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- Colorado Springs Retail Briefs: April 25, 2008
- Shop.org says that technology used to track how consumers shop provides a variety of benefits, isn't harmful and isn't as widely opposed as critics claim. Shop.org, the digital division of the National Retail Federation, is recommending that the Federal Trade Commission move slowly in attempts to set voluntary...
- Research articles 2008-04-25
- INDUSTRY NEWS
- Online traffic onCyber Monday up 26% over 2006Millions of Americans set their sights on web sites on November 26 to snap up holiday deals and browse for bargains. According to the Hitwise Retail 100 Index, provided first to Shop.org, traffic to retail web sites on Cyber Monday rose 26 percent...
- Research articles 2007-12-15
- Consumers Shopped from Home to Tie Cyber Monday Sales Record, or So They Say
- Cyber Monday this year may not have emerged as the biggest online holiday shopping day in history, but it tied for the title. Despite the strong showing, and to the relief for employers, less shopping may have come on the boss’s time. Digital marketing...
- Blog posts 2009-12-02
- At Shop.Org Event, MoreVisibility Offers Retailers Valuable Advice for Increasing Online Sales
- BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Retailers and e-commerce companies looking to improve their Search Engine Marketing & Optimization results can arrange no-obligation briefings with executives of MoreVisibility at the National Retail Federation's Shop.Org event held Jan. 19-20 at New York's Chelsea Piers.
- Research articles 2005-01-10
- Powered Helps Shop.org FirstLook 2007 Attendees Use Online Consumer Education to Drive Sales & Loyalty
- Powered Director & Vice President of Business Development Paul Franz Appointed to Shop.org Member Services Committee
- Research articles 2007-01-29
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- Powered Sponsors Shop.org Annual Summit to Bring Online Consumer Education to Retail Market
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Powered, the leading provider of online consumer education programs for Global 2000 brands, today announced that it is a silver sponsor at the Shop.org Annual Summit, where retailers from around the country converge to network, learn and exchange ideas around multi-channel retail. Powered will provide Shop.org attendees...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- ADVISORY/Retailers Test New Technologies To Improve Online Sales for Holidays
- Business Editors ADVISORY... --BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 13, 2000TOPIC: With the busy retail season looming, online stores are using new technologies to improve customer service. A 1999 study by Boston Consulting Group and Shop.org showed that 65 percent of online buyers go through the entire shopping process only to stop...
- Research articles 2000-10-13
- Understanding Mail-Order Sales
- Mail-order sales continue to flourish, in part because companies can attract customers without incurring overhead costs such as retail space and related expenses. Specialty catalogers — particularly those that sell niche items like hand-made apparel, kitchen equipment, luxury items, and organic foods — have enjoyed considerable success. This article looks...
- Articles 2007-11-09
- Powered Helps Shop.org Online Marketing Workshop Attendees Tap the Power of Online Consumer Education
- Retailers attending leading interactive marketing forum can access case studies, best practices and real-world tips on using free online courses to build brand and drive sales
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Dot.com grows up
- NEW YORK -- Internet retailing has survived the dot.com boom and bust to become a more mature business with an emphasis on profitability and viability. It is also a business that continues to grow, according to McKinsey & Co. director Christiana Shi, who delivered a presentation at the recent...
- Research articles 2005-04-25
- So long, Cyber Monday?
- As long as there has been e-commerce, there has been Cyber Monday. But is that old gem of the new economy endangered? Online retailers for the last decade have counted on the Monday after Thanksgiving to deliver for Web merchants what Black Friday does for bricks-and-mortar stores -- a turbo...
- News items 2009-11-26
- Retailer Ready Cyber Monday Promos
- Cyber Monday, a term coined by Shop.org in 2005, began after retailers noticed a trend of people shopping online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. This year, 87.1 percent of retailers will have a special promotion for Cyber Monday, up from 83.7 percent last year and 72.2 percent in 2007, according...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Whole Foods CEO Blames the Media
- Whole Foods CEO Blames the MediaWhole FoodsAfter reading the story concerning Whole Foods-I would like to express that you cannot compare generic chain stores with specialty grocers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or other organic retail distributors. I always find it amazing that people take better care of their...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Composing Knockout Sales Letters
- A sales letter is a low-cost selling tool; in fact, an email version is one of the most cost-effective ways to reach customers. A good letter by itself may be enough to get the message across. However, in most cases, sales letters are best used in conjunction with other promotional...
- Articles 2007-10-11
- The Comcast-NBC Mega-Deal Moves Forward
- According to the New York Times , General Electric GE is one step closer to handing over NBC Universal to Comcast CMCSA. The firm has â??reached a tentative agreementâ?? with French media company Vivendi to buy its 20 percent stake in NBC...
- News items 2009-12-01
- Online Retailers To Have Better Holiday Season
- Overall retail sales are expected to show no gain this holiday shopping season, while online retail sales in the U.S. will reach $44.7 billion during the holiday season, an eight percent increase over last year, according to a new report by Forrester Research.The growth rate represents an increase from 2008,...
- News items 2009-11-02
- Holiday Bonus
- With the holidays around the corner, now is a great time to add some special features to one's website that will likely increase sales. There are four specific things a person can do, according to the "2004 Shop.org/BizRate.com Online Holiday Mood Study." The study found that the most successful website...
- White papers 2005-01-09
- Amazon vs. eBay: The Giants of E-Commerce Duke It Out
- Scot Wingo submits: This is the first of a four part series focusing in on eBay EBAY and Amazon AMZN. This series comes from many questions we are receiving at ChannelAdvisor from our customers and prospects (and the press/Wall St.) about what...
- External links 2009-02-05
- Which Companies Will Win The Battle For The E-Book Consumer
- We’ve been writing a lot about e-reader devices, but let’s focus on the content for a moment. Why? Because selling a lifetime of e-book content to consumers is the end game of many companies in this space, especially Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). The sky’s...
- External links 2009-12-04
- What Is a Results-Only Work Environment?
- What Is a Results-Only Work Environment?RE: What Is a Results-Only Work Environment?I see a lot of plus points & benefits of ROWE as far as the Individual remains sincere & focused on his work whether its his personal or official work. The employee who works 8 to 5 tend...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
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