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Overstock cuts off New York affiliates because of new state sales tax law
Overstock.com has notified its more than 3,400 New York-based affiliates that as of June 1 they can no longer provide advertising for Overstock.com unless New York changes its web sales tax law or the courts intervene.
As Internet access spreads, a stubborn minority lack interest in the web
The number of U.S. households without Internet access shrunk from 31 million in early 2007 to 20 million in the first quarter of 2008. But about one in eight Americans never goes online, according to a National Technology Scan survey by Park Associates.
Q1 revenue rises 10% at Live Current Media
Q1 sales at Live Current Media Inc., formerly Communicate.com Inc., climbed 10% to $1.9 million from $1.7 million for the same period last year. Live Current owns and operates Perfume.Com.
Consumers are window-shopping online but spending carefully, ShopLocal says
The ShopLocal Index registered a 30% increase year over year in the number of page views of retailers’ online sales circulars. But there was a 9% drop in consumers who purchased an item in addition to the one they were researching, ShopLocal says.
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Office Depot partners with Google to offer web resources to small retailers
Office Depot Inc. has launched an online business resource center with Google to give small retailers access to Google’s marketing and business tools.
Data processing trouble causes temporary data loss for Google Analytics
A data processing error at Google Analytics results in the loss of e-commerce data in early May. Some data can’t be recovered, Google says.
Internet advertising rises 26% in 2007 to $21.2 billion
Spending on Internet advertising set a new high for the fourth consecutive year in 2007, rising 26% to $21.2 billion, the Interactive Advertising Bureau reports.
Traffic to Microsoft’s Zune jumps 185% in April, Nielsen says
Consumers still have a taste for Apple Inc. when shopping at hardware manufacturer sites, but more are expanding their menus to include Microsoft’s Zune. The brand experienced a nearly 200% increase in web traffic compared to a year earlier.
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