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Online sales to reach $211 bln in 2006

Online sales are expected to rise 20% in 2006 to $211 bln, with pet supplies and cosmetics experiencing leading growth, Forrester Research reports. Excluding travel, 2006 sales are expected to increase 22% to $138 bln. Computer hardware and software, cars, and apparel, accessories and footwear are expected to be the...

Tags: Online sale, sales

Blog posts 2006-05-23

Online holiday spending to increase 5% in 2005, reach $435 bln

The National Retail Federation estimates total holiday spending during 2005 holiday season will increase 5% over 2004 to $435 bln. Online sales are expected to jump 22% to $172 bln, a figure that includes online travel purchases. If the $62 bln expected from online travel were taken out, online retail...

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Blog posts 2005-10-18

Online sales to grow 16% in 2005

Online sales will grow by 16% in 2005, according to Forrester The last six years have delivered growth rates approaching 100%, so the rise next year will seem like a slowdown to many retailers.

Tags: Online sale

Blog posts 2004-11-25

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Amazon's Black Friday HDTV deals include Panasonic plasmas

Though only 6 percent of you said in our poll that you plan to shop at Amazon.com for an HDTV on Black Friday, I still thought I should point out the deals that the online retailing giant is offering. Unlike many of the other stores' Black Friday specials, Amazon has...

Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, Amazon.com Inc., 1080p, BD-P160, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Another Apple Black Friday leak rumor - with prices!

Congrats ZDNet on the Apple advertising contract!!What with 15 blog posts advertising Apple's upcoming Black Friday sale and the nearly full page Apple video advertisement that you've been running here recently, I can only conclude that all blog posting must now be approved by Apple's marketing department. Hope the compensation...

Tags: Blogging, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Black Friday

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple's Black Friday sale to include online shopping

Black Friday needs to be replacedTime is worth more than money to a lot of us. The hassle and time loss of trying to cash in on a Black Friday deal just isn't worth it. It's time electronics merchants realized that they would sell a lot more merchandise if they...

Tags: Apple Inc., Black Friday

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple's Black Friday sale to include online shopping

Apple's Black Friday sale is official and it includes online shopping. The rest of the details are a mystery and Apple hasn't confirmed the amount of the cuts. by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-23

A Chrome OS Video Tour

Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Full Wal-Mart Black Friday ad hits Internet, complete with Samsung, Sony HDTV deals

If you read yesterday's post, you already know about a few of Wal-Mart's Black Friday home theater deals, including a $78 Blu-ray player. At long last, Wal-Mart's full Black Friday ad has hit the Web, and it includes some of those brand names that the earlier deals lacked. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Advertisement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, LCD, 1080p, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Niacin best for raising good cholesterol

i'm a pharmacist...and this article is a rubishDO NOT trust this type of cheap propagandaI'm also a pharmacist...agree!The "study" consisted of only 300 or so "patients"...not large enough to be statistically significant. Not only that, it was funded by a competitor to Zetia/Vytorin!Now, I'm not saying niacin...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, cholesterol, Health Care professional, CEC, Costco, pharmacist, Dana, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

Windows for freeI think a lot of consumers and businesses also would not object to their desktop being used as an advertising space by Microsoft if this would let them use Windows at no charge. I believe Google is going in the same direction with their ChromeOS.Its an operating system!!Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 8, advertisement, advertiser, downloadable theme, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Bing 2.0 debuts

Bing Image SearchSpeaking of Bing, I recently did some Bing Image Searches, and found that they produced better results than Google Image Searches.Just keeps getting better.I don't know how anyone using Bing could find anything to complain about. In fact all the complaints I do see come from people...

Tags: SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Netflix arriving on PlayStation 3 next month

Hail PS3!! PS3 is on the roar.. After beating XBox after a long time in console sale, they are back in news again after a successful deal with netflix.I was expecting this deal a year before. But its never too late. All the things will turn out to be good...

Tags: Game players, Linux, Right Now IT, XBL, Sony PlayStation 3, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

PG Real Estate Solution OCT.2009 (Windows)

PG Real Estate--a turnkey solution to build a Real Estate Web Site. Highly flexible, it is a perfect solution for Powerful Real Estate Portal (property lease, rent and sale marketplace), Independent Realtors or Real Estate Agencies. The script has a flexible structure allowing you to manage your site via site...

Tags: Payment, Administrator, Microsoft Windows, Pilot, Operational Accounting, Real Estate, Finance, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-10-22

NPR and Livio partner for Wi-Fi radio device

Hearst has said it is developing an e-reader, and now another news organization is simply creating its own tech gadget. Livio and National Public Radio NPR have partnered for the first Internet radio device, aptly named the NPR Radio. Featuring exclusive NPR...

Tags: NPR, Radio, Wi-Fi, National Public Radio Inc., Livio, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-20

FF Inventory Pro Deluxe 5.5 (Windows)

Includes e-mail and bar code support, user-defined aging categories, importing/exporting. Unlimited vendors, purchase orders, receivers, invoices, quotes, estimates, payments, customers and products. Limited only by hard-disk space. Fast, compact 32-bit program execution. Requires less than 5 megabytes of hard disk space. No runtime's or DLL's. All files stored in same...

Tags: Hard-disk Space, Stock, Invoice, Microsoft Windows, M & R Technologies, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2009-10-16

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Tealeaf: 80% report problems with online shopping, many tell their friends

online shoppingI do virtually all my shopping online and I have saved thousands of dollars, with so few negatives that they represent less than 1% of my online shopping experience. I do not like some of the "far east" web stores quite so much since they require a bit...

Tags: Sales channel, Branding, TeaLeaf Technology Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Home Finder Real Estate Tool for iPhone 2.0 (Mobile)

Home Finder Real Estate Tool for iPhone brings millions of properties to your iPhone or iPod touch. It searches some of the top online real estate sources like Trulia and Google Base including its indexes of many of the largest MLSs, real estate companies, and for sale by owner websites....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Alexander Mobile, Real Estate, Smart Phones, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-08