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Opening e-retailers` eyes
Jun. 1, 2008 How merchants can make their web sites accessible to the blind. By Mary Wagner Web shoppers who mouse over a Microsoft keyboard depicted on Amazon.com�s home page see a small text tag appear next to the product image, which reads, "Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite." But shoppers at AmericanGirl ...
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Enabling Disabled Shoppers
Jan. 1, 2008 Multi-channel retailers, meet your multi-abled shoppers, who have money to spend By Lynne Brown In a global retail economy where customers can research, compare and shop for the best deals on products and services anytime and from anyplace, should a retailer ignore a market of more than 50 million ...
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Court approves class action status in blind access suit against Target.com
Oct. 3, 2007 A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California yesterday granted class action status to a lawsuit against Target Corp. The suit charges that Target.com violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying access to blind Internet users nationwide. The judge also ...

Target.com accessibility lawsuit approaches key hearing date
July 25, 2007 A federal court judge will hold a key hearing next Tuesday on the National Federation of the Blind’s lawsuit against Target.com. On July 31 Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will hear testimony on whether the federation has provided enough evidence ...

RadioShack is deploying web tools to assist vision-impaired shoppers
Jun. 13, 2007 RadioShack Corp. has announced it will follow guidelines designed to help blind computer users who use screen reader or magnification technology on their computers and who rely on a keyboard instead of a mouse. The company also will install equipment with tactile keypads to protect the privacy and ...
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Amazon will make its site more accessible to the visually impaired
Apr. 4, 2007 Though it hasn’t dropped its lawsuit against Target.com, the National Federation of the Blind has signed a new agreement with Amazon.com to improve how the visually impaired can navigate and shop the largest online retail site. The six-year agreement, which the National Federation of the Blind says ...

Target lawsuit pries open the business case for helping disabled people shop online
Jan. 1, 2007 Some web site challenges are not as daunting as they appear—while the payoff for meeting them can be far greater than expected. That’s what some experts in making retail web sites accessible to people with disabilities contend in the aftermath of legal action initiated against Target Corp. by the National ...

Big Ticket Items
Jan. 1, 2007 Event and movie tickets: Why wait in line when you can go online? By Bill Siwicki Today, instead of having to stand in line—sometimes for hours—or wait on the phone to buy tickets to events and movies, many people are sitting comfortably for just a few minutes purchasing tickets online. And a steadily ...

Blind advocacy group can sue Target over web accessibility, judge rules
Sep. 8, 2006 A class action lawsuit charging that Target Corp.’s web site is inaccessible to the blind can move forward, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The lawsuit—filed by the National Federation of the Blind and others—contends that Target.com violates the Americans with Disabilities Act because it’s impossible ...

Target is not just a defendant, but an example, plaintiffs’ attorney says
Feb. 21, 2006 A class-action lawsuit charging that Target.com has accessibility barriers preventing blind consumers from shopping online is meant to be an example to other non-compliant retailers, says the plaintiffs’ attorney Daniel F. Goldstein. Target.com is not the only site that has barriers preventing consumers ...


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