatting Description: A Swat at Cybersquatting Thanks to the new Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, domain name speculators soon may be out of business. The law, recently signed by President
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The cross-channel pull of e-mail at Bombay: 10x more in stores than online Description: The cross-channel pull of e-mail at Bombay: 10x more in stores than online For years, home furnishings retailer Bombay Co. promoted only its web site in e-mailed marketing
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Orbiscom debuts new controlled spending product aimed at teens, young adult Description: Orbiscom debuts new controlled spending product aimed at teens, young adult Controlled payment number technology provider Orbiscom Inc. has launched a new product aimed at
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How to deliver more relevant site search results Description: How to deliver more relevant site search results On its standard storefront platform, a search on trains at hobby site eHobbies.com once revealed results that mixed model
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RFID starts to show real results, Wal-Mart says Description: RFIDa web-based system of tracking inventory throughout the supply chainis starting to show some real results, says one of the technologys biggest promoters, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Web Site Trends: Page 93 Description: MyStoreCredit eBay I/PRO UK
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