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Multi-channel retailers are slow to invest in online technology
Aug. 19, 2008 Online-only retailers are striving to differentiate themselves from store-based retailers by providing larger product assortments and more distinctive customer experiences online. But store-based retailers that move into online sales are holding off—focusing on basics like product information and availability ...
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Comparison Shopping
July 1, 2008 Comparison shopping goes from best practice to commonplace A home improvement retailer recently ran a TV spot showing a husband calling his wife on his cell phone to check prices on washing machines while he staked out the one that he wanted at the store. While on the phone, the sales associate leans ...
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The Top 500 Guide
Jun. 1, 2008 Store and catalog sales stalled in 2007, but e-commerce roared along as the retail industry’s growth engine By Mark Brohan If there is a silver lining to the clouds hanging over the retail industry, it’s the Internet. In 2007, high gas prices, a credit crunch and weaker consumer confidence added up ...
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Amazon.com pushes the m-commerce envelope with text messages
May 1, 2008 By Bill Siwicki E-commerce without transacting personal or financial information, without the Internet, even without a computer. Impossible? Not anymore. Amazon.com is pushing the m-commerce envelope with the launch of Amazon TextBuyIt, a new way of mobile shopping that bypasses its mobile web site ...
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Ka-ching, Ka-ching
Apr. 1, 2008 Examining payment options to find more ways into consumers’ wallets By Paul Demery Mike Hackley, CEO and co-founder of ShoppersChoice.com LLC, has yet to meet an online payment method he doesn’t like. “We have tons of payments systems because I think a retailer ought to have as many alternative payments ...
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Measuring web sales’ impact on financial success
Apr. 1, 2008 Many chain retailers have been secretive about online sales. While some report their numbers deep in government-required filings, those numbers often get little or no mention in earnings releases and many senior executives don’t mention them in analysts’ calls unless asked. That needs to change, says ...

Keep In Touch
Feb. 1, 2008 Three watchwords for e-retailers outsourcing their contact centers: monitor, measure and motivate By Don Davis The period leading up to Valentine’s Day is among the busiest times of the year for Vermont Teddy Bear, a multi-channel retailer of stuffed animals and other gift items. So disaster loomed ...
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Grocery and Convenience Retailers Prepare For Next-Generation Customer Loyalty Programs Using Retalix Software
Jan. 14, 2008 Dallas, TX, Jan. 10, 2008 – Retalix® (Nasdaq: RTLX), a global provider of software solutions for retailers and distributors, announced today that more than a dozen grocery and convenience chains from North America, Europe and Asia have recently selected Retalix Loyalty™ as their next-generation customer ...

Merchant Beware
Jan. 1, 2008 Mobile browsing and text messaging are giving shoppers new power in stores By Bill Siwicki After college students compile a list of textbooks they’ll need for the coming semester, they head to the campus bookstore. Web-only retailer AbeBooks Inc. carries a wide range of textbooks and wanted to step ...
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Housewares/Home Furnishings E-commerce sites as diverse as decorating tastes
Dec. 1, 2007 Housewares/Home Furnishings E-commerce sites as diverse as decorating tastes Housewares/ Home Furnishings CrateandBarrel.com LillianVernon.com Oneida.com RestorationHardware.com StacksandStacks.com Vivaterra Williams-Sonoma.com Tastes in housewares and home furnishings run the gamut. People want different ...
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