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Crystal manufacturer Swarovski goes on the web
Description: Crystal manufacturer Swarovski goes on the web Crystal manufacturer Swarovski has started selling direct to consumers over the web. Swarovski Crystal Online AG expects to be
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How hard times are making e-retailers smarter marketers
Description: Some good has come from the tough economic times online retailers have been experiencing. With money tight, retailers are being smarter with their marketing dollars and its starting to pay off. The Q1 2001 Shop.org survey of 79 online retailers revealed that acquisition costs dropped substantially in the last 18 months. Retailers paid $80 to acquire a customer during the holiday season 1999 and $18 in Q1 of this year.
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Why some retailers like wish lists, which arent just for gift-giving any more
Description: Think wish lists are just for people giving gifts? Think again. Books On Tape Inc. installed a wish list on its web site and today is getting 10 orders a day from the wish listsorders it thinks it otherwise might have lost. And most are coming from the customers who created the list.
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Zengine Grows E-Commerce Efforts for Innovative Flower Retailer KaBloom
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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E-buying intent remains strong, Greenfield says
Description: E-buying intent remains strong, Greenfield says A quarterly survey of online shoppers by Greenfield Online Inc. reveals that intention to shop in the future remains strong. In
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First Data acquires Internet payment company Achex
Description: First Data acquires Internet payment company Achex First Data Corp., a major provider of electronic commerce and payment services, has acquired Achex Inc., an online payments
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3-D Comes to the Web
Description: 3-D technology pushes online retailing into a whole new dimension
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10 easy fixes
Description: Retailers still have a lot to do to make online shopping pleasantbut these days the moneys not there. Boston-based Forrester Research Inc. has come out with 10 ways retailers can improve their web sites on the cheap. Forrester bases its recommendations on reviews of more than 100 web sites, interviews with retailers and Forrester Consumer Technographics data.
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Estate Sale Today
Description: The assets of defunct dot-coms prove a treasure trove for othersbut when loading up on technology and equipment, its buyer beware.
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5 Who Made a Difference
Description: Without these innovators, retailers and catalogers would still be finding their way around the web.
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BlueLight led the dot-com spin-offs; now its leading prodigal sons back to retail parents
Description: When BlueLight.com launched in 1999 with start-up guru Mark Goldstein as CEO, there was no question that the Internet spin-off wanted to do things its own way. The company set out alone to build an Internet powerhouse that featured Martha Stewart Living brands and did not rely on its parent, Troy, Mich.-based Kmart Corp., to helpor to some minds, interferewith its plans. In that way, it was typical of dot-com spin-offs of the day.
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AntiqueParlor.com partners with two sites
Description: AntiqueParlor.com partners with two sites AntiqueParlor.com, a site catering to designers, collectors and dealers, has entered into partnerships with two other e-commerce sites:
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OurHouse Inc. Selects ChanneLinx as Technology Partner to Help Build Business Network for Supply Chain Integration
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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INTRODUCING VALITY CATALIST -- AN AUTOMATED CATALOG CONTENT SOLUTION THAT REDUCES CATALOG DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND INCREASES E-COMMERCE ROI
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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OrderTrust scrambles to recover, but its too late
Description: As if holding on in this tough time for dot-com-related businesses isnt already hard enough. Last month, Lowell, Mass.-based OrderTrust Inc., a leading provider of marketing and order management services to such high profile retailers as 1-800-Flowers.com and Skymall Inc., became the victim of internal problems. OrderTrust shut down because it could not recover from, in its words, unreported liabilities and inaccuracies in financial information that resulted in a negative impact on cash of more than $10 million.
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E-COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, LLC TO POWER EXCITE@HOME`SSM CONSUMER RETAIL SHOPPING SERVICES
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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A busy year so far for SubmitOrder
Description: SubmitOrder Inc. has a lot going on at its Ohio, headquarters: a new CEO, a new round of financing, and plans to start expanding its service offerings.
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The online shopping experience
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online sales flyers give retailers another way to reach shoppers
Description: Since the crash of the dot-com pure-play retailers, the web is looking more and more like traditional retailing. Brand is king and playing on brand loyalty is the key to sales. So it stands to reason that retailers will replicate in the online world what has been successful in the offline world.
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Whose customer is it, anyway?
Description: Customer acquisition is a never-ending battle for content and other publishing sites on the web. Many of these sites enter affiliate arrangements with online retailers and deliver new customers to their merchant partners on click-throughs for purchase. But they constantly have to replenish their own customer basesat least for purposes of revenue they generate from affiliate program salesfor chances are, their site visitors will go directly to the merchant next time they want to make a purchase, thus depriving the affiliate of the sales commission.
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The Outpost.com story: the latest chapter in a rapid evolution
Description: In the rapidly evolving world of Internet retailing, companies that dont want to become dinosaurs sometimes become chameleons instead. Such is the case with Cyberian Outpost Inc.; er, Outpost.com; no wait a minute, make that PC Connection. The May merger of web technology retailer Outpost.com with PC Connection, a major direct marketer of information technology products, is the latest news from a 6-year old company that was a web-selling pioneer but whose corporate history is starting to have as many chapters as the Bible.
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Weight-based shipping buoys shopper confidence
Description: But only 10% of online shoppers surveyed believe thats the most reasonable way to assess shipping costs. And almost half, 45%, say they want shipping and handling charges to be based on the weight of the product.
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Using wireless web access to get people in motion into a store
Description: Retailers want traffic; Switchboard Inc. aims to deliver it. Switchboard of Westboro, Mass., which provides directory technology to search engine web sites and online yellow pages, teamed up in June with AT&T Wireless to deliver product information from local stores through wireless devices. It figures consumers out shopping with cell phone in hand will access the web to do a product search, then buy what theyre looking for at nearby stores.
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Video e-mails make a blockbuster debut in Internet retail marketing.
Description: Just a few months ago, retailers had come to realize the power of graphic-rich HTML-based e-mail marketing. Response rates were 2 to 3 times what they were for text-based e-mails. HTML e-mails were the hottest thing in marketing.
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ReturnBuy Appoints Sunbeam Executive as Senior Vice President of Sales
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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comScore Networks and Siebel Systems to Enhance Marketing Applications with Insight into Consumers Online Purchasing Behavior
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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BarPoint Reports Strong Second Quarter Revenue Growth
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Office Depot to acquire Computers4Sure.com and Solutions4Sure.com
Description: Office Depot to acquire Computers4Sure.com and Solutions4Sure.com Office Depot Inc. today announced that it will acquire 4Sure.com Inc. and the businesses of its two web-based
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Accrue Software Announces Appointment of Vice President of Marketing
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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divine Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire eshare
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Webvan ceases operations; files for protection under Chapter 11
Description: Webvan ceases operations; files for protection under Chapter 11 Troubled Webvan Group Inc., which only last month got shareholders to approve a reverse stock split to bump up
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WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM SELECTS SPEEDERA NETWORKS TO ACCELERATE CONTENT DELIVERY
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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MessageMedia To Release UnityMail 5.0, An Award-Winning E-Mail Software, in July 2001
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ashford.com will sell Ashford Outlet products on eBay
Description: Ashford.com will sell Ashford Outlet products on eBay Ashford.com, a luxury gift retailer, has signed a marketing agreement with eBay to sell hundreds of select luxury goods,
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Beyond.com launches web store for computer book publisher Sybex
Description: Beyond.com launches web store for computer book publisher Sybex Beyond.com, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based builder, manager and marketer of online stores, has launched an e-store
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FTD.com joins pointsxchange
Description: FTD.com joins pointsxchange FTD.com, retailer of flowers and specialty gifts, has joined Points.com Inc.s pointsxchange, an online currency exchange for loyalty programs. The
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Safewww, Inc. and ClearPay Partner to Bring Secure Alternative Payments to E-Businesses
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SPS COMMERCE TO PROVIDE SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION SERVICES TO GOLF GALAXY
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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CyberSource(R) Unveils Comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management Solution To Efficiently Manage Business Impact of Fraud
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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SamsClub.com redesigns site and streamlines checkout
Description: SamsClub.com redesigns site and streamlines checkout SamsClub.com has re-designed its web site with a faster, more user friendly navigation and check out system, a bolder design
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ENHANCEMENTS TO RESPONSYS ACQUIRE OFFER CLIENTS ADVANCED OPT-IN ONLINE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Wireless will be tiny fraction of e-shopping in near future, says Jupiter
Description: Wireless will be tiny fraction of e-shopping in near future, says Jupiter Forty percent of Americans will subscribe to a wireless web service by 2006, but wireless will account
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ConsumerReview.com to provide product info to loyalty portal iWon
Description: ConsumerReview.com to provide product info to loyalty portal iWon ConsumerReview.com, a provider of consumer-written product information, has agreed to provide reviews from its
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i2 Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Results
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Greenfield Online reports the five top sellers on the web
Description: Greenfield Online reports the five top sellers on the web Books, CDs, clothing, computer software and airline tickets continue to be the top items that consumers purchase on the
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RadioShack Purchases Microsoft`s Minority Interest in RadioShack.com
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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VeriSign Signs Agreement with eConnect to Provide Secure Payment Gateway for Credit and PIN Entered Debit Transactions
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Sears tests store pick-up service
Description: Sears tests store pick-up service Capitalizing on one of its strengths as a clicks-and-bricks retailer, Sears is testing store pick-up of merchandise for online buyers and plans
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Beatie and Osborn LLP Announces eToys Inc. Shareholders File Class Action
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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What keeps niche retailers selling online
Description: What keeps niche retailers selling online Online niche players know their products are hard to find, which provides the impetus for them to develop an online presence.
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