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BestBuy.com launched customized gaming PCs Description: BestBuy.com launched customized gaming PCs Best Buy Co. Inc. has launched an online program that enables customers to design Velocity Micro computer systems to meet their
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MLB.COM PASSES 6 MILLION TICKETS SOLD TO DATE COMPARED TO 3.9 MILLION FOR THE ENTIRE 2002 SEASON Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Customers & Marketing: Page 29 Description: UK Wi-Fi iTunes ROI
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One-day promotions producing major lifts for eBags Description: One-day promotions producing major lifts for eBags Ebags, Greenwood Village, CO, has seen sales lifts as high as 40% with a series of one-day online promotions its been running
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Banana Republic launches petites line exclusively online Description: Banana Republic launches petites line exclusively online Banana Republic, a division of The Gap Inc., this week launched a line of petite clothing to be sold exclusively online.
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CoolSavings chairman steps down Description: CoolSavings chairman steps down CoolSavings, a Chicago-based e-marketing company that provides targeted advertising and promotional incentives to online and offline companies, is
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ShopLocal names a new director of marketing services Description: ShopLocal names a new director of marketing services ShopLocal LLC, a provider of Internet advertising for local stores, has named Marion Black-Ruffin as director of marketing
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TV-based interactive retail faces a grim future in the U.K., its testbed Description: TV-based interactive retail faces a grim future in the U.K., its testbed The cost of developing interactive TV shopping in the U.K. is far outstripping the revenue and retailers
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Kelley Blue Book soups up internal search Description: Kelley Blue Book soups up internal search Kelley Blue Book is revving up its automotive research site with more advanced search features and functions. Kelley, which has provided
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Ulta plans an IPO and a web site makeover Description: Ulta plans an IPO and a web site makeover Ulta Cosmetics, Salon & Fragrance Inc. wants to go public and sees its e-commerce site as a significant growth opportunity, the retailer
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eBay leads in number of visitors to home-and-garden retail sites Description: eBay leads in number of visitors to home-and-garden retail sites EBay.com led all online retailers in the number of unique visitors to home-and-garden web sites for the week
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QRS Appoints Ray Rike to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations Description: Collaborative Commerce Industry Veteran to Drive Expansion of QRS Solutions Globally
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Bank of Montreal Online Marketplace Open for Business Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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ChainDrugStore.net Welcomes Two Additional Manufacturers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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eBay outpaces all others in visits to apparel and beauty web sites Description: eBay outpaces all others in visits to apparel and beauty web sites EBay.com led all retail web sites in the number of unique visitors to apparel and beauty destinations, with
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Arabic content destined for more multinational companies` web sites Description: Arabic content destined for more multinational companies` web sites With Arabic the language spoken by more than 230 million people, its no surprise that a survey by Byte Level
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Schlotzskys gets ready to roll out free wireless access to the Internet Description: Schlotzskys gets ready to roll out free wireless access to the Internet In one of the first practical applications of wireless fidelity web access by retailers, Schlotzskys
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Purchasing American Airlines Tickets Just Got Easier; World`s Largest Airline Partners with Western Union for Travelers Who Prefer to Pay in Cash Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online wholesaler DollarDays reports 1,000 new customers a day Description: Online wholesaler DollarDays reports 1,000 new customers a day Designed to help small merchants compete with large retailers, online wholesaler DollarDays International has
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 104 Description: Can-Spam
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Visa finally addresses service-quality problems for Verified by Visa Description: Visa finally addresses service-quality problems for Verified by Visa Visa U.S.A. has finally addressed the service quality issues that kept online merchants from signing up for
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Benchmark Brands, Inc., Appoints Michael Margolies Vice President, Creative Services Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Online art seller Eyestorm relaunches a re-designed web site Description: Online art seller Eyestorm relaunches a re-designed web site Online art site eyestorm.com has launched a re-designed site which the company says is easier for customers to use.
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ValueClick`s Be Free Announces Platform Enhancement Description: Web-Based Interface, New Features Augment Market-Leading Platform`s Ease of Use
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Shoppers worries about using credit cards online go beyond identity theft Description: Shoppers worries about using credit cards online go beyond identity theft Consumer concern about the safety and security of online credit card transactions has been
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Fluid promotes Andy Lloyd from VP, marketing, to CEO Description: Fluid promotes Andy Lloyd from VP, marketing, to CEO Fluid Inc., provider of online merchandising and display technology, has named Andy Lloyd chief executive officer. Lloyd
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SENDTEC ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF iFACTZ Description: New Tool Measures Online Response to Offline Media
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Triversity Introduces LaborWatch, a Web-based Workforce Management Solution Description: LaborWatch Integrates Time and Attendance, Labor Scheduling and Reporting Into an Easy-to-Use, Web-Based Solution
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Viking Office Products To Launch Direct Mail and E-Commerce Businesses In Spain Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Early Analysis Shows Hacker Attacks from Inside U.S. Description: Early Analysis Shows Hacker Attacks from Inside U.S. Internet and law enforcement officials suspect many computers were hijacked to launch denial of service attacks that have
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Proving the concept Description: Five retailers who are leading the way into the multi-channel world
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OverstockB2B.com hopes to woo small retailers with extra services Description: OverstockB2B.com hopes to woo small retailers with extra services Disappointed that not enough small retailers are using it to buy and sell merchandise, OverstockB2B.com hopes to
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French STIME Signs Contract with Retalix for the Rollout of Retalix StoreLine to 3,000 Mousquetaires-Intermarche Stores Throughout Europe Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Epsilon to acquire DoubleClick Email Solutions for $90 million Description: Epsilon to acquire DoubleClick Email Solutions for $90 million Following its purchase last fall of Bigfoot Interactive, the Epsilon marketing division of Alliance Data Systems
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 229 Description: MyPoints BBB
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Web Site Trends: Page 9 Description: SitStay.com CafePress.com
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Verity Reports Second-Quarter Fiscal 2005 Results Description: Second Quarter Revenues Increase 30% Year over Year
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Verified by Visa security program used as bait in phishing scams Description: Verified by Visa security program used as bait in phishing scams Even security programs can serve the efforts of criminals with schemes for online payment fraud. Visas Verified
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Q4 revenues rise 52% year-over-year at site search vendor FAST Description: Q4 revenues rise 52% year-over-year at site search vendor FAST Oslo, Norway-based site- and enterprise-search technology company Fast Search & Transfer posted record Q4 and
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Industry Issues & Trends: Page 122 Description: MasterCard, CFO ShopLocal COO VP SVP CEO FTC
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Online shopping grows 36% going into holiday shopping season Description: Online shopping grows 36% going into holiday shopping season Online retail spending grew 36% last week vs. the same week a year ago, reaching $988 million, ComScore Networks Inc.
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Make way for lower credit card costs Description: In another effort to reduce the risk merchants take to accept online transactions, Visa U.S.A. will test a program called iVerified by Visa that authenticates online shoppers. Speaking at the Smart Card Forums annual meeting in San Francisco in September, Visa said it will pilot the payer authentication service for six months beginning in early 2001 before determining if passwords reduce fraud and chargebacks from online transactions. Consumers will receive a password to use with their card numbers when shopping online. So far, four undisclosed merchants have signed on, although Visa expects to have up to six more.
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Bloomingdales.com pushes multi-channel sales with first search engine Description: Bloomingdales.com pushes multi-channel sales with first search engine Bloomingdales.com, the web site of Federated Department Stores Inc.s stylish department store
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Internet Retailer 2006: Report from the conference Description: A convergence of technology and customer desires
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Time Life terminates fulfillment operations with Lillian Vernon Description: Time Life terminates fulfillment operations with Lillian Vernon Time Life Music and Books will no longer rely on former sister company Lillian Vernon Corp. to handle fulfillment
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Wal-Mart Description: Ready to greet a tide of Internet newcomers, Wal-Mart unlocked the doors of its redesigned Web store on New Years Day. The redesign, in the works for much of last year, dovetails with the discounters plan to expand Internet access in rural areas via a partnership with America Online. In launching the new cobranded Internet service, the two companies intend to bring the Weband Web shoppingto communities without Internet access: about 40% of the towns in which Wal-Mart has stores.
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Sex and the City meets The Price is Right at Shop.com Description: Sex and the City meets The Price is Right at Shop.com Shop.com has launched a virtual shopping game called Cart Me Away, targeted at women and designed to test online
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Golf Galaxy tees up more auctions Description: Golf Galaxy tees up more auctions Golf Galaxy Inc., a multi-channel retailer of golfing gear, is expanding its online auction capacity. The Eden Prairie, MN-based retailer, which
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USA Hunting Supplies boosts sales and order values with security service Description: USA Hunting Supplies boosts sales and order values with security service In the first two months after displaying the Hacker Free logo from Xentinel Digital Security last fall,
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Google conquers the world in global survey of brand value Description: Google conquers the world in global survey of brand value The Internet changes everything, including the value of brand names. Thats the message from a global survey that ranks
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