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Forrester analyzes the new Circuit City/Amazon deal
Description: Forrester analyzes the new Circuit City/Amazon deal Cambridge, MA-based Forrester Research Inc. already is predicting the impact of Amazon.coms new deal to distribute
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Web-based sales continue on a tear at Office Depot
Description: Web-based sales continue on a tear at Office Depot Web-based sales at Office Depot Inc. reached $2.1 billion last year, up 34% over the prior years $1.5 billion, the company
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Just-Released Report Shows `New Consumer" Spends Big at Online Auctions, Creating Never-Before-Seen Sales Opportunities for Retailers and Manufacturers
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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KANA Expands Lead in E-mail Response Automation With Banter Server Integration to KANA Response
Description: KANA Customers Using the World-Leading E-mail Response Management Solution Benefit from Banters Technology for Understanding and Automating Online Written Communication
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CoolSavings registers 15 million members
Description: CoolSavings registers 15 million members CoolSavings.com inc., an e-marketing company, today announced that more than 15 million shoppers have signed up to receive savings from
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2-year-old cosmetics retailer Saffron Rouge cashes in on enterprise integration
Description: It sounds like a lofty goal, but retail enterprise integration across multiple channelsa strategy that consultants and analysts tout for building customer relationships and salesisnt just for the big guys. It works for tiny Saffron Rouge Inc., retailer of organic cosmetics and body-care products.
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IKitchen.com cooks up 28% web sales growth
Description: IKitchen.com cooks up 28% web sales growth Web-only retailer iKitchen.com reports 28% sales growth for the first quarter of 2007, to about $2.33 million. Better Internet platform
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Online sales growth: More of the same
Description: Online sales growth: More of the sameIts more of the same in online retail sales, the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce reports. Online retail sales were up 26% in Q2 this year from Q2 last year, reaching $21.1 billion. Growth rates in the mid 20s have been the story of e-commerce for some time. Total retail sales for the second quarter of 2005 were estimated at $940.8 billion, an increase of 8.4% from second quarter of last year. The numbers are adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.
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1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) Selects Hitwise As Online Competitive Intelligence Service of Choice
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Flooz Turns Browsers Into Buyers
Description: Flooz Turns Browsers Into Buyers Internet surfers using online gift currency Flooz are more likely to buy from online merchants, says Flooz CEO Robert Levitan. Speaking today at
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Web Site Trends: Page 69
Description: EBay CustomFlix TV JDA GSI WebCollage ArtSelect
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J. Crews web sales for the year grow 14.5%
Description: J. Crews web sales for the year grow 14.5% Internet sales at J. Crew Group Inc. grew 14.5% last year from $107.3 million to $122.9 million, the company reported today. Web-based
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Web site design trumps even price in consumers buying decisions
Description: Web site design trumps even price in consumers buying decisions Web site design heavily influences consumer purchase decisions, says a new survey of American consumers conducted
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Web-based trade funds management arising as new tool for retailers
Description: Web-based trade funds management arising as new tool for retailers Although still in its early stages of use by retailers, web-based trade funds management technology lets
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Sun Microsystems has the sharpest gain in visits to hardware sites
Description: Sun Microsystems has the sharpest gain in visits to hardware sites Sun Microsystems posted the sharpest year-to-year gain in traffic to hardware manufacturers sites in June,
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Boo! FearNet.com launches as a horror video-on-demand site
Description: Boo! FearNet.com launches as a horror video-on-demand site FearNet.com, a video-on-demand site specializing in horror films and powered by Guba LLC, launched this week as a joint
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Auctioneer eBay posts a third quarter loss despite higher auction sales
Description: Auctioneer eBay posts a third quarter loss despite higher auction sales EBay Inc. reports that gross merchandise sales, or the value of all products sold at auction, increased by
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STAGE STORES, INC., SELECTS HARTE-HANKS ALLINK ® RETAIL
Description: -Retailer will use customer-focused marketing solution to capture, manage and optimize customer data-
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Technical Problems Put Amazon in the Dark
Description: Technical Problems Put Amazon in the Dark Customers trying to shop at Amazon.com Thursday afternoon found the store shut down for about an hour due to a technical problem. A
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Tiffany invests in Della.com
Description: Tiffany invests in Della.com Tiffany & Co. has acquired a 5% stake in online wedding gift registry Della.com as part of an in-store and online partnership. Della.com is Tiffany's
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Gap pounds the pavement for online shoe shoppers
Description: Gap pounds the pavement for online shoe shoppers After a year of development, Gap Inc. is launching an online shoe store. The site, PiperLime.com, is live and is expected to be
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Mercado Software And ATG Form Alliance To Improve e-Catalog Offerings
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Internet payments speed up the lines at Mariners souvenir shops
Description: Internet payments speed up the lines at Mariners souvenir shops With a new web-connected point of sale system at its souvenir stands in Safeco Field, the Seattle Mariners can
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Zany Brainy Selects synaro® Software by Page to Unify Operations
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Network Commerce Announces New Membership Program On FreeMerchant.com
Description: Network Commerce Announces New Membership Program On FreeMerchant.com Network Commerce Inc., the global technology infrastructure and services company, today announced a new
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Things Remembered gift store re-launches its web site
Description: Things Remembered gift store re-launches its web site Things Remembered Inc., a chain that sells leading personalized gift items, has re-launched its web site. The site includes
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SPS Commerce lands a new round of financing
Description: SPS Commerce lands a new round of financing SPS Commerce, a provider of supply chain services for small and mid-sized businesses, has received $18 million in a new round of
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WebTrends Industry Survey Finds Most Businesses Are Not "Very Confident" in Measuring Web Marketing and Have Not Adopted Accuracy Best Practices
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Build-A-Bear Workshop opens company-owned distribution center
Description: Build-A-Bear Workshop opens company-owned distribution center Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. has opened a 350,000-square-foot facility near Columbus, OH, that will serve as the
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Free Phones Could Help Wireless Use, Loyalty
Description: Free Phones Could Help Wireless Use, Loyalty Giveaways of specially configured mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices could be one of the next trends in the nascent
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Most retailers shouldnt mimic pure-plays in scaling back web, says Jupiter
Description: Most retailers shouldnt mimic pure-plays in scaling back web, says Jupiter Multi-channel retailers believe that the product research shoppers do on their sites results in more
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WEBMETHODS AND MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES DELIVER INTEGRATED RFID SOLUTION FOR CONSUMER GOODS MANUFACTURING
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ace takes to web, but wont ignore the helpful hardware man
Description: Ace takes to web, but wont ignore the helpful hardware man Ace Hardware Corp., the co-op of hardware stores, plans to leverage its store network to drive online shopping. When
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Q4 e-mail delivery rate rises to nearly 97%, Digital Impact says
Description: Q4 e-mail delivery rate rises to nearly 97%, Digital Impact says E-mail messages sent by retailers hit their targeted inboxes 96.7% of the time in the fourth quarter, leading all
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Shutterfly names Stanford Au as senior vice president of technology
Description: Shutterfly names Stanford Au as senior vice president of technology Shutterfly Inc., a retailer specializing in digital photo products and services, has named Stanford Au as
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No need for a makeover of online beauty product sales
Description: No need for a makeover of online beauty product sales Despite the recent closing of Gloss.com, web shoppers clearly like purchasing beauty products online, says a new report from
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At Sharper Image, foreign-based facilities assist global fulfillment
Description: At Sharper Image, foreign-based facilities assist global fulfillment For the Sharper Image Corp., which maintains 10 web sites for foreign markets, placing some of its
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Search Engine Marketing
Description: A pictures worth a thousand words, but these words are worth millions
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EZCORP Selects Wincor Nixdorfs WinXpress for POS Supplies
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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eMusic Adds 40 Leading Independent Labels to Its Roster
Description: From Cherry Red to Arhoolie, ATO Records and Ninja Tune, eMusic Has It Covered from Punk to Funk
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Pando Networks launches grid-computing service for publishing online video
Description: Pando Networks launches grid-computing service for publishing online video With more than 8 million people signed up for its free consumer online video publishing and sharing
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Retek Unveils Retek 10
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Kiosks extend retailers reach
Description: The idea that web-enabled kiosks can tie multiple shopping channels together is finally coming to fruition. After several years of ramp-up, the applications for store kiosks are now in tune with retail strategy. Some retailers are using kiosks to expand their inventory to help store shoppers find what theyre looking for, while others are using them to add services to their retail environment, yet others are using them to extend their geographical reach and some are using them for workforce management.
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iProspect Announces Global Expansion
Description: Fastest Growing Search Engine Marketing Firm Hires Noted Search Engine Expert Mike Grehan as Managing Director, Europe
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Verizon lets store shoppers play with fiber-optic web access
Description: Verizon lets store shoppers play with fiber-optic web access Verizon Communications Inc. is bridging the gap between virtual and real shopping experiences by letting store
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Borders to add cross-store inventory search to kiosks
Description: Borders to add cross-store inventory search to kiosks Borders Group Inc.s Title Sleuth in-store kiosks will add a sister store availability feature in time for the holidays,
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ENDECA introduces enhanced guided navigationSM and information discovery technology
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Keynote Announces New Streaming Performance Management Service that Provides Global Coverage
Description: Streaming Perspective 3.0 Simplifies Performance Management of Streaming Media and Provides Real End User View of Streams
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Charming Shoppes hires a new president for its Crosstown Traders unit
Description: Charming Shoppes hires a new president for its Crosstown Traders unit Charming Shoppes Inc. has hired Lori Twomey, formerly with Eddie Bauer, as president of Crosstown Traders,
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When interactive e-mail talks, customers talk back
Description: The latest twist in crafting e-mail marketing campaigns is to create a dialogue. Proponents argue that marketers should take advantage of the interactivity that e-mail providesboth in prompting consumers to take an action and in the ease of sending e-mails so customers can stay informed. E-mail marketing is an oxymoron, says V.A. Shiva, CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based EchoMail Inc. Blasting out e-mails can have a severely negative impact on e-mail marketing and customer relationships, fundamentally hurting ROI and brand awareness.
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