E-Commerce

Merchants Split on Groupon Satisfaction
August 11, 2011

The long-term profitability of participating in daily-deal promotions remains an open question for local businesses, even as services like Groupon remain popular and more businesses jump on board with deal offers.

8 Steps to Shoebuy.com's Success
August 10, 2011

Despite leaving the company five weeks ago, Shoebuy.com founder and former President and CEO Scott Savitz led a session at this week's eTail conference in Boston where he detailed the steps the online footwear retailer took to grow into one of the most successful online brands, averaging more than 8 million visitors to the site monthly and realizing gross margins in excess of 43 percent for those visitors.

Build-A-Bear Boosts E-Commerce With Online Catalog
August 10, 2011

Build-A-Bear Workshop is using ChannelAdvisor's solutions to transform its original print catalogs into interactive online sales tools, boosting the make-your-own stuffed animal retailer's online presence.

Q2 Retail E-Commerce Spending Up
August 9, 2011

comScore released its Q2 2011 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which shows that online retail spending reached $37.5 billion for the quarter, up 14 percent vs. a year ago. This growth rate represented the seventh consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth rates.

Groupon Subscriptions Hit 115M
August 9, 2011

Groupon subscribers have more than doubled to 115 million since the end of last year. The company had 50.58 million subscribers at the end of 2010. That jumped 64 percent to 83.1 million at the end of the first quarter. Since then, the number of subscribers has climbed to 115 million. That means subscribers are up about 38 percent since March 31.

Infographic: Coupon Use By The Numbers
August 9, 2011

RetailMeNot.com has released a new infographic that highlights the most popular times and days for coupon usage, as well as regional and international coupon behavior and average savings on a particular site.

Gilt Groupe Announces Launch of Men's Luxury Retail Site
August 9, 2011

Gilt Groupe announced the launch of its standalone luxury retail site for men, PARK & BOND. Built from the ground up to reflect the way men shop, PARK & BOND merges a curated selection of the world's best brands with a continuously updated mix of editorial content designed to give guys the inspiration and advice they need to look their best.

eBay to Launch Branded Outlet Stores in September
August 8, 2011

eBay told analysts in February it would launch branded outlet stores on its site later this year. eBay will launch the outlet stores on Sept. 19. They will include Neiman Marcus Last Call, William Rast, Spanx, Fila, Timberland, Brooks Brothers, Bluefly and Custo Barcelona.

Esquire, J.C. Penney Team Up to Launch E-Commerce Site
August 5, 2011

Clad, a new e-commerce partnership between J.C. Penney and Esquire magazine, will launch later this month. Clad will debut with labels including Michael Kors, Jack Spade, Rag & Bone, Cole Haan, Redwing, Vince, Seven for All Mankind, Citizens of Humanity, Joe’s Jeans, Hickey Freeman, Ben Sherman, Levi’s, Tumi, Malin + Goetz, Billy Jealousy and Kale Naturals.

Lantronix Launches New E-Commerce Store
August 4, 2011

Lantronix, a global provider of smart connectivity solutions that enable cloud-based access to any device anywhere, anytime, announced that it's launched the first Lantronix e-commerce store.