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Panasonic.com tops electronics site in brand presentation, says Forrester
Description: Panasonic.com tops electronics site in brand presentation, says Forrester Panasonics web site beat the sites of four other top consumer electronics brands in brand image
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Better understanding of link-building can lead to higher search rankings
Description: Better understanding of link-building can lead to higher search rankings If an e-retailer is not faring well on search engine results rankings, the problem could be links: not
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Cooking.com gets $7 million in financing
Description: Cooking.com gets $7 million in financing Cooking.com Inc., an e-retailer offering kitchen and other housewares products across six web sites, has received $7 million in financing
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Twas the week before Christmas and consumers were comparison shopping
Description: Twas the week before Christmas and consumers were comparison shopping Consumers flocked to comparison shopping sites in the week before Christmas, looking for the best prices on
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Shoppers spent nearly $28 billion online this holiday season, comScore says
Description: Shoppers spent nearly $28 billion online this holiday season, comScore says Shoppers spent nearly $28 billion online between November 1 and December 27, a 19% increase over last
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Walk 100 yards north, turn right, enter store
Description: Walk 100 yards north, turn right, enter store M-commerce sites and services are popping up, and many e-retailers and other e-commerce players such as comparison shopping sites
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Coldwater Creek bubbles to the top in conversion rate
Description: Coldwater Creek bubbles to the top in conversion rate Multi-channel apparel retailer Coldwater Creek led all online retailers in November with a 23.7% conversion rate, according
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Barneys improves e-mail targeting with new tool
Description: Barneys improves e-mail targeting with new tool Upscale retailer Barneys New York Inc. has become the first announced client for start-up Proclivity Systems, whose technology
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Walmart.com creative chief keeps eye on customers
Description: Walmart.com creative chief keeps eye on customers It may look nice, but are customers using it? Debbie Kristofferson, vice president of creative and user experience at
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LinkShare introduces new ad tracking technology
Description: LinkShare introduces new ad tracking technology LinkShare Corp., a provider of pay-per-action affiliate, search and lead-generation marketing campaigns, has introduced Flex
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Birthday reminder service gains 2 million users in first month on Facebook
Description: Birthday reminder service gains 2 million users in first month on Facebook A new birthday reminder application on Facebook has reached nearly 2 million users in its first month
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Unleashing the marketing opportunities in the unsubscribe process
Description: Unleashing the marketing opportunities in the unsubscribe process Just because a consumer unsubscribes from your e-mails, that doesnt mean she doesnt want to hear from you
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Google dominates in November, getting nearly 60% of all queries
Description: Google dominates in November, getting nearly 60% of all queries Two reports show Google continued to dominate search in November, with data from Nielsen Online showing Google had
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Reaching out to shoppers can move them to reach for their wallets
Description: Reaching out to shoppers can move them to reach for their wallets As more consumers embrace online shopping, building relationships with them could be the key to e-retailers
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American Greetings outlines its future plans for PhotoWorks
Description: American Greetings outlines its future plans for PhotoWorks American Greetings Corp. expects to close its acquisition of PhotoWorks Inc. by the end of January. American
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Mac users more likely to purchase digital music than PC owners
Description: Mac users more likely to purchase digital music than PC owners Consumers that own an Apple Macintosh are much more likely to purchase digital music than consumers that use a
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firstStreetOnline channels new media to build natural search and sales
Description: firstStreetOnline channels new media to build natural search and sales FirstStreetOnline, which caters to the baby boomer market with innovative products, has launched
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Accoona withdraws its IPO
Description: Accoona withdraws its IPO Accoona Corp., which operates various e-commerce sites such as LCDTVS.com and DigitalEtailer.com, has withdrawn its initial public offering. Accoona,
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Online customer satisfaction high despite some declines from last year
Description: Online customer satisfaction high despite some declines from last year Two reports on online customer satisfaction this holiday season show shoppers generally satisfied with
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CNET makes free content available through plug-and-play widget
Description: CNET makes free content available through plug-and-play widget Online retailers can add CNET Networks content to their blogs as a way to attract more visitors to their e-commerce
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Freestyle watches uses sports social network to increase brand recognition
Description: Freestyle watches uses sports social network to increase brand recognition FreestyleUSA.com, an action sports watch manufacturer, has boosted participation in its Are You Next?
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Amazon.com tries to take another bite out of Apple by adding Warner music
Description: Amazon.com tries to take another bite out of Apple by adding Warner music Amazon.com expanded its online music catalog today by announcing a deal to sell downloaded music from
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A tweak here and a tweak there boosted holiday sales for online merchants
Description: A tweak here and a tweak there boosted holiday sales for online merchants Several of the online retailers that posted strong holiday season gains did it by fine-tuning their
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Last-minute shopping spree boosts online sales
Description: Last-minute shopping spree boosts online sales Three surveys suggest that online retailers fared well during the holiday season, despite the gloomy economic news that dragged
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Free holiday shipping helps LLBean.com set a single-day processing record
Description: Free holiday shipping helps LLBean.com set a single-day processing record An offer of free shipping that began in September and ended four days before Christmas helped L.L. Bean
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AG Interactive posts 13% decline in year-over-year Q3 sales
Description: AG Interactive posts 13% decline in year-over-year Q3 sales AG Interactive, which operates the e-commerce business for greeting card maker American Greetings Corp., posted $18.9
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Online video ads dont have to be expensive, SendMe Mobile learns
Description: Online video ads dont have to be expensive, SendMe Mobile learns SendMe Mobile had a complicated concept it wanted to explain with online video ads, but couldnt afford the
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Zappos expects to top $1 billion in web sales in 2008
Description: Zappos expects to top $1 billion in web sales in 2008 Online shoe retailer Zappos.com Inc. sees 2008 as the year it will join the $1 billion web sales club. In 2007, Zappos, No.
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NeedPlumbingSupplies.com stops the profit leak with flat-price listings
Description: NeedPlumbingSupplies.com stops the profit leak with flat-price listings NeedPlumbingSupplies.com lists products on a number of comparison shopping sites, in most cases paying a
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Rugs Direct increases sales by 30% using first-click analytics
Description: Rugs Direct increases sales by 30% using first-click analytics RugsDirect.com boosted sales by 30% after implementing Coremetrics` technology that tracks multiple customer
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Its a very merry Christmas for e-commerce technology vendor NetSuite
Description: Its a very merry Christmas for e-commerce technology vendor NetSuite Wall Street gave Oracle CEO Larry Ellison an early Christmas present of, oh, about a billion dollars, and
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Online peer-to-peer marketing program a winner for Sephora.com
Description: Online peer-to-peer marketing program a winner for Sephora.com A recent online viral marketing program has taught cosmetics retailer Sephora something about the power of
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Circuit City crackles with growth, but Best Buy tops electronics sites
Description: Circuit City crackles with growth, but Best Buy tops electronics sites CircuitCity.com, which registered 26% year-over-year growth in unique visitors in October, had another
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Weaning products site shows how to milk Google for a high search page rank
Description: Weaning products site shows how to milk Google for a high search page rank A United Kingdom-based web site focused on weaning products for babies rose to the number five position
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Description: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays The staff of InternetRetailer.com wishes all our readers a safe and happy holiday. The next news will appear on the site Dec. 26. The next
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Retail gets top marks for treating online customers well
Description: Retail gets top marks for treating online customers well Retail was the leading industry in how well it treated online customers during the fourth quarter, scoring 6.1 out of 10
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Gaptidings.com lets shoppers make holiday greetings videos
Description: Gaptidings.com lets shoppers make holiday greetings videos Gap Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are helping consumers make and share video holiday greetings. Consumers can create their own
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Season of giving creates worries about taking
Description: Season of giving creates worries about taking While consumers delight in the season of giving, theyre worried it might also be the season of taking. 57% of U.S. adults are
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Ice.com polishes its holiday sales with longer deferred payments
Description: Ice.com polishes its holiday sales with longer deferred payments Ice.com Inc. sees extended deferred payments as an excellent marketing tool to boost holiday sales and to help
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Final week of pre-Christmas online shopping opens strong
Description: Final week of pre-Christmas online shopping opens strong Online retail sales experienced a huge resurgence on Monday and Tuesday of this week with sales up 33% Monday over the
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Bargains drive consumers to the web, while shipping costs drive them away
Description: Bargains drive consumers to the web, while shipping costs drive them away More online shoppers are hunting for bargains this year, and most can be swayed by free shipping offers,
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Web merchants required more spending for free shipping this Christmas
Description: Web merchants required more spending for free shipping this Christmas Just over 50% of online retailers used free shipping to lure more traffic to their e-commerce site this
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Tis the season to try out new online retail sites, Deloitte study says
Description: Tis the season to try out new online retail sites, Deloitte study says During the holiday shopping season, many consumers try out new retailers, both online and off, according
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Books-A-Million logs 6.5% Q3 web sales increase
Description: Books-A-Million logs 6.5% Q3 web sales increase Chain and online books retailer Books-A-Million Inc. reported third-quarter 2008 online sales of $6.6 million, up 6.5% compared
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Book buyers can spend some big holiday bucks
Description: Book buyers can spend some big holiday bucks Independent book buyers can be big holiday spenders. Between Thanksgiving and Dec. 9, AbeBooks.com, No. 70 in the Internet Retailer
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BabyUniverse reports third quarter 2007 sales dipped 1.8%
Description: BabyUniverse reports third quarter 2007 sales dipped 1.8% BabyUniverse reports third quarter 2007 sales of $16.2 million, down 1.8% from $16.5 million in the same quarter last
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Costco predicts another record year for e-commerce
Description: Costco predicts another record year for e-commerce Costco Wholesale Corp. is predicting another record year for e-commerce sales. In fiscal 2008, the company expects web sales to
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Build-A-Bear constructs a virtual habitat for stuffed animals
Description: Build-A-Bear constructs a virtual habitat for stuffed animals Stuffed animal retailer Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. has launched Buildabearville.com, a virtual world where visitors
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Furniture.com finds and makes an acquisition
Description: Furniture.com finds and makes an acquisition Furniture.com has acquired the assets of FurnitureFind.com, an online retailer based in South Bend, IN. Terms of the deal werent
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Online sales pick up while store traffic sags
Description: Online sales pick up while store traffic sags Online sales picked up last week, increasing by 22% over last year, according to comScore Inc. Store sales were disappointing, and
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