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Weekly e-retail sales cross $2 billion for first time, comScore reports
Description: Weekly e-retail sales cross $2 billion for first time, comScore reports Online retail spending last week reached $2 billion, 26% higher than the $1.6 billion in the corresponding
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Google and Microsoft do battle in the U.K., but retailers get biggest gains
Description: Google and Microsoft do battle in the U.K., but retailers get biggest gains Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. stayed at the top of Novembers comScore traffic rankings for the U.K.
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Multi-channel effectiveness includes coupon promotions as well as selling
Description: Multi-channel effectiveness includes coupon promotions as well as selling One of the raps against paper coupons is that the retailer who redeems them knows nothing about the
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Neiman Marcus celebrates its new fiscal year with strong Q1 web sales
Description: Neiman Marcus celebrates its new fiscal year with strong Q1 web sales Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is off to a good e-commerce start for the first quarter of its 2008 fiscal year.
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Retek Reports Third Quarter Results
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Traffic to retail and shipping sites soared in December, comScore reports
Description: Traffic to retail and shipping sites soared in December, comScore reports Consumers went online in large numbers in December to shop, check the progress of their packages and to
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Blue Nile offers free overnight delivery for late shoppers
Description: Blue Nile offers free overnight delivery for late shoppers Online jeweler Blue Nile is pushing the boundaries on free shipping. Customers who order as late as Dec. 21 at 3 p.m.
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PAYMENTECH TAKES A SERIOUS SWIPE AT FRAUD WITH ONGUARD SUITE OF MERCHANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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E-mail services firm ExactTarget gets $10.5 million in venture capital
Description: E-mail services firm ExactTarget gets $10.5 million in venture capital ExactTarget, an e-mail services provider whose clients include The Home Depot as well as small merchants,
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CyberSource Expands Market Focus into Fast Growing Small and Medium Business Arena
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Top execs leave buy.com
Description: Top execs leave buy.com Buy.com announced the resignation of Gregory Hawkins, chairman and CEO, and Mitch Hill, CFO. James B. Roszak, who has served as a member of the Board of
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Amazon.com falls offline during mid-day on Monday
Description: Amazon.com falls offline during mid-day on Monday Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in terms of sales, was totally inaccessible for 36 minutes yesterday afternoon, from
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Customers & Marketing: Page 311
Description: FairMarket digiMine DailyShopper.com BlueLight.com NetRadio BestBuy. BarPoints POP UPC PartsAmerica CyberRebate.com
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VIEWPOINT REPORTS 31 PERCENT SEQUENTIAL INCREASE IN FIRST QUARTER REVENUES
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online retailers offering more alternative payment options
Description: Online retailers offering more alternative payment options Online retailers on average are offering customers 3.5 payment methods, up from 2.1 methods in 2005, according to a new
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Teens shop online--but they`re SO going to the store to buy
Description: Teens and the Internet are much on the minds of researchers these days. While Jakob Nielsen and the Nielsen Norman Group were researching how teens interact with web site designs (see p. 58), Harris Interactive was finding out how teens shop online. Their conclusion: Teens use the web for lots of research and some buying. They don`t buy more online for a few prime reasons, the main one being that Mom and Dad won`t let them. Second, they like paying shipping about as much as adults (not very much) and third, they don`t have a way to pay. But this is a generation that is growing up on the web and so their online shopping is sure to grow as they do. Here`s some of what Harris Interactive reports in its most recent Trends & Tudes report:
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MarketLive(tm) Intelligent Cataloging(tm) Puts Catalog-Style Merchandising Online at One Third the Cost
Description: User-Administrable Clickable Catalogs Offer Feature-Rich Environment, Provide a Seamless Multichannel Shopping Experience, Cut Production Time and Expense
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RightNow Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Napster and Tower Records team up in a Japanese digital music venture
Description: Napster and Tower Records team up in a Japanese digital music venture Online music service Napster Inc. and Tower Records are planning to launch a digital music service in Japan
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Staples takes e-procurement integration online
Description: Staples takes e-procurement integration online Framingham, MA-based Staples Inc. is taking its e-procurement system integration online, the company announced today. Staples said
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REI Signs Subsite Listings Deal With LookSmart
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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VeriFone`s Verix TCP/IP Library Brings the Internet Directly to the Point of Sale
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ONLINE AUCTION SNIPING EVOLVES: INTRODUCING eSNIPE 3.0
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Think Partnership names Scott P. Mitchell as CEO
Description: Think Partnership names Scott P. Mitchell as CEO Think Partnership Inc., a provider of e-marketing and electronic commerce services and applications, has named Scott P. Mitchell
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7-Eleven moves its supply chain to the web
Description: 7-Eleven moves its supply chain to the web Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc. is taking its supply chain to the web. 7-Eleven announced today that it has selected webMethods
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 510
Description: Mutual-Fund-For-Shopping MVP.com ShopRite JCPenney.com Boo-Hoo
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Web Site Trends: Page 1
Description: 1-800-Flowers ShopLocal MotionPoint comScore VP CinemaNow comScore
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MyShape.com chooses a CFO
Description: MyShape.com chooses a CFO MyShape.com, a start-up online womens apparel retailer, has named Joe Deckop as chief financial officer. Deckop will oversee myShapes overall business
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Borders gives web shoppers a look at whats coming next
Description: Borders gives web shoppers a look at whats coming next Borders Group Inc. is giving web shoppers an early peek at its new e-commerce site. The books retailer has launched
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AOL, Yahoo, EarthLink and Microsoft sue hundreds under CAN-Spam
Description: AOL, Yahoo, EarthLink and Microsoft sue hundreds under CAN-Spam Taking time out as fierce competitors to battle spam, four leading Internet service providers coordinated the
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Amazon Cash Speeds Delivery Firm
Description: Amazon Cash Speeds Delivery Firm Amazon.com is among several investors reportedly infusing Internet delivery service Kozmo.com with $100 million or more in expansion funds. The
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Apple.com at top of computer hardware sites, Nielsen/NetRatings reports
Description: Apple.com at top of computer hardware sites, Nielsen/NetRatings reports Apple Computer Inc.s Apple.com led all computer hardware sites in number of shoppers for the week that
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JoAnn.com crafts a sweepstakes
Description: JoAnn.com crafts a sweepstakes JoAnn.com is stitching together a sweepstakes as the e-commerce site approaches the sale of merchandise to more than one million customers.
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Firm Sprinting to Deliver "Harry Potter"
Description: Firm Sprinting to Deliver "Harry Potter" CitySprint 1 800 DELIVER, which provides same-day delivery services, estimates that between 4,000 and 6,000 copies of the children's book
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Car Toys takes to the web for sales training
Description: Car Toys takes to the web for sales training With 1,100 employees in 49 stores, a distribution center and corporate headquarters, Car Toys Inc., Seattle-based retailer of car
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Global concerns raise demand for web-based logistics
Description: Global concerns raise demand for web-based logistics Efforts to curb both terrorism and SARS are creating new pain points for retailers to overcome, such as tough new government
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Paymentech Awarded Processing Contract From Gulf Oil Limited Partnership
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online retailers should combine analytics statistics with other information
Description: Online retailers should combine analytics statistics with other information Web analytics data should be bundled together with other customer information not only to identify
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LivePerson click-to-call feature calls on analytics for cross-selling
Description: LivePerson click-to-call feature calls on analytics for cross-selling With built-in web site analytics, the new Timpani Voice click-to-call application from LivePerson Inc.
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Michaels Stores hits 59% e-mail open rate with automated campaign
Description: Michaels Stores hits 59% e-mail open rate with automated campaign Michaels Stores Inc.s new ReCollections chain of scrapbook supplies stores produced a 59% open rate in an
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How PC Mall reduced the number and review time of possibly fraudulent sales
Description: How PC Mall reduced the number and review time of possibly fraudulent sales Nearly 60% of online merchants report fraud rates of 1% or more, but automated systems can help
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 2
Description: eBags.com MotionPoint TulipWorld.com LoveFilm DVD VP
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Lands End experiments with custom-tailoring on its web site
Description: Lands End experiments with custom-tailoring on its web site Lands End this week soft-launched a new online feature, Lands End Custom, that lets shoppers fill in detailed
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Driving a marketing campaign through web-based outdoor billboards
Description: Driving a marketing campaign through web-based outdoor billboards When Dahlkempers tried billboard advertising in the past, the retail jewelry store found the medium too costly
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Amazon extends cookware merchandising to Japan
Description: Amazon extends cookware merchandising to Japan Continuing its merchandising developments on its other foreign sites as well as in the U.S., Amazon.com Inc. has launched a Home &
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Harry & David promotes two to executive vice president
Description: Harry & David promotes two to executive vice president Harry & David Operations Corp. has promoted Cathy Fultineer to executive vice president, sales and marketing, and Peter
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Best Buy rolls out its alternative to YouTube
Description: Best Buy rolls out its alternative to YouTube Best Buy Co. Inc. continues to push into the world of digital content. The retailer, No. 11 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide,
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J. Jills Q3 web revenue slips while total revenue grows slightly
Description: J. Jills Q3 web revenue slips while total revenue grows slightly Web-based sales at J. Jill Group Inc. slipped 8.5% in Q3 to $14.2 million from $15.4 million a year ago while
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Tomax Launches New Time and Attendance Solution
Description: New Approach Sets the Bar in Architecture, Flexibility, and Workforce Management Capabilities
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Overstocks Q4 net income of $2.5 million narrows year`s loss to $5 million
Description: Overstocks Q4 net income of $2.5 million narrows year`s loss to $5 million Overstock posted net income of $2.5 million for the fourth quarter on revenues that soared to $221.3
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