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How Ice.com increased conversion rates by up to 50% with site search Description: How Ice.com increased conversion rates by up to 50% with site search By automatically displaying top sellers in site search results, jewelry retailer Ice.com has produced 25-50%
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How a re-design helped babystyle.com boost its completed checkout rate Description: How a re-design helped babystyle.com boost its completed checkout rate The Babystyle.com site of Estyle Inc. increased sales by 25% when a re-design of the checkout process
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Webs influence on in-store purchase is rising, study finds Description: Webs influence on in-store purchase is rising, study finds Broadcast media gets big budgets from marketers, but new study shows the Internet is exerting a greater influence on
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ExactTarget files for an initial public offering of stock Description: ExactTarget files for an initial public offering of stock Though the company has yet to set terms, e-mail services provider ExactTarget Inc. has filed for an initial public
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Amazon adopts a new approach to multi-channel retailing Description: Amazon adopts a new approach to multi-channel retailing The original pure-play is going multi-channel. Amazon.com Inc. and Borders Group Inc. announced today that they will offer
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Corporate Express Canada Selects Flow Systems to Streamline its Product Content Management and Multichannel Catalog Publishing Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Sterling Commerce Provides Kroger With Tighter Supply Chain Collaboration Description: Sterling Commerce solution offers increased accuracy, timeliness and operating efficiencies
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Nothing beats good old-fashioned A/B testing, says Omniture CEO Description: Nothing beats good old-fashioned A/B testing, says Omniture CEO Marketing 101 still applies to the Internet, John Pestana, president, cofounder and chairman of analytics company
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Tool King expects to more than quadruple sales to $100 million in 3 years Description: Tool King expects to more than quadruple sales to $100 million in 3 years With about 80% of its sales now on the web, Tool King LLC is building toward $100 million in sales
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Shop.orgs board gets four new members Description: Shop.orgs board gets four new members Trade group Shop.org, part of the National Retail Federation, has elected four new board members: Gary Briggs, senior vice president,
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Even used books are on Christmas giving lists Description: Even used books are on Christmas giving lists This holiday season, Abebooks Inc. is stressing the breadth of its inventory of rare, used and out-of-print books, as well as unique
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CircuitCity.com unveils social networking destination Description: CircuitCity.com unveils social networking destination CircuitCity.com has launched CityCenter Community, a social networking online gathering place for shoppers and sales
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RightNow Technologies adds 600 customers in 2000 Description: RightNow Technologies adds 600 customers in 2000 RightNow Technologies, a leading provider of Web customer service solutions, today announced that over 1,000 companies have
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Search Engine Marketing Firm, Oneupweb Launches New Site, www.oneupweb.com, Speaking Directly to Marketing Professionals Description: No jargon! Oneupwebs New Site Provides Businesses with Vital Information on How Search Marketing Drives Online Results
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PriceGrabber.com, MLB.com weigh in on spyware issue Description: PriceGrabber.com, MLB.com weigh in on spyware issue Both PriceGrabber.com and MLB.com have weighed in on the increasingly contentious issue of spyware or adware, issuing
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Sterling Commerce Delivers Industry`s First Packaged Composite Applications to Accelerate Revenue Growth in Multi-Channel Distribution Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Q2 revenue at eCost.com falls 30% to $28.8 million Description: Q2 revenue at eCost.com falls 30% to $28.8 million Although second-quarter total revenue at parent company and fulfillment services provider PFSWeb climbed 28.7% year-to-year,
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Cyber Monday shows strong sales, but the best is yet to come, retailers say Description: Cyber Monday shows strong sales, but the best is yet to come, retailers say Online retailers reported strong year-over-year growth in Cyber Monday sales, though high volumes for
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Customers & Marketing: Page 227 Description: comScore
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Ebags cuts 25% from workforce Description: Ebags cuts 25% from workforce Greenwood Village, Colo.-based eBags passed out pink slips to 22 employees, or about one-quarter of its staff, last week. The company cited a need
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Circle K hopes web-enabled kiosks will help it sell convenience Description: Circle K hopes web-enabled kiosks will help it sell convenience Convenience store chain Circle K views web-enabled kiosks in its stores as another way to provide convenience to
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Automating the online fraud fight Description: Automating the online fraud fight Fraudulent transactions among leading e-retailers is down to less than 1%, according to a recent survey from CyberSource Corp. But keeping them
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The shopping deadline looming, online shoppers start looking for gift cards Description: The shopping deadline looming, online shoppers start looking for gift cards As Christmas approached, online shoppers searches for gift cards spiked, according to web traffic
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Adlex Launches UserVisibility Web: DoubleClick To Implement New Performance Management Appliance Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Unanchoring the big O Description: The Big O is becoming Mobile O. Overstock.com is expanding its wireless commerce program with an initiative it has dubbed Mobile O.
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Guitar Center now has an e-commerce duet Description: Guitar Center now has an e-commerce duet Guitar Center Inc. is launching GuitarCenter.com, a new web site designed to expedite the companys multi-channel retail program. Guitar
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Crutchfield helps customers assemble audio/video setups online Description: Crutchfield helps customers assemble audio/video setups online Crutchfield Corp. has introduced the Home System Planning Center, a suite of online tools that customers can use to
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GiftCertificates.com adds more than 30 merchant partners Description: GiftCertificates.com adds more than 30 merchant partners Building on the growing popularity of gift certificates, J.C. Penney, Overstock.com and TigerDirect.com are among the
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RedPrairie and Wavetrend Partner to Provide Advanced Active RFID Solutions Description: RedPrairie Integrates Active RFID Systems from Wavetrend for Asset Visibility, Security and Supply Chain Condition Monitoring
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Toys R Us posts January through June online sales of $126 million Description: Toys R Us posts January through June online sales of $126 million Toys R Us is reporting a solid gain in web sales for the second quarter and for the first half of the year.
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J. Crew catalog sales slip, web sales up 29% Description: J. Crew catalog sales slip, web sales up 29% E-commerce sales continue to grow at multi-channel retailer J. Crew Group Inc. Second quarter web revenue was $57.3 million compared
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A New Era for eBay Sellers: CrossPitch Releases Its Innovative Cross-Promotional Gallery Solution for eBay Sellers Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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UPS will raise rates 4.9% as of Jan. 1 Description: UPS will raise rates 4.9% as of Jan. 1 United Parcel Service of America Inc., UPS, announced today that it will raise prices an average of 4.9% for ground and air shipments
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How GSI Commerce manages e-mail marketing with dozens of partners Description: How GSI Commerce manages e-mail marketing with dozens of partners To get more effective e-mail marketing at the more than 45 e-commerce web sites it operates, GSI Commerce Inc.
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Strategies and Profiles: Page 420 Description: 7-Eleven REIs FindWhat.com WorldPay TruServe`s
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Gift site sent packing Description: Gift site sent packing Another dot-com took it on the chin this week. Send.com, a 4-year-old gift site, replaced its home page with a letter from its CEO and founder Michael
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Best Buy sees a future on eBay, with current as well as end-of-life product Description: Best Buy sees a future on eBay, with current as well as end-of-life product Best Buy Co. Inc. has been pleased with its liquidation initiatives at eBay and is planning to expand
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Moosejaw trims content as well as design to fit m-commerce Description: Moosejaw trims content as well as design to fit m-commerce When Moosejaw Mountaineering began exploring mobile commerce three years ago, the technology wasnt ready. And
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Q3 revenue at PFSWebs eCost.com rises 62% to $27 million Description: Q3 revenue at PFSWebs eCost.com rises 62% to $27 million Revenue at e-retailer eCost.com rose 62% to $27 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $16.7 million a
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Marketworks Signs on CFO, VP of Sales and VP of Marketing as Result of Growth in Customer Acquisition and International Expansion Description: The Leading Sales Automation Provider Broadens Product from Strictly eBay to Multi-Channel Online Selling
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Rise in search marketing increases concerns about click fraud and rankings Description: Rise in search marketing increases concerns about click fraud and rankings Although most search marketers are not concerned about click fraud, their concern rises as the
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Retail promotional e-mail hits record delivery rate, study says Description: Retail promotional e-mail hits record delivery rate, study says Promotional e-mail sent by retailers reached a record 95.9% delivery rate in the second quarter, Bigfoot
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Inovis Reports Results for Second Quarter 2005 Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Food and Drug: Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Apparel retailers are tops in October web performance Description: Apparel retailers are tops in October web performance Apparel and accessories retailers provided customers with high broadband connections the fastest access time in October,
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Finish Line Pairs Up with ForeSee Results to Measure Online Customer Satisfaction Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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GERS adds two senior level executives Description: GERS adds two senior level executives GERS Retail Systems, a provider of enterprise software for retailers, has hired Bob Tuttle as senior vice president of sales and Amir
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Double-digit increase in visits at 8 of the top 10 home and garden sites Description: Double-digit increase in visits at 8 of the top 10 home and garden sites Eight of the top 10 online home and garden sites experienced double-digit growth in visits in June,
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Online sales hit $7.45 billion in Q2, 0.9% of retail sales, says new report Description: Online sales hit $7.45 billion in Q2, 0.9% of retail sales, says new report Online retail sales reached $7.458 billion in the second quarter, down 1.8% from the first quarter but
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Sharper Image has a great March, including a 37% gain in web sales Description: Sharper Image has a great March, including a 37% gain in web sales Sales boomed at Sharper Image Corp. in March, including a 37% gain in web sales, the company reported today.
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