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Outdoor Interactive adds ex-AOL executive Cathy Anderson as VP of marketing Description: Outdoor Interactive adds ex-AOL executive Cathy Anderson as VP of marketing Outdoor Interactive Inc., retailer of outdoor gear at OutdoorSuperStore.com, has named Cathy Anderson
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AllRetailJobs.com and canadianretail.com Announce Joint Marketing Pact Description: Agreement Boosts Resume and Candidate Totals for Retail Job Board Leaders
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Maytag execs like the traffic at Maytag.com Description: Maytag execs like the traffic at Maytag.com Traffic at Maytag.com has exceeded the companys expectations, Maytag CEO Leonard A. Hadley told a conference of financial analysts
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Customers & Marketing: Page 67 Description: AutoZone GSI ShoppersChoice.com AceHardware.com Wal-Marts TV
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How attention to detail produces effective search results at QVC Description: How attention to detail produces effective search results at QVC Online retailers should make the time and effort to analyze the metrics of their search engine marketing programs
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Online retail spending rises 16% Description: Online retail spending rises 16% Online retail spending rose 16% year-over-year for the week ended Oct. 13, to $968 million from $834 million, comScore Networks Inc.s Media
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Lowes.com presents Spanish language how-to library Description: Lowes.com presents Spanish language how-to library In a bid to capture more of the growing Hispanic home-improvement market, Lowes Companies Inc.s Lowes.com is making available
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Sears and Michelin get rolling with exchange-based collaboration Description: After a year of practicing supply chain collaboration through the GlobalNetXchange with tire manufacturer Michelin, Sears, Roebuck and Co. has boosted sales and profit margins while increasing products in stores and reducing inventory in distribution centers. It has already begun similar projects with Goodyear and Sumitomo and is planning to start several more. We see opportunities to do this throughout the automotive products market, says Hank Steerman, senior manager for supply chain.
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Overture Launches in Austria and Switzerland; Additional Countries Further Company`s European Expansion Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Best Buy lures shoppers to new site with free shipping Description: Best Buy lures shoppers to new site with free shipping With a boost from a free-shipping offer and a limited advertising promotion, Best Buy Co. Inc.`s redesigned BestBuy.com is
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TeaLeaf IntegriTea Manages Web Application Integrity for Hardware and Home Improvement Divisions` Business Sites Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online retail sales up 32% week ending Sept. 19, comScore reports Description: Online retail sales up 32% week ending Sept. 19, comScore reports Retail sales online and offline grew strongly in mid September. Online retail spending for the week ending Sept.
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ACNielsen Signs CVS To Category Business Planner Contract Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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To Staples, easy means customer centric on Staples.com Description: To go along with its that was easy slogan in national advertising, Staples Inc. has relaunched Staples.com as a site that makes it easy to shop by different classifications of shoppers.
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February sees brisk trade in Internet companies Description: February sees brisk trade in Internet companies Buyers spent nearly $6 billion to acquire 130 Internet companies last month, according to Webmergers.com, a research-backed online
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OneStopPlus.com adds blog to cement customer loyalty Description: OneStopPlus.com adds blog to cement customer loyalty OneStopPlus.com, the umbrella web site for Redcats USAs plus-size apparel brands, has launched a blog focused on providing a
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Lane Bryant catalog site tops online retailers in conversion rate Description: Lane Bryant catalog site tops online retailers in conversion rate WomanWithin.com, the recently renamed web site for the Lane Bryant catalog of plus-size womens apparel, had the
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Schwan entices customers with gifts onlineas a loyalty program Description: Schwan entices customers with gifts onlineas a loyalty program As a way to enhance merchandising and increase the sale of its home-delivered convenience meals, Schwans.com is
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YANTRA INTRODUCES MULTI-ENTERPRISE COMMERCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Negativity about negative customer reviews may be unfounded Description: Negativity about negative customer reviews may be unfounded While the vast majority of online consumers use customer reviews during product research, not very many online sellers
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DollarDays International president Marc Joseph tells how to beat Wal-Mart Description: DollarDays International president Marc Joseph tells how to beat Wal-Mart Although small, independent retailers cant expect to compete with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on commodity
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Peapod by Giant expands in D.C. to serve former Home Runs` households Description: Peapod by Giant expands in D.C. to serve former Home Runs` households Peapod by Giant, the joint effort of Skokie, IL-based Peapod Inc. online grocer and Landover, MD-based
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Valentines Day gift search in full bloom at 1-800-Flowers.com Description: Valentines Day gift search in full bloom at 1-800-Flowers.com Valentines Day is a very special day for 1-800-Flowers.com Inc.second only to Mothers Day in sales. Last year
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N.G.A. Partners With ecMarkets to Give Members Opportunity to Cut Costs Through Reverse Auction Based Procurement Services Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Ex-Lands End CIO to lead IT division at TicketsNow Description: Ex-Lands End CIO to lead IT division at TicketsNow TicketsNow has named former Lands End and Victorias Secret CIO Frank Giannantonio as chief technology officer. Giannantonio
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Increase in web-enabled POS supports multi-channel strategies Description: As retailers continue to build out multi-channel strategies ¯ encompassing stores, web sites, catalogs and kiosks ¯ theyre also increasing their emphasis on web-enabled POS systems to support integration of applications that support multi-channel selling, according to the latest POS Benchmarking Survey from Cleveland-based LakeWest Group Ltd. The survey notes that 61% of specialty retailers today have web-enabled POS systems, up from 56% last year and 27% in 2002. And growth is expected to continue, LakeWest says. 69% of specialty retailers without web-enabled POS plan to implement it within two years, up from 56% who had such plans last year.
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Lillian Vernon brings its call center reps back to the U.S. Description: Lillian Vernon brings its call center reps back to the U.S. Online and catalog retailer Lillian Vernon Corp., No. 66 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, has closed its
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ExactTarget Announces Software Upgrade Description: Email service provider boosts web analytics integration, subscriber management, enhanced results analysis and private domain service
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How Crutchfield`s SWAT team jumps on broken links Description: How Crutchfield`s SWAT team jumps on broken links No matter how hard a retailer tries to keep on top of them, broken links happen. In fact, a recent Jupiter survey of 239 web
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Q4 online sales growth may not live up to expectations, Forrester warns Description: Q4 online sales growth may not live up to expectations, Forrester warns Online holiday retail sales will grow 20% over last year to $13.2 billion from $11 billion, projects
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Family Dollar Installs 10,000 VeriFone Omni 3750 Terminals For Payment and Prepaid Telco Description: End-to-End Solution Allows Family Dollar To OfferPayment Options, EBT and PrePaid Telco All At The Point Of Sale
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BlossomSelect to Deploy viaLink Solutions for UCCnet Global Registry and Scan-based Trading Initiative Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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NCR Acquires Kinetics Description: Strengthens self-service solution portfolio with addition of leading travel self-service technology provider
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Online holiday sales growth outpaces catalog sales, DMA says Description: Online holiday sales growth outpaces catalog sales, DMA says Internet holiday sales increased 23.6% year-over-year as of Dec. 5, outpacing catalog sales, which dropped 1.7% from
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Fashionmall.com Inc. acquires 3 fashion web sites Description: Fashionmall.com Inc. acquires 3 fashion web sites fashionmall.com Inc. has completed three acquisitions of the web operations and intellectual property assets over the last three
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Yahoo pumps up its advertising power Description: Yahoo Inc. is adding some advertising muscle with the recent purchase of an ad space exchange and rollout of its search marketing platform. The former could help Yahoo bulk up in the fledgling remnant online ad space market, but the company likely will continue to be bullied by Google when it comes to search marketing.
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Report Sees 3 Affiliate Models Emerging Description: Report Sees 3 Affiliate Models Emerging A new report from (www.forrester.com) Forrester Research Inc. foresees shifts in affiliate programs, with e-retailers and their media
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Report Sees Internet Car Sales Revving Up Description: Report Sees Internet Car Sales Revving Up Sales of new cars over the Internet, though stalled at $2.1 billion in 1999, will accelerate to $27.3 billion in 2004, according to
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Global Payments Expands Purchasing Card Offering to Include Web-based Level III Processing with 3Delta Systems Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 142 Description: TeamFanShop PC SVP VistaPrint firstStreet RFID TV
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Orbitz bookings grew 34% last year to $3.44 billion Description: Orbitz bookings grew 34% last year to $3.44 billion Gross bookings--the value of travel arrangements booked--at Chicago-based travel site Orbitz Inc. increased 34% in the year
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Virtual catalog introduces refocused branding of Bombay Kids Description: Virtual catalog introduces refocused branding of Bombay Kids Bombay Kids, the home accent retailers youth concept that launched as a single store and a catalog in 2002 and on
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Circuit City says good-bye to Amazon Description: Circuit City says good-bye to Amazon Circuit City, citing the small amount of sales generated through Amazon.com, terminated its multi-year contract with Amazon Monday to
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A new meaning to a greeting card with feelings Description: A new meaning to a greeting card with feelings Ecards.com announced that it will go live today as the first Internet greeting card site enabled with TouchSense technology from
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Q2 web sales sparkle for Bidz.com Description: Q2 web sales sparkle for Bidz.com E-commerce sales for Bidz.com Inc. sparkled in the second quarter. Bidz, an online jewelry retailer and auctioneer, posted web sales of $39.1
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Exciting Freetailer Debuts Description: Exciting Freetailer Debuts Excite@Home, Redwood City, Calif., has unveiled Freetailer, an e-commerce storefront service that enables users to create and manage a fully
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 249 Description: McClanan GSI Build-A-Bear EBIDTA FY Wal-Marts DVD EasyAsk
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 290 Description: TJMaxx.com: HPs OfficeMax CTO
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Transportation Management Software Serves the Needs of High-Volume Parcel Shippers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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e-Dialog names two publishing and marketing industry veterans as directors Description: e-Dialog names two publishing and marketing industry veterans as directors Online marketing services provider e-Dialog has named two publishing and marketing industry veterans to
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