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08/01/2008 - French Court Finds eBay Guilty
The commercial court in Paris, France has found eBay guilty of misconduct by upholding claims by Louis Vuitton Malletier and Christian Dior Couture about SALES of counterfeits.

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 - Broadband Ramps Up
Two separate studies show that broadband is having an increasingly positive impact on Internet SALES.

08/01/2008 - Amazon Adds Office Products
Just in time for Back to School, and in the midst of evidence that people are increasingly turning to the internet instead of driving to stores, Amazon.com Inc. has created a new office supplies section to its WEBsite.

07/01/2008 - Nordstrom Adds Store Pick-Up
By September, Nordstrom Inc. expects to enable shoppers at its WEBsite to pick up product at the nearest store.

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.

07/01/2008 - ClassifiedFlyerAds Makes 'Bid' to Help eBay Sellers
eBay store owners can now advertise their items for SALE to thousands of users outside of the eBay site thanks to ClassifiedFlyerAds.com.

07/01/2008 - Buyers Network Speeds Transactions
In addition to all its free and convenient features, WholeSALECentral.com also allows users to utilize a free Buyers Network.

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?"

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 - 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.

04/01/2008 - WEB Cash Payment Sparks SALES
As lending standards tighten and credit card interest mounts, several online retailers are reacting by offering interest free, cash payment checkout options for shoppers.

04/01/2008 - Payment Fraud Grows
The percentage of online revenue lost to fraud in 2007 held steady with 2006 at 1.4 percent.

04/01/2008 - Exist or Not Exist: Securing the Buyer's Attention
In last month's column, I wrote about building SALES momentum through relevance and consistency.

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 - Movies 4 WholeSALE
This company routinely stocks more than six million DVDs, along with PC software, console games, video games and more.

03/01/2008 - Customer Is King At Amglo
Amglo Inc., located on the WEB at www.amgloinc.net, is a direct importer and wholeSALEr of an all encompassing selection of seasonal merchandise.

03/01/2008 - Building Relevance And SALES Momentum
Relevance occurs when an input (a sight, sound, a display, words) connects with an individual's background to yield conclusions that matter to them, like answering a question

02/01/2008 - Retail Tax Debate
The debate on Internet taxation is underway, and not surprisingly, brick and mortar retailers online, and other direct merchants have opposing views.

02/01/2008 - Golden Compass Increases WEB SALES
I have noticed a recurring problem among merchants who have contacted me to help them increase their WEBsite SALES.

02/01/2008 - Bolster Global eCommerce
Global eCommerce has incredible possibilities when it comes to SALES. Buyers are able to find the best prices, and sellers can connect with the greatest number of customers.

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 - Siezing an Opportunity: Kalan Aquires Funworks
There are times in business when you have to pounce on an opportunity. If not, you may never get the same kind of chance again.

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 - Walgreens & AARP Join Forces
A new alliance between Walgreen Co. and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) sees green in gray.

12/01/2007 - One Stop Shopping At Ohio WholeSALE
The concept for Ohio WholeSALE, Inc. began more than thirty years ago, when Nick and Terry Harbarger traveled to Mexico to purchase giftware items, which they sold in the US.

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 - Tying Online/In-Store Channels Together
In-store tools and activities tying cross channel efforts together more smoothly might seem to be a natural complement to online marketing.

11/01/2007 - Revamped Travel Site Increases Conversions
With ecommerce easily being more than a decade old, one might think that the art of site design would be a little further along than it is.

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 - Five Steps To Successful Pay Per Click
There are three ways to grow a business.

10/01/2007 - WEB Dreams Come True For Blue Bay
Remember those stories in the late 1990s about Internet startups and their employees, working nearly around the clock, catching brief snoozes on the office floor and dreaming of their big IPO on Wall Street?

10/01/2007 - Strategies to Skyrocket WEB SALES
In the last issue of WEB WholeSALEr, I explained how to overcome a high bounce rate of visitors arriving on your WEBsite, only to immediately leave without taking one step deeper into your site.

10/01/2007 - New Daily Closeout Alert Newsletter
A brand new service is available to online buyers to help find closeout and liquidation merchandise.

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.

09/01/2007 - WEB Profits: Proven How-To Strategies to Skyrocket WEB SALES
Last month I presented the importance of knowing your WEBsite performance numbers. Knowing these numbers enables you to decide where to focus your efforts, including time and money to increase your WEBsite SALES.

09/01/2007 - WEB Info Breeds SALES
Consumers are more likely to return to a WEBsite or shop in a retailer's store if they can obtain complete product information online.

09/01/2007 - Social Shopping Sites
People who love to shop, also love to talk about shopping.

09/01/2007 - Buying Made Easy At MegaDropshippers.com
While the Internet has changed the landscape of business dramatically, many times value of a good SALES offer still reigns supreme.

09/01/2007 - Buyers Network Streamlined WholeSALE Buying
WholeSALEcentral.com has a unique and revolutionary service for resellers called Buyers Network.

09/01/2007 - Benefits of Vertical Search Engines
The Internet is a vast repository of information which can seduce busy wholeSALE buyers to spend hours searching for products and services for their businesses.

09/01/2007 - Back to School Update
Spending on back to school merchandise this fall is expected to average $563.49, up 6.9 percent from last year's average of $527.08.

08/01/2007 - WEB Bankers Spend Big
Fifty percent of consumers who both shop and bank online spend 117 percent more than the average WEB shopper, according to a new study by J.C. Williams Group. This means opportunities for online merchants.

08/01/2007 - SilverSource.com Grows Online
Some companies get things right the first time, whether they are marketing online or offline.

08/01/2007 - Fresh Toys & Novelties Push Retail Profits
The number of new toys and novelties that come to market each year is a tribute to the imagination of inventors, designers, and suppliers.

08/01/2007 - FashionPenny.com: A Family Tradition Of Success
If you were to make a map of Robert Vayner's personal journey to becoming a successful businessman, it would be dotted with precious minerals.