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08/01/2008 - Shoppers Like Peer Reviews
The popularity of shoppers' ONLINE reviews of products is leading to the use of peer reviews in emails, too.

08/01/2008 - ONLINE Fraud Rises
More consumers are being victimized by fraudulent use of their credit and debit cards to make ONLINE purchases, according to research firm Javelin Strategy & Research.

08/01/2008 - Martha Stewart Alters Strategy
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. has announced plans to get back into ONLINE selling.

08/01/2008 - Long Waits Harm Retailers
One in ten shoppers will leave a checkout line if the wait is too long.

08/01/2008 - Gaining Customer Confidence For More Sales
The Internet can provide store owners with a wider channel of distribution for their products.

08/01/2008 - Fees Squelch Web Sales
One reason why ONLINE shoppers abandon SHOPPING carts is the shipping fee, according to a recent survey by comScore Inc., conducted by PayPal.

08/01/2008 - Economy Favors ONLINE Growth
While consumers expect to decrease their overall spending this year, according to a recent survey, the decline will take place more offline than ONLINE.

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.

08/01/2008 - Consumers Flock to the Web
Nearly half of all Internet users worldwide will make ONLINE purchases this year, according to IDC data.

08/01/2008 - Checkout Options
Some retailers and wholesalers are still using their websites as more of an ONLINE catalog than an ecommerce engine and it is a shame to see them leaving so much money on the table.

08/01/2008 - Broadband Ramps Up
Two separate studies show that broadband is having an increasingly positive impact on Internet sales.

08/01/2008 - BabyEarth Unveils Demo On Demand
BabyEarth, the eco friendly baby goods retailer based in Austin, TX, has launched BabyEarthLIVE, which utilizes webcam technology to give ONLINE shoppers an in-store experience. The interactive service is free.

07/01/2008 - Nostalgia Reigns At Desperate Enterprises
In his book, "Walden," Henry David Thoreau asked, "Why should we be in such a desperate haste to succeed in such desperate enterprises?

07/01/2008 - Customer Surveys Reveal Site Weaknesses
In its simplest form, a dam is a structural system that controls the flow of water. It can stop the flow completely, or it can be opened up to allow water to flow through in a controlled manner.

07/01/2008 - Coping With Site Objectives
Search engine optimization sometimes conflicts with other design goals, according to the Rimm-Kaufman Group, a search marketing and consulting firm.

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 - Tips for Designing Websites
Have you ever stepped back, looked at your website, scratched your head and wondered, "I think my site looks good, so why is it not generating sales?"

06/01/2008 - Payment System for Retailers
Authorize.Net has launched a new ONLINE payment service designed for specialty merchants that typically sell one item per order.

06/01/2008 - Licensed Characters From NJ Croce
In 1983, when Nick Croce, Jr's father, Nicholas, announced that they were switching from brassware to Gumby products, Nick Jr thought he was crazy.

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

06/01/2008 - Gas Prices Drive Shoppers To Web
Concerns about the economy and rising gasoline prices may send more shoppers to the web. They cite the convenience and savings on gas in a recent survey by the investment firm of Piper Jaffray.

05/01/2008 - Veteran Web Buyers VS. Rookies
Nearly three quarters of U.S. consumers say they have shopped ONLINE, according to Forrester Research

05/01/2008 - The Joy of Accessories
In 1973, Debbie Tierney was selling jewelry and accessories to her hairdresser for extra money, while her husband was at work. She envisioned growth, but nothing more than simply selling to a few more hairdressers and some local shops.

05/01/2008 - Shoppers Research ONLINE
Researching ONLINE prior to buying continues to gain among today's ONLINE shoppers.

05/01/2008 - Identity Marketing
Retailers employ different marketing strategies these days. As competition for consumers' disposable dollars intensifies, retailers take very different routes to improving and maintaining their market share.

05/01/2008 - Going Organic: Optimizing for Search to Increase Website Sales
Gaining exposure about your web business and its products or services is critical. As I stated in my last column, if a potential customer does not know you exist during their buying process, then you have no chance to make a sale.

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.

05/01/2008 - Cool Feet Are Hot Items
The 13th century Persian poet, Rumi, wrote, "Let what you love be what you do," and Cindy Schultz, owner of www.MyCoolFeet.net is a perfect example of that.

04/01/2008 - Shoppers Shift Channels
Televised SHOPPING shows and infomercials remain powerful ways to interest consumers in buying.

04/01/2008 - Rhino Mart Charges Ahead
Like the principles in Rhinoceros Success, the book that inspired him, Drawlon Tsang, owner of Rhino Mart, is a focused, take charge person who has always accomplished his goals.

04/01/2008 - Google Tops Searches
One quarter of ONLINE shoppers open the door via search engines, according to Hitwise, the Internet research firm. This is the same percent that came from search engines a year ago.

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.

03/01/2008 - Style & Service Drive Sales At Pacific Link
Years ago, Ron Bryan was managing a mall cart kiosk business in the Atlanta, GA area, when Pacific Link Sunglasses General Manager, David Rice, approached him about joining his company.

02/01/2008 - Affluent Love Bargains
It's hardly surprising that consumers would cite price as the most important factor in clinching an ONLINE purchase.

01/01/2008 - Web Buying Habits
Easy search tools were seen as the most useful and desired characteristic of retail websites in a recent survey from The E-tailing Group Inc.

01/01/2008 - Shoppers Need Visuals
"People don't shop by reading text, they shop by visuals, like color and style," said Joe Chung, CEO and co founder of Allurent Inc., a web technology firm.

01/01/2008 - New Tactics for Sears
Sears Holding Corporation has instituted a number of new initiatives. Chief among them is an innovative service that crosses the company's Internet and brick and mortar SHOPPING channels.

01/01/2008 - Generating Post Sale Buys
In the last column I provided ten sure-fire ways to reduce your SHOPPING cart abandonment rate.

12/01/2007 - Amazon.com Ranked #1
Though customers have infinite options for SHOPPING ONLINE, a few companies stand out as favorites, according to an inaugural Favorite 50 survey, conducted by BIGresearch.

12/01/2007 - Abandonment Solutions
Working hard attracting visitors, motivating them to add items to their cart, while later having them abandon the ordering process without buying is despairing.

11/01/2007 - Websites to Get Facelifts
As today's shoppers become more discriminating about their interactions ONLINE, the stakes are being raised for retailers to provide a consistently positive, more sophisticated experience.

11/01/2007 - Web Apparel Sales Skyrocket
Apparel has become the largest and fastest growing component of internet product sales. Combined ONLINE sales of apparel, footwear and fashion accessories, excluding jewelry, moved ahead of computer hardware and software in 2006.

11/01/2007 - Optimizing Product Pages For Sales
Usability research from Nielsen Norman Group (E-Commerce User Experience, pg. 26) suggests that there are two primary reasons why website visitors decide not to purchase from a website:

11/01/2007 - NRF Pushes Web Tax
The National Retail Federation (NRF) and nearly 100 retailers and trade associations are asking Congress to approve legislation

11/01/2007 - Email Results
Engaging ONLINE customers requires more than quick thank you notes for buying or signing up for newsletters.

11/01/2007 - Consumers Want Cross Channels
Consumers' expectations of a multichannel SHOPPING experience are high, according to a survey from Sterling Commerce, which is a unit of AT&T, Inc.

10/01/2007 - OfficeMax Aids Small Biz
VistaPrint Ltd., an ONLINE supplier of graphic design services and customized printed products for small businesses, is going into retail stores through an alliance with OfficeMax Inc.

10/01/2007 - Fun Friends
In 1998, Julian Parry, CEO and co-founder of Fun Friends, a company that manufactures novelty cell phone covers, was a man with a vision, but he did not know it.

10/01/2007 - Fit Consumers Spend Big
Retailers have much to gain from tapping into the market of consumers who participate in sports and fitness activities.

09/01/2007 - Teamwork Drives UB2B's Success
One of the key components of Fatima Siner's game plan for business success includes the philosophy used by all winning football coaches: surround yourself with the best assistants and the most talented personnel.