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Omniture to buy Offermatica to marry analytics and page optimization tech Description: Omniture to buy Offermatica to marry analytics and page optimization tech Web analytics provider Omniture Inc. will pay $65 million in cash and stock to acquire Offermatica,
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Fantasy Site and Merchandiser Look for Winning Season with Sports Fanatics Description: Fantasy Site and Merchandiser Look for Winning Season with Sports Fanatics Like beer and pretzels, some things just go together. Such was the case when eFANshop, of Dallas,
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Performics Outpaces Robust Industry Growth in 2003 Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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At Buy.com, 16% more affiliates produce 37% more sales Description: At Buy.com, 16% more affiliates produce 37% more sales The conventional wisdom today is that retailers will get the best results from online affiliate marketing programs if they
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High-income users most likely to shop online Description: High-income users most likely to shop online High-income Internet users are most likely to shop online than users with lower incomes, according to a survey released this week
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Channel Intelligence hires two senior executives to manage retailer product Description: Channel Intelligence hires two senior executives to manage retailer product Channel Intelligence, provider of product data for online retailers, has hired former Toys R Us
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Alloy Online becomes a content provider for AT&T Digital PocketNet service Description: Alloy Online becomes a content provider for AT&T Digital PocketNet service Alloy Online, Inc., a leading Internet destination and content provider for teens and young adults, and
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Whose customer is it, anyway? Description: Customer acquisition is a never-ending battle for content and other publishing sites on the web. Many of these sites enter affiliate arrangements with online retailers and deliver new customers to their merchant partners on click-throughs for purchase. But they constantly have to replenish their own customer basesat least for purposes of revenue they generate from affiliate program salesfor chances are, their site visitors will go directly to the merchant next time they want to make a purchase, thus depriving the affiliate of the sales commission.
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Upscale Retailer Zooms Online Description: Upscale Retailer Zooms Online Neiman Marcus has introduced its website, neimanmarcus.com, offering men's, women's and children's designer apparel and accessories, home
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 253 Description: GSI ChannelAdvisor FTDs
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Private label charge card helps sales of high-ticket items at Merrick Group Description: Private label charge card helps sales of high-ticket items at Merrick Group With many of its bedding products retailing on its web sites for $2,000-$3,000 each, The Merrick Group
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A B2B Online Toy Player Description: A B2B Online Toy Player 1stop-toys.comhas launched a B2B web site this week that will provide an Internet toy marketplace where willing buyers can meet willing sellers. Instead
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 105 Description: CEO RealNetworks TV PropertyRoom HealthPricer.com QVC COO CDW CEO
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House committee votes down network neutrality provision Description: House committee votes down network neutrality provision While approving a video franchising bill last week designed to create more competition among telecommunications and
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Parlez-vous Français? The answer is `Oui` for Mountain Equipment Description: Parlez-vous Français? The answer is `Oui` for Mountain Equipment Mountain Equipment Co-op has launched a French version of its e-commerce site. Both the English and French sites
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Walt Disney Internet Group promotes Jordan McCollum to VP-counsel Description: Walt Disney Internet Group promotes Jordan McCollum to VP-counsel Walt Disney Internet Group has promoted special counsel Jordan McCollum to vice president-counsel. In his new
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Online consumer spending rises 28% for week ended Feb. 27 Description: Online consumer spending rises 28% for week ended Feb. 27 Online consumer spending rose 28% for the week ended Feb. 27, to $1.56 billion from $1.22 billion in the comparable week
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Web content delivery network Akamai acquires rival Speedera Description: Web content delivery network Akamai acquires rival Speedera The two major web content delivery networks are coming together. Akamai Technologies Inc. will acquire Speedera
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Sponsored Supplement: Fulfillment: Retailings new make-or-break challenge Description: Roots Canada Ltd., the Canadian apparel retailer, knew that demand for Olympic clothing that U.S. athletes wore in Salt Lake City would be strong. But executives had no idea that so many people would want a beret. The Roots people thought they would get 100 customer contacts a day and 65 would result in orders, recalls Mark C. Layton, CEO of
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i2 and DCM Solutions Announce Partnership Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Kmarts BlueLight.com says its ISP service generates profits, subscribers Description: Kmarts BlueLight.com says its ISP service generates profits, subscribers BlueLight.com, the Kmart Corp. subsidiary that includes Kmart.com, recently tripled the number of
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Scene7 acquires assets of image server TrueSpectra Description: Scene7 acquires assets of image server TrueSpectra Dynamic imaging software provider Scene7 Inc. has acquired the assets of TrueSpectra Inc.s image service business, the Novato,
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NEW POWERCOMMERCE® 2005 GETS STOREFRONTS ON EBAY® IN A CLICK Description: Mercantec Marketplace Manager unifies online stores with eBay, includes PayPal® and many other advanced e-commerce features.
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Search engine marketing firm Fathom Online gets a new CEO, chairman Description: Search engine marketing firm Fathom Online gets a new CEO, chairman Dean DeBiase, the former chairman and CEO of Autoweb.com, has been named chairman and CEO of search engine
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Inspiration to go: Bible groups launch m-commerce site for scripture buys Description: Inspiration to go: Bible groups launch m-commerce site for scripture buys The American Bible Society and the Bible Societies of Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland,
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Provide Commerces Q1 sales grow 54% to $19.9 million Description: Provide Commerces Q1 sales grow 54% to $19.9 million Fiscal year first quarter sales at San Diego-based Provide Commerce Inc., operators of Proflowers.com, Cherry Moon Farms and
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From a garage-based web site to a multi-channel retailer Description: From a garage-based web site to a multi-channel retailer When Aunties Beads launched as a web site from Ron and Susie Hendersons garage four years ago, the idea was to operate
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Ogilvy Group acquires search marketing firm Global Strategies International Description: Ogilvy Group acquires search marketing firm Global Strategies International Neo@Ogilvy, the digital and direct media unit of The Ogilvy Group marketing/communications company,
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Kevin Hall Joins Proflowers as Chief Information Officer Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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i2 Announces Better than Expected Fourth Quarter Results and Planned Re-audit of 2000 and 2001 Financial Statements Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Internet traffic down 2% across the board over Memorial Day weekend Description: Internet traffic down 2% across the board over Memorial Day weekend SmartBargains.com was the lone general retailer among the top 10 sites that saw the biggest increases in
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DOUBLECLICK UNVEILS NEW VERSION OF REPORTING SYSTEMS FOR ONLINE AD MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Description: - - Clients to Benefit from Improved Usability and Functionality; Spotlight Tracking Newly Available to DART for Publishers Clients - -
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Metro Group deploys web-based retail analysis for 2,500 employees Description: Metro Group deploys web-based retail analysis for 2,500 employees Metro Group, an international retailer based in Germany, is using a web-enabled business intelligence system
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LivePerson reports Q3 revenues of $5.7 million Description: LivePerson reports Q3 revenues of $5.7 million LivePerson Inc., a provider of live chat services for retailers and others, reported third quarter revenues of $5.7 million, up
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Interactive Intelligence Launches Latest Version of E-mail and Web Auto Response Solution at ICCM 2001 Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Search traffic booms over past six months and Google leads with 54% growth Description: Search traffic booms over past six months and Google leads with 54% growth Search engines are benefiting from the new boom in Internet interest, reports Jupiter Media Metrix.
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Wily Introduces Customer Experience Manager Description: New Product Extends Wilys Application Management Capabilities Beyond Java For Comprehensive End-to-End Transaction Monitoring and Always-On Problem Diagnosis
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Junonia.com will introduce online catalog in mid-December Description: Junonia.com will introduce online catalog in mid-December Junonia.com, a retailer of plus-size activewear for women, will be posting a browseable online catalog in mid-December,
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How knowing chainwide inventory saves sales and cuts costs at Finish Line Description: How knowing chainwide inventory saves sales and cuts costs at Finish Line Athletic shoe and apparel retailer Finish Line Inc. is capturing lost sales and improving customer
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Last-minute shopping spree boosts online sales Description: Last-minute shopping spree boosts online sales Three surveys suggest that online retailers fared well during the holiday season, despite the gloomy economic news that dragged
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Canada online retailing is on a growth curve, eMarketer says Description: Canada online retailing is on a growth curve, eMarketer says A new report from eMarketer Inc. projects that e-commerce revenues in Canada will reach nearly $3.8 billion this
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ICOM Becomes First Reseller of CoolSavings` Proprietary Coupon Technology Solution Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web outshines catalogs, direct marketing and telemarketing, study says Description: Web outshines catalogs, direct marketing and telemarketing, study says Nearly 100 million adults made purchases after doing online research last year, coming close to the number
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Web settling into consumers furniture and appliance buying routines Description: Web settling into consumers furniture and appliance buying routines More consumers are starting or building on their search for furniture, appliances and home furnishing on the
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New Board for Shop.org Description: New Board for Shop.org Shop.org, the trade association for online retailers, has elected a new board composed of 11 e-retailers and four nonretailers. For the second year
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Car dealers finally driving to better e-mail responsiveness Description: Car dealers finally driving to better e-mail responsiveness Car dealers are finally getting better at answering e-mail and following up on customers requests for more online
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Provide Commerce expects web sales to sprout 18% in 2006 Description: Provide Commerce expects web sales to sprout 18% in 2006 Provide Commerce Inc., an online retailer of flowers and other perishable goods, expects its web sales to grow between
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Simon ends test of mall-based e-shopping initiative Description: Simon ends test of mall-based e-shopping initiative Simon Properties Group, which operates or owns interest in 252 shopping centers, malls and mixed use properties, has ended its
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Gourmets Coffee.com Launches E-Commerce Site Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A strong market is developing for rich Internet features, new study reports Description: A strong market is developing for rich Internet features, new study reports More than 90% of marketers surveyed by Scene7 in a recent poll say they will be adding rich Internet
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