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04/01/2011 - NationalGift.com Offers Complete ECOMMERCE Solutions
Many distributors start off as traditional wholesalers, stocking goods in warehouses and relying on field reps and faxes for orders.

03/01/2011 - Landing Pages Drive Conversion
Effective landing page design can drive ECOMMERCE conversions, as every online RETAILer wants to convert browsing consumers into paying customers.

03/01/2011 - Online RETAIL Sales Rise 11 Percent
ECOMMERCE research firm comScore Inc. has released its fourth quarter 2010 U.S. RETAIL ECOMMERCE sales estimates.

03/01/2011 - More RETAILers Move To ECOMMERCE
Electronic commerce is gaining in importance, according to a new study by RETAIL Systems Research.

02/01/2011 - Is Chat Dead or Live?
A big advantage that brick and mortar stores have over ECOMMERCE sites boils down to a simple phrase, "May I help you?" When a customer looks confused in a brick and mortar store, a clerk can stop to offer personal assistance.

02/01/2011 - Toy and Game Forecast
From radio band helicopters to rubber band bracelets, it is not easy to figure out the next hot toy.

02/01/2011 - Summit Road Launches New Site
A premiere wholesale distribution company is moving even more of its business online. Summit Road Distributing, selling a large assortment of products, dipped its toes in the ECOMMERCE waters years ago with a site on WholesaleCentral.com.

02/01/2011 - ASD Vegas Opens Feb. 27
The ASD Show returns to Las Vegas February 27 - March 2, attracting 40,000 to 50,000 attendees, with buyers from all over the U.S. and overseas.

01/01/2011 - Moving To Mobile ECOMMERCE
Converging trend lines show that the importance of mobile computing and smartphone shopping is beginning to be seen on the RETAIL front.

12/01/2010 - Online Fraud: Threat, Prevention, and Recovery
Anyone who buys or sells on the Internet may be vulnerable to online fraud.

12/01/2010 - Top Holiday Trends Have ECOMMERCE Implications
The National RETAIL Federation recently released a list of top holiday trends, based on its holiday RETAIL forecast.

11/01/2010 - Via Trading Adds Spanish-Language Site
In November 2002, Via Trading made its first sale.

11/01/2010 - Holiday Web Sales Uptick?
Coming off a summer that saw significant online sales growth, several forecasters are dreaming about the upcoming holiday season.

10/01/2010 - Payvment Launches Shopping Cart for Facebook
Payvment, the leading shopping platform on Facebook, today announced the release of a new application programming interface (API).

10/01/2010 - E-RETAIL Sales Grow Twice As Fast As Brick And Mortar Sales
Total U.S. sales of goods online continues a trend of growing twice as fast as total sales of RETAIL goods.

07/01/2010 - Profits From Abandoned Carts
Every ECOMMERCE shopping cart that does not get pushed to checkout is a lost sale.

07/01/2010 - ECOMMERCE Leads the Pack
Online RETAIL sales jumped 14 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to an AdWeek report citing U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

06/01/2010 - Unlocking ECOMMERCE Software to Grow Your Business
It's one of the age-old dilemmas faced by business owners: You've got a terrific product or service to sell, but not a good means of selling it.

05/01/2010 - Sweet Success With Candy Concepts
CandyConceptsInc.com is not just about candy. In fact, candy now accounts for a mere ten to 15 percent of the company's sales.

04/01/2010 - Organizing Across Channels
For companies with more than one presence, it can be a challenge to figure out how best to organize for the purposes of serving the customer and doing business, both effectively and profitably.

03/01/2010 - Gift Dropship.com Offers Preloaded Sites
After a RETAILer, eBay store, flea marketer or anyone else who sells product sets up an account at Gift Dropship.com, they can simply visit that website, order the product and have it shipped in their store's name to their customer

03/01/2010 - Geolocation Enhances E-RETAIL
While the benefits to consumers of shopping online are obvious, there is also a benefit to be gained by linking those customers to the real world.

02/01/2010 - Online Shopping Boom Expected
The Internet looks to be poised to become an even bigger force than ever in the world of RETAIL in 2010.

12/01/2009 - Shared SSL Certificates vs. Private
A big part of increasing conversion on an ECOMMERCE site involves building trust and credibility with your customers.

11/01/2009 - What Makes Web RETAIL Tick
Calling ECOMMERCE, "The bright side of RETAIL," during her keynote address at the 2009 Shop.org Annual Summit, Sucharita Mulpuru of Forrester Research spelled out six things online RETAILers have done right.

09/01/2009 - Content Trumps All
Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to designing a RETAIL website, according to Lauren Freedman, president of research and consulting for E-Tailing Group Inc.

08/01/2009 - Online RETAILers Shift Tactics
The economy is forcing web RETAILers to change their marketing tactics, in order to acquire and retain customers.

06/01/2009 - Multichannel Marketing
What is Multichannel Marketing? For someone new to ECOMMERCE, and even those that have been around for awhile, it is something that you must understand and use in today's ever-growing, ever-changing online marketplace.

06/01/2009 - How Web Surfers Find RETAILers
Typing the URL of a RETAILer into a browser window, search and email marketing continue to be the top methods consumers use to get to RETAIL websites, according to the Etailing Group 8th Annual Merchant Survey.

04/01/2009 - Three Big ECOMMERCE Tips
With the economic crisis forcing small business owners to slash costs, while trying to build up sales and revenue, ECOMMERCE is increasingly seen as an attractive market environment.

04/01/2009 - Store Pickup Gains
Web shoppers and RETAILers alike are increasingly favoring in-store pickups, according to a recent study by Forrester Research Inc.

04/01/2009 - Sites Wield Influence
User reviews and recommendations on online RETAIL sites are more useful for typical web shoppers who plan to reduce the amount of money they spend on a variety of products, according to a recent study.

04/01/2009 - 3 Most Important Web Pages
To be successful in ECOMMERCE, you need to be proactive, not passive.

03/01/2009 - U.S. ECOMMERCE Comeback Seen by 2010
ECOMMERCE in the United States is expected to climb back to last year's levels by 2010 after experiencing slowing growth in 2009 due to the recession, a research group said recently.

03/01/2009 - SalesOne: Sharing Success With RETAILers
One way to describe Mark Hollis, President of SalesOne International, LLC, is a visionary with an excellent sense of timing, who makes many decisions by instinct.

01/01/2009 - RETAILing to Etailing
Independent RETAIL businesses still without a website are not alone. According to a recent study by research firm, Warrillow & Co., a whopping 59 percent of small businesses do not have a site yet.

12/01/2008 - In-Store Pickup Improves
Shoppers who order online for in-store pickup are more likely to find the item ready and waiting when they arrive at the store this year.

12/01/2008 - Good Web Shopping
If a shopper has a bad experience on a RETAIL website, the online merchant may never see that shopper again, just as a store would not regain a disappointed shopper.

12/01/2008 - E-Tail Marketplaces
Small and mid-sized online merchants who have not experimented with e-tail marketplaces are leaving money on the table.

11/01/2008 - Village Wrought Iron: A Touch of Tradition
In a high-tech world where manufacturing mass quantities has become the cost-effective norm, it is refreshing to find a company that retains traditional values of domestic labor and hand-crafting.

11/01/2008 - RETAILers See Strength Online
Online RETAILers reported profitability last year and believe online shopping will be more resilient than other channels in the months ahead, according to a newly released study by Forrester Research for Shop.org.

10/01/2008 - Prep Websites for Holidays
More consumers are expected to shop online this holiday season. Now is the time to make sure your RETAIL website is ready to maximize the potential.

08/01/2008 - Easy DVD Profits
Those who equate low priced DVDs with poor quality have never purchased from SuperDVDMart.com, a company which manufactures about 100,000 DVDs on-site every day using professional, digitized, high-definition printing.

07/01/2008 - White-Hot Holiday Products
ECOMMERCE has helped the holiday product niche skyrocket over the years, offering more unique, high quality products at increasingly better prices.

07/01/2008 - Meeting Global Challenges
The decline of the U.S. dollar has led many domestic online RETAILers to consider targeting international markets as a way of expanding their customer base and revenue.

06/01/2008 - Wholesalers Ease Web Buying
RETAILers and other buyers who go online to research and obtain products are finding it easier to navigate wholesalers' websites.

06/01/2008 - India RETAILer Targets U.S.
India's largest RETAILer is targeting Indian consumers in America.

05/01/2008 - MarketLive Launches FastTrack 2008
MarketLive, Inc., the leading global ECOMMERCE software and service provider for RETAILers.

05/01/2008 - Cross Channel RETAILing
RETAILers are beginning to improve how they serve customers across RETAILing channels, according to Rob Garf, VP and general manager of RETAIL strategies at AMR Research Inc., a research and advisory firm.

03/01/2008 - Vertex Launches Tax Automation Tool
Vertex Inc., a leading provider of tax technology solutions, has unveiled their Vertex O Series RETAIL Solution, an application that presents RETAILers with consistent, accurate sales tax calculations.