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60% of internet users would change online retailers for Web 2.0 tools: More than 60% of internet users drawn to online retailers that employ Web 2.0 tools and techniques. 35% of them say they’re most likely to return to a shopping website if it makes recommendations on products or services for sale, according to Guidance and Synovate. 26% want “a unique experience...; Tags: Web, Internet User, Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Tool, Web 2.0, Retail, Internet, Productivity, E-business/E-Commerce, NB; Blog posts 2008-04-27
Online Retailer Adopts Software-Plus-Services to Connect With Customers: Play.com is the fourth largest online retailer in the United Kingdom. the company has been investigating new ways to interact with its customers. Having successfully incorporated customer reviews into the site, Play.com decided to enhance the Web site further, to: encourage customers to interact with each other; make play.com features...; Tags: Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Customer, Microsoft Corp., Play.com, Retail, Web Site Development, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet; Case studies 2008-01-01
Analyst: E-tailers may get coal in their stockings: A Bear Stearns analyst argues that e-tailers will be under pressure as consumers slow spending. Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck said in a research note Friday that e-commerce warning signals abound. "The season is clearly being impacted by the general consumer pullback, with concerns on oil, housing,...; Tags: Growth, Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Robert Peck, Amazon.com Inc., E-business/E-Commerce, Retail, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-14
Vista OEM prices finally appear: Over the weekend, I got an e-mail offer from an online retailer offering to sell me an OEM copy of Windows Vista. Although the official Vista launch isnt for another week, it looks like online merchants have jumped the gun.Along with these announcements comes a hint of what OEM pricing...; Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM; Blog posts 2007-01-22
Merchants on Google Checkout: undermines our customer relationships: Google Checkout is against the best interests of merchants, I posited such upon its launch in "Google Checkout to merchants: Give us your customers, and your advertising" and warned merchants about Google's designs:What merchant would say no to a proposition such as Google’s to 'sell more and spend less?' Those...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Checkout; Blog posts 2006-08-21

92% of pure online retailers will have advertised offline by year-end 2005: 92% of pure-play online retailers will advertise offline in 2005, compared with 93% of multi-channel retailers. 63% will send out catalogs, 59% - direct mail. 54% of online retailers will try to drive traffic to their sites with magazine advertising; 41% with newspapers; 35% with television; and 32% with radio,...; Tags: retail company, online retail company; Blog posts 2005-12-01
Rising gas prices fuel e-tailer anxieties: Rising gas prices fuel e-tailer anxietiesCall 1-800-WAAAAHHH.I'll see your $3/gal, and raise you two more.:o)NewEgg rocksLeave it to NewEgg to keep its customers as the top Priority. NewEgg is the best site out there!!!!RE: Rising gas prices fuel e-tailer anxietiesI don't know about you guy's and gals, but I have...; Tags: Newegg.com, fossil fuel, anxiety, online retail company; Discussion threads 2005-08-19
Holiday E-Tail Performance Index 2004: The 2004-2005 holiday shopping season was a very telling one for many online retailers. With the seemingly ever-growing popularity of online shopping, retailers are becoming more and more reliant on the Internet channel to drive revenue. The E-tail index itself consists of benchmarked availability and response time data for 20+...; Tags: Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Web Application, Gomez Advisors Inc., E-tail, Retail, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet; White papers 2005-08-15
Conversion rates for online retailers: QVC - 16.3%, Lands End - 14.8%, Sportsmans Guide - 13.5%: Nielsen//NetRatings released the first Internet retail report card from its MegaView Online Retail service. The report card highlights the top 10 online retailers ranked by sales conversion rates, and top 15 product categories ranked by average order size during February 2005. Among the top 10 online retailers ranked by conversion...; Tags: online retail company, retail company; Blog posts 2005-04-11
Conversion rates for online retailers: QVC - 16.3%, Lands End - 14.8%, Sportsmans Guide - 13.5%: Nielsen//NetRatings released the first Internet retail report card from its MegaView Online Retail service. The report card highlights the top 10 online retailers ranked by sales conversion rates, and top 15 product categories ranked by average order size during February 2005. Among the top 10 online retailers ranked by conversion...; Tags: online retail company, retail company; Blog posts 2005-04-11
Maximizing Profits with Comparison Shopping Engines: Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) like Shopping.com, Shopzilla, NexTag, Yahoo! Shopping and others can provide an excellent ROI when used effectively by online retailers. A marketing strategy that is based on the unique behaviors of the CSEs allows retailers to maximize the ROI of each advertising dollar at the CSEs....; Tags: Channel Intelligence Inc., Online Retail Company, Retail Company, ROI, Retail, Roi/Tco, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing Research, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Internet, Marketing; White papers
Online Retailer Boosts Customer Service With Improved Employee Productivity: Bow.it is an Italian online retailer specialising in computer hardware and software. The company completes around 3,500 orders each month and generates an annual turnover of ?15 million. It receives many thousands of e-mails from its customers containing product or order queries. To improve customer service, the company required a...; Tags: Customer Service, Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Microsoft Corp., Bow.it, Retail, E-mail, E-business/E-Commerce, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies

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We've been acquired: Nothing like scanning the headlines and finding out your parent company has been acquired. CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. The details: "Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per...; Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Financial Services, Development Tools, Finance, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Ask.com buys Dictionary.com; Bolsters reference content: Ask.com plans to buy Lexico Publishing Group, the company behind Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com, for an undisclosed sum. The fourth largest search engine briefed a few reporters on its plans such as News.com's Stephen Shankland. The deal is expected to be officially announced Thursday. ...; Tags: Ask.com, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices: I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Aviv Raff drops an 0-day for IE 7.0 and 8.0b on XP: I've been busy all day and just haven't been able to get to it until now, but Aviv Raff is a seriously bad man. I follow his blog religiously as he always has some cool stuff going on and a lot of it tends to be thought provoking for other...; Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Aviv Raff, Blogging, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
UC Law bans classroom web access: I love having Internet access during my grad classes. I can get additional references for any information presented with a quick bit of Googling, I can examine alternate viewpoints, or I can look at last week's homework. Of course, I can also check my email, write a blog...; Tags: Web, Professor, Student, University Of Chicago Law School, Law School, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Britain releases its X-Files: The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...; Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Spam king, phishing buddy hit for $200m: Spam king Sanford Wallace and phishing buddy Walter Rines hijacked some 300,000 MySpace accounts and sent hundreds of thousands of spam messages and comments across the service. They got their punishment today: a whopping $225 million judgment in favor of MySpace, Information Week reports. "By using hijacked...; Tags: MySpace, Phishing, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-14