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Office Depot opens its eighth and ninth web stores Description: Office Depot opens its eighth and ninth web stores Office Depot Inc. has launched new electronic commerce sites for its office supplies in Japan under its Office Depot brand
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Verio Expands IntelliSecurity Managed Security Services; Partners with Internet Security Systems Description: New Security Services Further Augment Current NTT/VERIO Offerings
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ADX reports 200% growth in transactions for home improvement retailers Description: ADX reports 200% growth in transactions for home improvement retailers Transaction volume carried on the Internet-based ADX Network for home improvement retailers and their
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 144 Description: CustomFlix DVDs TV CFO, UK QK CommerceHub GERS CFO ClickTracks E4X
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Consumer buying intentions slip, but interest in Internet remains strong Description: Consumer buying intentions slip, but interest in Internet remains strong After registering its strongest growth in six years in the first quarter, Retail Forward Inc.s Future
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Muze acquires Loudeyes U.S. digital media operations for $11 million Description: Muze acquires Loudeyes U.S. digital media operations for $11 million Muze Inc., which provides retailers with information on music and other forms of digital content, is
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT:Improving the online shopping experienceone customer at a time Description: Web site performance has moved beyond the basics of availability and download speed to include every customers experience
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Vcommerce gets another round of funding Description: Vcommerce gets another round of funding Vcommerce Corp., a leading provider of outsourced commerce services, today announced it has secured $21 million in mezzanine-round
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National Retail Federation launches web site focusing on sales tax issue Description: National Retail Federation launches web site focusing on sales tax issue The National Retail Federation has launched a new web site, www.salestaxfairness.com, to educate both
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HighJump Software® and GERS Retail Systems Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Seamlessly Integrated Supply Chain Execution and Merchandising Solutions Description: Standard Interface, Strong Functionality and Best Practices-Based Implementation Will Empower Customers to Achieve Low Total Cost of Ownership
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Blue Martini Expands Blue OnDemand to Include Relationship Marketing Description: Sees significant market interest in the program
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Endeca To Offer Powerful Data Classification From Softface For Improved World Class Search and Guided Navigation Solutions Description: Endeca InFront Customers To Gain Greater Competitive Advantage With More Precisely Structured Product Information
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How the web is changing retailers buying of apparel Description: How the web is changing retailers buying of apparel In another example of how the web is revolutionizing the way retailers operate, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., retailer
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Its software; its an ASP: new e-commerce platform combines both models Description: Its software; its an ASP: new e-commerce platform combines both models Allan Dick doesnt want to have to be an IT whiz to operate Clawfootcollection.com he just wants to be
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Getting customers to sound off helps CustomInk boost sales Description: One of the beauties of web selling is that retailers can easily use customer feedback to prompt others to buy. While testimonials are probably as old as retailing itself, the web makes it easier to pop them in front of customers.
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The Gap plugs its financial gap with higher web sales Description: The Gap plugs its financial gap with higher web sales Web sales once again rose faster than store sales in another disappointing quarter for Gap Inc. In the first quarter,
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When clicks are clinkers Description: When Danielle Leitch first started speaking about click fraud at industry forums a little more than a year ago, few in her audiences knew what click fraud was. Today, the vice president of marketing and analytics at search engine marketing firm MoreVisibility.com has marketers attentionin part because shes done something about fraudulent clicks: gotten refunds from search engines when shes demonstrated to engines that without their knowledge theyve been a venue for click fraud..
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RETAIL STORE SYSTEMS INC. EXPANDS THEIR RETAIL OFFERINGS WITH COMMERCIALWARE`S COLLABORATE.DOT.COMMERCE Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Paid search engines emerging as successful strategy in soft ad market. Description: Paid search engines emerging as successful strategy in soft ad market. Paid search engine placement is faring well as an online advertising strategy in whats generally a soft ad
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Coremetrics launches retail and category-specific benchmarking index Description: Coremetrics launches retail and category-specific benchmarking index Web analytics provider Coremetrics Inc. has launched a new benchmarking index for the retail industry,
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RichPayments for Windows Receives the Highly Sought-After Microsoft Windows Compatibility Logo Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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EBAY and DIGIBID IN SOFTWARE PACT Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Web Analytics Association founded by users, vendors, consultants Description: Web Analytics Association founded by users, vendors, consultants An industry consortium of web analytics users, vendors and professional services providers has launched the Web
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24-7 INtouch Introduces New Call Center Technology Description: Nortel Networks Call Center Server and Succession 1000M PBX Telephone Switch
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MLB.com looks for a hit with new online games section Description: MLB.com looks for a hit with new online games section A new games section is helping MLB Advanced Media diversify its online product base and attract even more attention from the
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Ecklers discovers 61% boost in revenue through paid search Description: Ecklers discovers 61% boost in revenue through paid search When Ecklers, a retailer of Corvette parts and accessories, wanted to find out the real influence of paid search, it
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Online sales grow 24% so far this year over last, BizRate reports Description: Online sales grow 24% so far this year over last, BizRate reports Online retail spending in the third quarter grew 24% to $12.43 billion from $10.02 billion in last years third
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Small suppliers are fastest growing segment in supply chain software Description: Small suppliers are fastest growing segment in supply chain software The smallest suppliers of products to retailers may spend the least amount of money on supply chain software,
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 190 Description: eSpending CEO Shop.org/BizRate CEO CEOs CEO UK
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Customers & Marketing: Page 53 Description: AbeBooks AtlanticTime.com CompUSA aQuantive iPod
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 149 Description: eBay eBay eBay
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NOTIVA LAUNCHES FIRST SHARED SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS; ACCURATE CASH-LEVEL DATA REDUCES TRADE DISPUTES, LOWERS COST OF GOODS, AND IMPROVES PROFITABILITY Description: Web-Native Notiva Software Fuels Unprecedented Collaboration and Trust Between Trading Partners; Enables Savings of $1 Million per Billion Dollars in Revenue
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Chase-Pitkin fights shrinkage and big-box rivalry with web-based analytics Description: Chase-Pitkin fights shrinkage and big-box rivalry with web-based analytics Chase-Pitkin Home & Garden, a chain of 15 home improvement centers based in Rochester, NY, is using a
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Niche e-retailers, you have three years to line up new web addresses Description: The Internet, as many retailers have learned, is the ideal environment for developing multiple storefronts each with its unique brand. With much online shopping starting in Internet search engines, a web address dedicated to a particular product can quickly ring home to shoppers who spot it in search results.
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Most site operators continually fine-tune site search, Aberdeen says Description: Most site operators continually fine-tune site search, Aberdeen says 59% of web site operators continually fine-tune their site search function to ensure that customers get
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TechnoScout brings a new meaning to Santa and click, click, click Description: TechnoScout brings a new meaning to Santa and click, click, click TechnoBrands Inc.s TechnoScout.com continues to search for new ways to leverage its site technology to better
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Shop.org elects its 2001 Board of Directors Description: Shop.org elects its 2001 Board of Directors Shop.org, the association of e-retailers, has elected its 2001 Board of Directors. The 15-member board, which encompasses a mix of
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From YouTube to `GoogTube,` online video moves up in viral marketing Description: When Larry and Sergey met Steve and Chad, the four focused on combining two powers of the Internetweb search and online videoto create a powerful new traffic-generating platform for building advertising and other forms of online revenue. And in agreeing to pay $1.65 billion in Google Inc. stock for all of YouTube Inc., Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are betting large that mixing Internet search and online video will reap oodles of new revenue.
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Flowers and miles together at FTD.com Description: Flowers and miles together at FTD.com Flower and gift e-retailer FTD.com is offering customers 10 American Airlines AAdvantage Miles for every dollar they spend at FTD.com, the
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Auction site uBid.com appoints new board members Description: Auction site uBid.com appoints new board members uBid.com Holdings Inc., the company behind auction site uBid.com, has appointed to its board of directors two senior executives
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Sports retailers take the team approach online Description: Online sales have been largely relegated to the sidelines of the $150 billion worldwide sporting goods industry, but that may change as new players step up to the plate and existing players intensify efforts to build a dynasty.
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Hammacher Schlemmer chooses TrueSpectra for Dynamic Image Serving Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Payments Processing Description: Credit cards dominate online, but payment alternatives are increasing
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Inceptor and Sane Solutions To Integrate Pay-Per-Click Bid Management With Web Analytics Description: Search engine marketing company teams up with web analytics firm to co-market BidCenter PPC bid management system with NetTracker Web analytics software
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Burlington Coat Factory to deploy a web-based portal Description: Burlington Coat Factory to deploy a web-based portal Burlington Coat Factory is deploying a web-based company portal to distribute business applications and company information
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American Eagle sharpens customer focus on new e-commerce platform Description: American Eagle sharpens customer focus on new e-commerce platform American Eagle Outfitters Inc. has relaunched its retail web site, AE.com, on an Art Technology Group Inc.
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VeriSign reports $8.8 billion in online purchases during Holiday 2004 Description: VeriSign reports $8.8 billion in online purchases during Holiday 2004 For the holiday season starting Thanksgiving Day and extending through Dec. 27, online shoppers using
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RedPrairie Announces Collaborative Portal for Managing Inbound Freight Description: Solution delivers more effective communication and coordination with transportation providers
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CATAVAULT OPENS EUROPEAN OFFICE, NAMES MANAGING DIRECTOR Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Amazon names former Drugstore.com CEO as head of hardlines Description: Amazon names former Drugstore.com CEO as head of hardlines Experiencing rapid growth in consumer electronics and other hardlines products, Amazon.com Inc. has hired Kal Raman,
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