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Hey, kids: don`t spend it all in one place
Description: Children and teens are among the heaviest Internet usersa booming community that numbers more than 12 million today and is likely to triple over the next three years. But while kids can e-mail and surf to their hearts content, the barriers to purchasing merchandise onlinemost of which requires a credit card for purchaseleaves them precious little they can buy.
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Led by retail adventurer Mary Kate Buckley, Nike explores the wilds of selling online
Description: Experience
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Women on the Web: Where the buys are
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Trade secrets come a-courtin'
Description: Trade secrets come a-courtin' Even though Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com settled their high-profile lawsuit in April, the legal battles between Internet retailers over trade
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Microsoft sets its sites on a million, while IBM cuts to the catalog chase
Description: Microsoft sets its sites on a million, while IBM cuts to the catalog chase while IBM cuts to the catalog chase --> Ten-year-old Holt Educational Outlet in Waltham, Mass., sold
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Hey, kids: Don't spend it all in one place
Description: Hey, kids: Don't spend it all in one place Children and teens are among the heaviest users of the Internet-a booming community that numbers more than 12 million today and is
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Music wars: battle of the brands
Description: Music wars: battle of the brands It's been a big spring for duets in the world of online music sales. First came the merger of CDnow Inc. and N2K Inc., completed March 17. The
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Drugstore cowboys ride onto the Internet
Description: Drugstore cowboys ride onto the Internet Industry analysts used to joke that someday people would buy even toothpaste online. Now, it's happening. Nearly half a dozen online
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CyberShop does a retail about-face
Description: CyberShop does a retail about-face The Internet provides online retailers the opportunity to shift their merchandising strategies almost instantly if they discover a better way
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Hanover goes directly to outsourcing
Description: Hanover goes directly to outsourcing The business plan at most catalog companies calls for generating revenues by operating a Web store. But Weehawken, N.J.-based Hanover Direct
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CyberCash launches InstaBuy awareness ads
Description: CyberCash launches InstaBuy awareness ads CyberCash Inc., the Reston, Va.-based manufacturer of secure-payment technology and services, is supporting the rollout of its latest
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SkyMall soars into e-commerce
Description: SkyMall soars into e-commerce Given the $30 million it can cost to build and market a comprehensive e-commerce site, most chief executive officers naturally want to see a return
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Planning Under Way for Holiday '99
Description: Planning Under Way for Holiday '99 By early spring, online retailers were still assessing what many point to as a defining moment in e-commerce-the enormously successful 1998
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Sharper Image CEO Anticipates Big E-Commerce Jump
Description: Sharper Image CEO Anticipates Big E-Commerce Jump The Sharper Image Corp. is expecting a big jump in its e-commerce revenues this year. In 1998, Internet sales accounted for
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Nike Runs with Alpha Online
Description: Nike Runs with Alpha Online When Nike Inc. decided to add an e-commerce layer to its Web site-to sell the shoes and clothes it promotes online-staffers didn't have much
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Chain Reaction
Description: Large Retailers Scramble to Sell Online
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Welcome to Internet Retailer
Description: Welcome to the first issue of
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Big companies are going on an e-commerce buying spree
Description: Afraid of being left behind in the Internet retailing frenzy, more technology companies are acquiring small electronic commerce firms for their expertise and retailing base.
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Customer Service
Description: Making an online connection
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What Federated sees in Fingerhut
Description: This is an odd couple marriage that was a surprise to a lot of people because Federated and Fingerhut have no similarity in product, says Sid Doolittle, founding partner, McMillan/Doolittle, a Chicago retail consulting company. But Federated bought Fingerhut because they want to become educated in the direct marketing and Internet sales business and Fingerhut is a master at developing and maintaining individual customer relationships.
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The secret to Victoria`s Secret web success
Description: Victorias Secret then unveiled a video fashion show featuring model Tyra Banks. More than 1 million Internet users viewed the show while millions more tried in frustration to get a look themselves. Many of those who did get onto the site complained about poor sound quality and blurred pictures.
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Online vs. in line: The coming battle over how college kids buy their textbooks
Description: The college student is one of the savviest and most sought after consumers on the Internet. And every year, regardless of trends, there is one thing they all buy: textbooks, almost $3 billion worth annually.
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Bypassing the Middleman
Description: When Levi Strauss & Co. dove head first into electronic commerce last November by opening a pair of Web stores just in time for the peak holiday shopping season, the news stunned retailers. One of the worlds biggest clothing makers had decided to bypass retailers altogether. But it wasnt just Levis Web presence that caused consternation. What really worried retailers was Levis strategy of selling Levi jeans and Dockers only at the Levi Web site. If Levi can do that, then theres no reason other manufacturers wont follow suit.
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The Struggle for Profitability
Description: An investment of $1,000 in Amazon.com in May 1997 when the online book retailer went public was worth $39,000 eighteen months later in December 1998. When software retailer Egghead Inc. closed its stores in 1998 and adopted an Internet-only selling strategy, its stock price surged from $5.37 a share to $20.80.
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Online food shopping`s bottom line: growth
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Alice Peterson
Description: Experience:
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When servers go down, shoppers` ire goes up
Description: Last fall, many big name sites jacked up their marketing budgets to attract holiday shoppers and were successful in their efforts.
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Garden.com
Description: 25.18 seconds.
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An online toy retailer is lured to Wall Street
Description: Ever since Amazon.com rewrote IPO history, more Internet retailers have been going public. The latest: eToys Inc., a Santa Monica, Calif., Internet toy merchant. On Feb. 17 eToys joined the ranks of electronic commerce companies issuing public offerings. The company hasnt determined how many shares it will offer or at what price, although current owners of the company hold 13 million shares and the company is authorized to issue up to 200 million. The company anticipates raising $115 million for general working capital. Goldman Sachs; BancBoston Robertson Stephens; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; and Merrill Lynch are the underwriters. The company will trade on the Nasdaq exchange. The retailer, which opened its Web store in October 1997, sells more than 3,000 items from over 290 toy manufacturers. The companys fiscal year ends March 31. For the nine months ending Dec. 31, 1998, eToys had sales of $23.9 million. For the nine months ending December 31, 1997, the company had sales of more than $500,000. Analysts believe eToys is going public at an opportune time. Toys are becoming a hot Internet selling category. Shoppers are forecast to spend $68 million buying toys online this year, rising to an estimated $1.5 billion by 2002. Increased capital enables eToys to invest in their brand and expand market share, says Evie Black Dykema, analyst, Forrester Research Inc., Boston. They were first to the market and built sales.
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Certifying the public`s right to privacy
Description: The Better Business Bureau believes Web retailers are setting themselves up for a backlash of consumer complaints and probable federal legislation if they dont start taking shoppers privacy rights more seriously. And thats precisely why the bureau is launching a voluntary certification and assessment program that will evaluate Internet merchants privacy policies.
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Eddie Bauer Blazes a Web Trail
Description: And Finds Its Customers There Already
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Digital Chef
Description: Capitalizing on its relationship with the Culinary Institute of America and increasing its profile with serious gourmet cooks.
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Certifying the public's right to privacy
Description: Certifying the public's right to privacy The Better Business Bureau believes Web retailers are setting themselves up for a backlash of consumer complaints and probable federal
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An online toy retailer is lured to Wall Street
Description: An online toy retailer is lured to Wall Street Ever since Amazon.com rewrote IPO history, more Internet retailers have been going public. The latest: eToys Inc., a Santa Monica,
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What Federated sees in Fingerhut
Description: What Federated sees in Fingerhut Federated Department Stores' $1.7 billion buyout of Fingerhut Companies Inc. strikes some analysts as a marriage of odd partners, but that deal
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Big companies are going on an e-commerce buying spree
Description: Big companies are going on an e-commerce buying spree e-commerce buying spree --> Afraid of being left behind in the Internet retailing frenzy, more technology companies are
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When servers go down, shoppers' ire goes up
Description: When servers go down, shoppers' ire goes up Last fall, many big name sites jacked up their marketing budgets to attract holiday shoppers and were successful in their efforts.
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The secret of Victoria's Secret Web success
Description: The secret of Victoria's Secret Web success If anyone needs a legitimate reason for viewing the Victoria's Secret Web site on company computers during work hours, the success of
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Internet Retailer: Magazine
Description: E-Business Strategies for Merchandisers and Catalogers. A complimentary one-year subscription to Internet Retailer will be sent to applicants who qualify
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Internet Retailer: Table Of Contents
Description: Internet Retailer Table of Contents. Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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Internet Retailer: Marketing Conference/Exhibition June 2007
Description: Internet Retailer: The World's Largest Internet Marketing and Retail Conference/Exhibition San Jose June 2007. Top 500 Internet Retailers Guide. eRetailing Guide. IR2006 CD
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