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NCR and Blockbuster launch a web site that lets customers rent DVDs online
NCR Corp., which has a licensing agreement with Blockbuster Inc. to install and operate Blockbuster’s Blockbuster Express kiosks, has launched a web site that allows customers to rent DVDs online and pick up the DVDs from a selected kiosk.
BrooksBrothers.com is ready to handle busy shopping periods
BrooksBrothers.com can handle a seven-fold increase in web transactions, according to results of a recent load test.
New CDNetworks system speeds content flow between web servers and browsers
Content delivery network CD Networks has introduced an application designed to speed the delivery of content from web-based applications, such as those in software-as-a-service environments that support retail web sites.
Poorly designed pages and unnecessary images can hurt site performance
Web retailers are increasingly using more images on their product pages. But too many images enhanced with unnecessary rich media can have a negative impact on page load times, says Timberline Interactive vice president Tom Funk.
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Visa plans spring launch of online payment service
Visa Inc. will launch its Rightcliq payments, comparison shopping and web browsing service in the spring, Elizabeth Buse, the card network’s global head of product, said today during the company’s Investor Day in San Francisco.
Innovation is key for e-marketers as consumers become more demanding
Buy.com’s Jeff Wisot, vice president of marketing, will talk at the Internet Retailer Conference about how e-marketers can win consumers who have grown more cautious and less passive.
Retailers must evaluate imaging to improve mobile performance, expert says
There’s a difference, sometimes big, between desktop broadband and mobile device wireless. To improve mobile performance, merchants should consider smaller graphics, and replacing graphics with text, says Steve Slezak of m-commerce provider Digby.
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Internet Retailer introduces the most comprehensive data resource on e-retailing:
Top500Guide.com. All data
on America's 500 largest e-retailers—80,000 facts in all—are now in an online database which users can access
anytime from anywhere and instantly generate reports in response to their custom queries. With the Top500Guide.com, subscribers can:
- Compare any group of e-retailers on any key aspect of e-retailing performance.
- Generate reports based on hundreds of queries.
- Access data on more than 1,800 e-retailing professionals.
- Review profiles and operating data on any e-retailer in the Top 500.
- Obtain a free copy of 2009 printed edition of the Top 500 Guide, coming in May.
For details, click here.
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