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VALITY TECHNOLOGYS NEW PRODUCT CATALOG SOLUTION TURNS ONLINE SHOPPERS INTO BUYERS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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eBay looks more and more like a retaileror at least a mall Description: eBay looks more and more like a retaileror at least a mall eBay today announced the launch of eBay Stores, customized shopping destinations on eBay that will expand the way
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Yahoo! Shopping Takes Fans On a Shopping Spree With Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Annuncio Expands European Presence Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Gift registries drive in-store web kiosks Description: NCR Corp. is landing some prime web kiosk business this year. After doing the largest installment of web kiosks3,000at Wal-Mart stores across the country, the company landed a contract in May to install 400 kiosks in Federated stores. The kiosks will allow shoppers to go online to various gift registries at Federated-owned stores in Federateds Gift Registry Alliance. They include The Bon Marche, Burdines, Goldsmiths, Lazarus, Macys and Richs.
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Wine.com investors are finally tapped out Description: It seems like all of the ideas for selling on the web that generated wild enthusiasm two years ago are coming up bust. First garden supplies, then toys, now wine.
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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and a good idea from Harvard Business School Description: Berglund is a third-generation Napa resident who hails from a grape-growing family. While wine may be in her blood, Berglunds expertise in direct marketing comes from consumer product marketing jobs with Procter & Gamble and the Clorox Co. and her stint in the Ivy League. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Berglund laid the groundwork for Ambrosia as part of her Harvard field study.
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SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT: E-Payments Processing Moves into High Gear Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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If web stores were more like real-world stores, sales would surely go up Description: There is money to be made online, despite dot-coms recent plight. U.S. online retailing will grow 64% this year to $74 billion according to Forrester. Traditional retailers who are successful online are using this opportunity to regain market share and build a solid source of revenue. To survive, retailers will have to better understand what their brands and services mean to shoppers, and provide at least these same services and features on their web sites, in a clear and usable way.
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Certegy: An Equifax Spin-Off Fills An Internet Payments Void With E-Checking Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Digiscents runs out of cents Description: Oakland, Calif.-based Digiscents, a company that developed technology to provide the sense of smell to the Internet, shut down and laid off 70 employees in April because it couldnt get the additional funding it needed to continue. Despite investments from two major flavor and fragrance houses and other investors the company could not meet its goals of digitizing scents for web sites and other online ventures.
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To get, you gotta give Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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The online pharmacies seek an Rx Description: he death in March of PlanetRx.com wasnt just a story of another failed dot-com retailer. It also was a story of consumers resistance to having their prescriptions filled online.
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Lighthousedepot.coms e-mail program puts lost shopping carts sailing toward check-out Description: The other key ingredient in the campaign was the companys already-installed Windows NT operating system. It requires more hardware and is costlier than other operating systems, but it provides more flexibility and development tools that can be used in-house, Baker says. If you go with a cheaper operating system like Unix, your investment isnt so much in the hardware as it is in the engineers who know how to run it, he adds. If you buy a systems package from a third party, there isnt the same flexibility. To make any changes, youd have to call up their IT department and get them to do something. The system we use can be operated by people without engineering degrees.
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Products and Services Guide Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Do You Know Me? Description: The two positions are the battle lines in the fight over privacy on the Internet. And as with most contentious issues these days, the majority of consumers fall in the middle. Theres plenty of anecdotal evidence that consumers are willing to give up degrees of privacy that range from trivial to significant to get something in return. For instance, consumers who sign up for AT&T WorldNets i495 Internet access give AT&T permission to track their movements around the web. In return, they get Internet access for $4.95 a month vs. WorldNets usual $19.95 or $21.95 price. AT&T wont say how many customers its following around the web, other than to say that within a short period after i495s introduction, hundreds of thousands of customers had signed up for it.
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Webvan adopts new measures in its efforts to hang on Description: The online grocery segment has had a rough time in the last 12 months. Peapod found an angel in Royal Ahold to bail it out of its financial troubles. Online delivery company Kozmo, which dealt in a lot of food and snack items, went out of business. And Pricelines grocery operation, which offered a hybrid form of grocery shopping on the web, bit the dust.
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Half.coms expansion is helping the US become a nation of online shopkeepers Description: ith every move it makes, Half.com looks more like a retailer.
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The channel is shifting Description: If anyone needed evidence that Internet-based shopping is here to stay, they need look no further than retailers first quarter sales reports that came out in May. In many cases the Internet portion of sales grew much faster than traditional channels. And in some cases, traditional channels suffered declines while Internet sales roared ahead. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported last month that e-retail sales in the first quarter were 33% higher than in the first quarter of 2000 (see table).
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K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple for the Shopper Description: ince the dawn of Internet retailing, one thing has remained constant: Retailers are always re-designing their sites. That is especially true as the medium has gone mass market.
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Shakeout in a Healthy Market Description: hen I tell people I publish a magazine about the Internet retailing industry, they sometimes wonder whether such an industry still existsgiven the demise of so many dot-com merchants in the last year. My response is straightforward: Do not confuse a market shakeout with a market debacle. The demise of legions of dot-coms, I am quick to add, is simply the result of too many competitors chasing a market that is growing fast, but not fast enough to support the number of players trying to gain a foothold in it.
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Manufacturers are turning to the web to help their customers figure out complex products Description: How2TV, e-Sim Ltd.s Live Products Division , based in New York, and OneCare are competing for the burgeoning market in interactive, web-based user manuals. Called by some self-service customer relationship management and considered a subset of CRM, the technology is poised to play a major role in retailers and manufacturers use of the web. The measure of the self-service CRM market is hard to come by, but OneCare, for one, estimates it could reach $7 billion a year, depending on what is counted. The user manual portion is a further subset of that. This is a significant market opportunity, says Chris Martins, research director at Boston-based Abderdeen Group, information technology consultants and researchers. The technology supplier who has the sophistication to do this will provide real value to retailers and manufacturers.
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Infotopia reports $7 million in web sales for year Description: Infotopia reports $7 million in web sales for year Infotopia Inc., a direct and online retailer of health and fitness products, reported today that its web-based sales for fiscal
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Drugstore.com wins advertising award Description: Drugstore.com wins advertising award Drugstore.com has won an EFFIE award for its ad campaign A Very Healthy Way to Shop. The campaign, created by Fallon of Minneapolis, tied
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Global Payments Announces Partnership With GoEmerchant.Com to Offer A Comprehensive and Affordable Internet Package for Retailers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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1-800-Flowers.com acquires The Children`s Group Description: 1-800-Flowers.com acquires The Children`s Group 1-800-Flowers.com, a multi-channel retailer of not just flowers but gifts also, has acquired The Children`s Group from Foster &
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Respond.com and netgenShopper Merge to Create Largest Provider of Online Lead Generation Solutions for Local Businesses Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Return Assured Incorporated Receives Notification of De-Listing; Company to Appeal Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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VERITY ANTICIPATES RECORD FOURTH QUARTER REVENUES Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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There`s more than one way to deliver video e-mail Description: There`s more than one way to deliver video e-mail Retailers are starting to use video to target consumers. Although tests are just beginning, vendors say the results bring in
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MYONLYCATALOG.COM UNVEILS PLANS TO PROVIDE E-COMMERCE CAPABILITIES TO CONTENT-BASED PORTALS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Saks brings saks.com back into the fold, drops catalogs Description: Saks brings saks.com back into the fold, drops catalogs The early days of web-based retailing witnessed the spinning off of dot-com subsidiaries from bricks-and-mortar parents.
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Ernst & Young retail expert joins Kurt Salmon Description: Ernst & Young retail expert joins Kurt Salmon Stephanie M. Shern, vice chairman and global director of retail and consumer products for Ernst & Young, joined Kurt Salmon
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MyComputer.com Releases SuperStats v6.0 to Enterprise Clients Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Delias shoppers continue their shift to the web Description: Delias shoppers continue their shift to the web Cataloger Delias Corp. is seeing a steady shift of sales to the Internet, CEO Stephen Kahn reports. In the first quarter, 40% of
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SHIPNOW OPENS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN INDIA Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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E-mail promotions are first choice for retailers, but be careful Description: E-mail promotions are first choice for retailers, but be careful E-mail has quickly become the Internet retailers preferred means of marketing a web site and establishing a
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Dot-com domain names still command top prices in secondary market Description: Dot-com domain names still command top prices in secondary market Dot-com is still the most-in-demand domain extension in the URL market, but demand is beginning to heat up for
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RESPONSYS AND GARNET HILL SHOWCASE SUCCESSFUL OPTIMIZED INTERACTIVE MARKETING PROGRAM AT CATALOG CONFERENCE Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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J.C. Penneys Internet-based sales grow 29% in May Description: J.C. Penneys Internet-based sales grow 29% in May Internet-based sales for J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reached $18 million in May, up 29% from last Mays $14 million. The figure is .8%
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Napster Selects Loudeye For Song Identification Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ClearCommerce uses Clementine data mining workbench in its fraud prevention solution Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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7-Eleven tests web-enabled kiosks Description: 7-Eleven tests web-enabled kiosks 7-Eleven, the largest chain of convenience stores in the U.S., is testing web-enable kiosks in 36 stores in Fort Myers and Naples, FL. While the
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Spiegels web sales are up again, while overall sales are down Description: Spiegels web sales are up again, while overall sales are down Although it doesnt break out the dollar sales, The Spiegel Group reported today that Internet sales grew 66% in
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NONSTOP Solutions Announces Key Executive Team Appointments Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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WebRx outsources prescription fulfillment to Familymeds Description: WebRx outsources prescription fulfillment to Familymeds HealthCentral, an online provider of healthcare e-commerce and content, announced today that it has outsourced
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Netkey Launches Certified Solution Provider Program to Ensure Quality of Service to Web Kiosk Customers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Court Upholds Right of Staples Shareholders to Vote On Staples.com Buyback Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Gifts.com finds immediate ROI on 3-D presentation Description: Gifts.com finds immediate ROI on 3-D presentation Readers Digests gifts.com reports that it earned $2.77 for every $1 it spent on rich-media presentation of gifts for Mothers
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Bills Returns to Retail Planning Associates as President Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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