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Overstock adds Auctions Checkout payment service
Description: Overstock adds Auctions Checkout payment service Overstock.com has added the Auctions Checkout payment service to its auction platform, enabling sellers to accept credit card
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More double-digit growth in online sales
Description: The U.S. Department of Commerce`s Census Bureau reported more robust growth in online retail sales in Q2, up 23% over a year ago. The report, out at the end of August, says online retail sales are knocking at the door of 2% of all retail sales. One caveat: The Commerce Department counts in all retail sales goods likely to never be sold online, such as fuel and restaurant food and drink. Quarterly sales and their growth over year-ago quarters are:
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Vital Cyber Deal
Description: Vital Cyber Deal (www.vitalps.com) Vital Processing Services Inc. and (www.cybersource.com) CyberSource Corp. have announced that they are integrating Vital's VirtualNet Internet
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From Russia with love: JewelrySprite targets foreign markets with e-cash
Description: From Russia with love: JewelrySprite targets foreign markets with e-cash With more than 4,500 jewelry items for sale, JewelrySprite.com says it has no trouble attracting
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Cross-channel marketing boosts Callaway sales in a slack golf market
Description: Cross-channel marketing boosts Callaway sales in a slack golf market Although the golf equipment market has been slack for several years, Callaway Golf Co. finds that a
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ServiceMagic experiences highest March traffic gain in home/garden sites
Description: ServiceMagic experiences highest March traffic gain in home/garden sites Visits increased at nine of the top 10 home and garden sites in March, led by ServiceMagic, which
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Web sales top $100 million for 1800PetMeds.com
Description: Web sales top $100 million for 1800PetMeds.com 1800PetMeds.com reports web sales of $100.6 million for fiscal 2007. The web accounted for 62% of overall sales of $162.2 million.
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RETAIL SYSTEMS 2002 CREATES SINGLE, SUPER CONFERENCE WITH VICS COLLABORATIVE COMMERCE CONFERENCE
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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DEALTIME® DELIVERS ROBUST ROI TRACKING TOOL TO HELP MERCHANTS MEASURE SUCCESS
Description: Pay-For-Performance Marketer Backs-Up Lead Generation Claims with Free, State-of-the-Art Campaign Management Solution
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Trouble in Wal-Marts Toyland
Description: Who could find fault with two friendly elves presiding over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.s Toyland microsite? Well, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, for one, a child advocacy group that charges the retail giant is ruthlessly coming between parents and children and actively encouraging kids to nag for their holiday gifts. It has called on its 7,000 member to write Wal-Mart to urge that the site be shut down.
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COMMERCIALWARE FINALIZES ACQUISITION OF CAPTURE.NET TECHNOLOGIES
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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i2 Technologies names Michael McGrath CEO to refocus the company
Description: i2 Technologies names Michael McGrath CEO to refocus the company In a move to refocus and resize the company, supply chain technology provider i2 Technologies Inc. has named
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RFID skills shortage receding, but still hindering technology adoption
Description: RFID skills shortage receding, but still hindering technology adoption Radio frequency identificationtechnology that uses radio frequency tags and readers to track the movement
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BargainAndHaggle.com and Citibank`s c2it Set Payment Provider Agreement
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Tasco Focuses on MediaBin to Manage and Deliver Its Brand Assets
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Why Sharis Berries is happy to let affiliates pay the search freight
Description: Why Sharis Berries is happy to let affiliates pay the search freight Although it reports steady growth in visits and sales as more gift shoppers find its chocolate-covered
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The Goods on Elian Gonzalez
Description: The Goods on Elian Gonzalez Would-be beneficiaries of the Elian Gonzalez international custody dispute are hanging out their shingles on eBay. At one point, the site listed 123
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Scholastics web traffic gets a boost from the Harry Potter mania
Description: Scholastics web traffic gets a boost from the Harry Potter mania Traffic to Scholastic.com, web site of Scholastic Inc., publisher of the Harry Potter books, increased 55% last
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Bulls Run for E-retailing in New Report
Description: Bulls Run for E-retailing in New Report Even as e-retailing struggles to regain favor with Wall Street, online sales will soar 85% with year, according to a new study by the
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Web Site Trends: Page 36
Description: CEO YesStyle.com DigitalPost VP
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Wilsons Leather moves web-based sourcing further upstream with suppliers
Description: Wilsons Leather moves web-based sourcing further upstream with suppliers With 40 suppliers in China and India, Wilsons the Leather Experts Inc. is relying more on its web-based
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Safeway leads all retailers with 440% growth in online ads, study says
Description: Safeway leads all retailers with 440% growth in online ads, study says National grocery company Safeway Inc. increased its number of online advertising impressions by 440%
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Online shoppers are waiting longer to begin holiday buying, study says
Description: Online shoppers are waiting longer to begin holiday buying, study says 33% of online shoppers plan to start their online holiday shopping by the end of October, down from 38%
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Island Pacific Signs Partnership with Retail Process Engineering (RPE)
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ShopNBC TV and ShopNBC.com add retailers and manufacturers to lineup
Description: ShopNBC TV and ShopNBC.com add retailers and manufacturers to lineup Converged media company and retailer ShopNBC TV and ShopNBC.com is pursuing a dual strategy to build traffic
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Orbit Drop Acquires LiveVisual.com, a Real-Time Text, Audio and Video Conferencing Solution Provider
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Start early, test often -- and collaborate, says Empirix
Description: Start early, test often -- and collaborate, says Empirix The holiday season seems to keep starting earlier so should advance load testing of new web applications and
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MEDIABIN INTRODUCES IMAGING CONNECTOR TO WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Channel Advisor boosts online auction sales for OmahaSteaks.com
Description: Channel Advisor boosts online auction sales for OmahaSteaks.com OmahaSteaks.com was an experienced auction seller, having first ventured into online auctions as early as 2000.
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ValueClick names COOs of the U.S. and Europe
Description: ValueClick names COOs of the U.S. and Europe Online marketing company ValueClick Inc. has named chief operating officers for the U.S. and Europe. Jeff Pullen, ValueClick`s former
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 398
Description: eBags.com TechnoScout.com FlavorBouquet ToysRUs.com SportsLine USA GSI MVP.com PayPal`s
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Apparel leads in July high broadband time
Description: Apparel leads in July high broadband time Apparel and accessories retailers provided customers with high broadband connections the fastest access time in July, says Gomez Inc.
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Peapod, Giant try to win DC
Description: Peapod, Giant try to win DC Internet grocer Peapod and Giant Food Inc., a leading supermarket chain in the mid-Atlantic region, have launched Peapod by Giant online shopping and
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Just another sales channel?
Description: I have always thought the phrase conventional wisdom, when applied to business strategies, was an oxymoron. Following convention in response to ever changing markets is anything but wise. This is particularly true for retailing on the Internet, a market and technology still in an adolescent stage.
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Largest campus bookseller will tie into campuswide web networks
Description: Largest campus bookseller will tie into campuswide web networks Follett Higher Education Group, the largest operator of campus bookstores, has agreed to integrate its online
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Electronic Retailing Association Spring Conference & Trade EXPO Attracts Largest Audience Ever
Description: Thirteenth Annual ERA Spring Conference & Trade EXPOs Diversified Audience Reflects Trend of Industry Integration Within DRTV, Online & Direct Response Radio Arenas
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Whitewashing the Internet: Color does make a difference, e-retailers learn
Description: Whitewashing the Internet: Color does make a difference, e-retailers learn The Internet is a visual medium, so it stands to reason that color would play a role in how consumers
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 291
Description: WineAccents eDeal CarsDirect CEO REI RacingJunk.com
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More traffic in the cards for Beckett.com
Description: More traffic in the cards for Beckett.com The addition of new hardware, better marketing and some site redesign is helping Beckett Media LP boost its web traffic. In a maturing
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WorldWide Retail Exchange membership grows to 41
Description: WorldWide Retail Exchange membership grows to 41 The WorldWide Retail Exchange today announced the addition four new members: Bangkok-based Makro Asia; and U.S. retailers Meijer
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DHL building e-commerce infrastructure
Description: DHL building e-commerce infrastructure DHL Worldwide Express will build its next-generation e-commerce system on the BEA E-Commerce Transaction Platform. Specifically, DHL
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Reebok.coms Terry Tate, office linebacker strikes again
Description: Reebok.coms Terry Tate, office linebacker strikes again Athletic shoe manufacturer Reebok has streamed its commercials on Reebok.com before, but last years Super Bowl TV ad,
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 143
Description: NY TV SportsAuthority.com ShopNBC.com
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Where the boys--and girls--are online
Description: In an earlier generation, young people hung out at the soda shop--and in a later generation, their children hung out at the mall. Today, young people are hanging out online. Researchers comScore Networks Inc. recently looked at how young people use the Internet and analyzed sites based on their proportion of young users relative to the population. Here are some of comScore`s findings as to where young people are online--and where to find their parents when they shop for back-to-school clothes.
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Pets.com Barks Up IPO Tree
Description: Pets.com Barks Up IPO Tree Online pet-supply retailer (www.pets.com) Pets.com says it aims to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. The company plans to
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Global Sports, Inc. signs up Modell`s Sporting Goods
Description: Global Sports, Inc. signs up Modell`s Sporting Goods Modells Sporting Goods will become the 21st sports merchandise retail site to be launched and operated by King of Prussia,
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Ace Hardware Expands Relationship with ADX for Improved Supply Chain Integration
Description: Long-standing partnership grows to enable thousands of direct ship suppliers to transact electronically
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eBay tops Best Buy by 75% in visitors to computer/electronics sites
Description: eBay tops Best Buy by 75% in visitors to computer/electronics sites The eBay Electronics section of eBay.com led all retail sites for computers and consumer electronics for the
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Use of mobile web low but growing, firm says
Description: Use of mobile web low but growing, firm says Only 5% of U.S. Internet users with broadband access via any hardware use their mobile devices to access the Internet, according to
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QRS Named a Provider of Data Synchronization for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
Description: QRS to Support Data Synchronization for General Merchandise and Apparel (GMA)
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