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Sales Aren't Dead, They're Online

Few retailers are looking at 2008 as a good year for growth, but there's one area where expansion efforts could pay off: online sales. The State of Retailing Online 2008: Marketing Report -- released last week at the Shop.org Online Marketing Workshop in Scottsdale, AZ -- predicts a 17 percent...

Tags: Shop.org, Retail Company, Forrester Research Inc., Sales Strategy, Retail, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Karen

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Would Anyone Tell a Friend?

Shop.org's Strategy & Information Forum is going on this week in Orlando. The theme this year: Web 2.0 and it's implications for retailing. Neil Clemmons from the Experience Matters blog is attending and picked up a simple but powerful insight from keynote speaker, Andy Sernovitz, one of the founders of...

Tags: Blogging, Jessica Stillman, Andy Sernovitz

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Additional Resources

BroadVision to Highlight Commerce Agility Suite and eMerchandising Solutions at Events in France and U.S

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- BroadVision, Inc., (OTCBB:BVSN), a global provider of strategic e-business solutions, today announces that it will participate in the following events to showcase the agile e-commerce solution, Commerce Agility Suite CAS and application for online B2B and B2C merchants - eMerchandising. * Internet Retailer Conference...

Articles 2008-06-02

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...

Articles 2008-04-25

Colorado Springs Retail Briefs: April 11, 2008

Online spending is expected to increase 17 percent this year, despite a sluggish economy. Retail sales online, excluding travel purchases, are expected to grow to $204 billion, compared to $174.5 billion during 2007. Online sales are fueled by sales of apparel, computers and automobiles,...

Articles 2008-04-11

eCommerce Still Growing in a Slowing Economy

PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite possible economic hardships, Internet retail continues to see steady growth. According to a study recently released on Shop.org and conducted by Forrester Research, "U.S. online sales grew 21% to $175 billion in 2007, or 6% of retail sales, and will total...

Articles 2008-04-09

Online Sales to Climb Despite Struggling Economy According to Shop.org/Forrester Research Study

Online Retail Sales to Reach $204 Billion This Year SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In a year where retail industry sales are expected to experience sluggish growth, Americans will continue to flock to the Internet for clothing, computers, and even cars. According to The State of Retailing Online 2008, the...

Articles 2008-04-08

Resources.(E-Mail)(Brief article)

E-mail=Sales E-mail delivers sales at an average cost per order of less than $7. That compares with $71.89 for banner ads, $26.75 for paid search and $17.47 for affiliate programs. Source: Shop.org's "State of Retailing Online 2007,'' September 2007...

Articles 2008-03-24

Allurent Enhances E-Commerce Solution with Adobe Scene7 Technology

New Integrated Solution to Provide Superior Online Shopping Experiences CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- AllurentTM today announced that it will integrate Adobe Scene7 OnDemand technology into its suite of e-commerce software products to provide online retailers with a one-stop shop for creating compelling shopping experiences that leverage the combination of...

Articles 2008-02-12

Baynote and Alibris CEOs to Present at Shop.org's 2008 Strategy & Innovation Forum

Baynote, Inc. ( www.baynote.com ), a leader inintent-driven product and content recommendations for the business web,today announced that CEO Jack Jia will speak at Shop.org's 2008 Strategy &Innovation Forum ( http://www.shop.org/innovation08/ ), held January 22-24 atthe Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando. In a session titled "Monetizing theLong Tail," Mr....

Articles 2008-01-21

Aggregate Knowledge To Drive Discovery at Shop.org 2008 Strategy and Innovation Forum

Aggregate Knowledge CEO Paul Martino to Speak on the Panel "Monetizing Web 2.0: Integrating User-Generated Content to Drive Sales" SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Aggregate Knowledge, the leader in the new category of Discovery, today announced that its CEO and founder Paul Martino will be speaking on the "CEO...

Articles 2008-01-17

CyberMonday.com raises $300K for scholarships

Shop.org's CyberMonday.com Web site raised more than $300,000 for the Ray M. Greenly Scholarship Fund. The scholarship fund was established furing January 2006 to provide financial support to students pursuing careers in e- commerce and commemorates the life of Ray Greenly, an online retail industry veteran who...

Articles 2008-01-04

INDUSTRY NEWS

Online traffic on Cyber Monday up 26% over 2006 Millions 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...

Articles 2007-12-15

Holiday shoppers shell out cash in stores and online

Black Friday has come and gone as well as Cyber Monday, a less- hyped event that unofficially marks the first day of online shopping for the holiday season with overall positive results so far. Cyber Monday, a sort of pseudo-holiday, was created by Shop.org, a division...

Articles 2007-11-27

Cyber Monday to ring in online shopping season

With home prices down and gas prices up, holiday shopping is a question mark. But the outlook for online gifts is bright. Cyber Monday--the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season, or the Internet equivalent of the Friday after Thanksgiving--promises to deliver big numbers for e-commerce sites...

Articles 2007-11-19

Retailers gear up for Cyber Monday

Almost three-quarters of Internet retailers will offer special deals on Cyber Monday to kick off the holiday online shopping season, a National Retail Federation survey out today shows. The survey of 116 retailers found 72% plan special offers. Only 43% featured similar offers two years ago, when the...

Articles 2007-11-19

Retailers Think Big for Cyber Monday with One-Day Sales as More Americans Shop from Work

To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: Kathy Grannis or Ellen Davis, both of Shop.org - ADivision of the National Retail Federation, +1-202-783-7971,grannisk@nrf.com or davise@nrf.com - CyberMonday.com to Offer Promos from 550 Retailers - WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Holiday shopperswaiting for the best online deals wont have to wait much longer.This...

Articles 2007-11-19

Email, SEO, Usability Are Top Holiday Priorities for Online Marketers, According to Brulant Study

CLEVELAND -- Email marketing, search engine optimization SEO, and usability/customer experience are the top priorities for online marketers this holiday season according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted by online solutions provider Brulant at the Shop.org 2007 Annual Summit held in Las Vegas in September. Sixty-four...

Articles 2007-11-12

Many online retailers offer free shipping for holidays

The majority of online retailers hope to entice shoppers this holiday season by offering free shipping, and almost half will offer it without conditions, a National Retail Federation study out today shows. "It almost has become a cost of doing business for the holiday season," says Scott Silverman,...

Articles 2007-10-24

Mall Networks Wins WebAward for Excellence in Online Shopping Sites

Web Marketing Association honors leading provider of loyalty shopping solutions with Standard of Excellence Award for the CyberMonday.com online shopping mall LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Mall Networks, the leading provider of online malls and loyalty shopping solutions, today announced that it has received the 2007 Standard of Excellence WebAward...

Articles 2007-10-04