The Challenge: Knowing Where to Look

As the market enters its second decade, e-retailing remains the fastest growing channel in the U.S. retail industry, reaching total sales of $109 billion in 2005 and growing at a rate of about 25% each year. Internet retailers across the board are making a sizable investment in new e-commerce solutions and services. Today online shoppers aren't just expecting—they are demanding—that web stores are rich in content, easy to navigate and easy to shop. More web retailers are building new web sites and redesigning existing ones, installing state-of-the-art e-commerce platforms, refining their digital marketing strategies and integrating their multi-channel systems. The technological tools and third-party services aimed at enhancing web-based retailing are becoming ever more sophisticated and relevant to resolving real-world challenges in Internet retailing. The vendors offering these technologies and services continue to proliferate—and strengthen—their market positions.

To help chain retailers, catalogers, virtual merchants and consumer brand manufacturers find the right solutions and service providers Internet Retailer has published the Guide to E-Commerce Technology. This 320-page Guide contains business profiles and vital product and client details on 532 solutions providers in 20 different market segments. First introduced two years ago as the Guide to E-Retailing Resources, the new Guide to E-Commerce Technology has been updated and expanded to include more than 150 new and in-depth vendor profiles and 1,500 names of key executives at America's most prestigious e-commerce companies.

The Guide to E-Commerce Technology provides strategic data on all competitors in the following segments of the solutions market:

Affiliate Marketing Content Management Customer Service Data Systems Delivery Services E-Commerce Systems E-mail Marketing

Fulfillment Services Mobile Commerce Order Management Payments Processing Research/Consultants Search Engine Marketing Shopping Portals/Comparison Sites

Site Search Solutions Supply Chain Solutions Web Analytics Web Design Web Hosting Web Site Performance Monitoring

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The Vendor Profiles: Objective Research

Each of the 532 half-page profiles written on the solutions providers who serve these e-retailing market segments is the result of objective journalistic research conducted by Internet Retailer's award-winning editorial staff. The profiles are not paid advertisements, and while the data on solutions providers came from interviews and other sources, vendors were not given the chance to review or influence these independently written profiles. Each half-page profile provides vital data on what each solutions provider brings to the segment of the e-retailing market it serves, including information on the following:

Corporate History Retail Market Strategy Key Product & Services Descriptions

Pricing Information Top Retail Clients Management Contact Data

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Enhance Your Vendor Search

The Guide to E-Commerce Technology is an essential tool for researching the solutions market before making your next major investment in technology and services. The information provided is comprehensive and detailed. Priced at only $49 (plus $6.95 for shipping), this is the Guide you've been anticipating. This publication provides objective journalistic research to assist in the decision-making process with the best solutions purchase for your online retailing operation. Order today, and bring your positive solutions options into focus tomorrow.