/ Technology

/ Technology

Harris Interactive reports on teens’ attitudes toward online shopping.

/ Technology

Retailers are discovering the new efficiencies of web-based workforce management systems.

/ Technology

The web and a dual CFO/CIO role reduce shrink at Chase-Pitkin.

/ Technology

Order management becomes the centerpiece in retail expansion plans.

/ Marketing

Teens aren’t as good using the Internet as many believe.

/ Technology

Zoom, pan and other rich media show their worth.

New rules at Google are changing the affiliate marketing game.

/ Technology

Sportsman’s Warehouse, which operates 30 stores and SportsmansWarehouse.com, is using a web-based supply chain execution system that tracks information such as serial numbers, manufacturers and models of firearms to satisfy federal regulations at multiple checkpoints.

/ Technology

Mark`s Work Warehouse is deploying a network of web-based video displays in stores to explain high-tech clothing to shoppers.

/ E-Retailers

Newegg.com credits a focus on customer service with helping double sales last year to $1 billion.

Average salaries for technology professionals in retail/e-commerce/mail order took a dive in 2004 to $55,600 from $61,500, a 10% decrease, reports the 2004 Annual Salary Survey from Dice Inc.

/ Technology

Valentine’s Day will never drive consumer spending on the scale of the Christmas holidays, but it certainly gave online gift retailers’ Q1 a big shot in the arm, with many reporting record shipments and sales.

/ Marketing

E-commerce and catalog retailer Lillian Vernon Corp. launched a new web site in February with a new logo, a new look and feel, improved navigation, faster check-out and more personalization programs.

/ E-Retailers

Odimo Inc., which operates Diamond.com and other e-commerce sites, filed an IPO in mid February. At the same time SmartBargains Inc. withdrew its IPO registration.

/ Technology

Consumers` satisfaction with e-retail fell 4.8% this year from last year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, conducted by ForeSee Results Inc. It was the first time that measure has dropped since the e-retail category was introduced in the ACSI Index in 2000.

/ Technology

A small-town Chevrolet dealer’s formula for growth on the web: Start with known local-store demand for auto accessories, add a great web address good not just for Chevy but all GM accessories, and launch the site on a platform that can scale up for growth.

/ Technology

A huge disconnect exists between what luxury consumers want and what luxury marketers think consumers want, but the divide can be overcome by use of the web, says a new report from the Luxury Institute.

At the end of January, Amazon rolled out Amazon.com Prime membership. For $79 a year, Amazon Prime members get free two-day shipping on all orders and if that’s still not fast enough, they can get overnight delivery for $3.99 on orders received until 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Through our new E-Retail Online Surveys, we will be tapping into the expertise of our most important asset--our subscribers--to provide extremely useful information on trends in e-retailing.

In the first of a series of surveys, Internet Retailer’s exclusive survey of search engine marketing practices shows some surprising results.

Online personalization gets new respect from retailers finally ready to harness its multi-channel potential.

Drugstore.com gets a new CEO with a new marketing and merchandising plan that the company hopes will bring on profitability.