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The big chains weigh in
Aug. 1, 2008 Large retailers boost investments in their sites, forcing everyone else to play a better game By Paul Demery At Sears Holdings Corp., same-store sales at Sears and Kmart retail chains declined 8.6% for the quarter that ended May 3, the company lost $56 million and shuttered 62 stores, yet the company ...
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Keeping Order
Jun. 1, 2008 Keeping Order Anywhere, anytime: the new benchmark for taking and fulfilling customer requests By Paul Demery Taking orders from passionate customers is never easy, but with the onset of spring and a new golf season underway, Golfsmith knows it must step up its game in the way it handles and fulfills ...
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To build, buy or outsource
Jan. 1, 2008 That is the question By Mary Wagner Neil Kugelman, CEO of online jeweler Goldspeed.com, is convinced there is no better way to run his business than outsourcing his e-commerce platform. “Today I’d only go with a hosted solution,” says Kugelman, a client of on-demand, software as a service platform ...
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Online sales pick up while store traffic sags
Dec. 19, 2007 Online sales picked up last week, increasing by 22% over last year, according to comScore Inc. Store sales were disappointing, and analysts blamed bad weather, high gasoline prices and procrastinating consumers. A Consumer Reports survey suggests many consumers are indeed behind on their shopping—35 ...
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How SitStay.com fit Big Blue into a smaller budget
Dec. 4, 2007 Among the online retailers that use IBM’s WebSphere e-commerce software are Staples, which is No. 2 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, and No. 23 L.L. Bean. But SitStay.com, which has yet to crack the Top 500, found a way to acquire the IBM technology at a fraction of the usual cost, and now aims ...
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More than just gift sites benefit from the surge in online holiday shopping
Nov. 30, 2007 All kinds of retail web sites experienced a boost on the Monday after Thanksgiving, not just sites associated with traditional gift-giving. Among them: The HP Home & Home Office Store at hpshopping.com reports that traffic increased 28% on Monday from a year ago and that total web sales were up ...

Retailers have their say in shaping new OrderMotion software
Nov. 16, 2007 OrderMotion Inc. is relying heavily on input from its retailer customers in deciding how to enhance its software for managing orders and customer data. Retailers that use OrderMotion’s hosted service can suggest improvements on the company’s online IdeaExchange site, and other retailers can see those ...
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OrderMotion adds 38 clients, gets $2.5 million in funding
Sep. 13, 2007 OrderMotion Inc., a provider of order management and other e-commerce technology, signed on 38 new merchant clients and landed $2.5 million in venture cash from MMV Financial Inc., the company says. OrderMotion plans to use the funds to expand its sales and marketing efforts among small and mid-size ...

Beanbasket.com integrates with Merchant Advantage for marketplace orders
Sep. 13, 2007 Beanbasket.com, a provider of e-commerce shopping cart technology, has integrated its technology with Merchant Advantage to enable small retailers to accept orders through third-party comparison shopping sites, Beanbasket said today. Beanbasket, a division of Beantree Inc., Appleton, WI, serves retailers ...

What to Look For
Sep. 1, 2007 Striving to make every customer’s wish come true, retailers upgrade order management By Don Davis Multi-channel retailers are under pressure to fulfill orders in customer-pleasing ways, whether that means a small retailer providing a FedEx tracking number or a big retail chain enabling customers to ...
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