E-Commerce
March 11, 2011
In part one of this series appearing in yesterday's ROI Report, I discussed best practices around four retail trends heavily discussed at this week's INNOVATE 2011, the Retail Innovation and Marketing Conference sponsored by the National Retail Federation. Here are four more:
March 10, 2011
A group called Alliance for Main Street Fairness argues that by failing to collect sales taxes, online retailers like Amazon have an unfair advantage over brick-and-mortar stores that's costing jobs, killing businesses and contributing to state budget deficits.
March 8, 2011
Once simply a counterpart to brick-and-mortar retail, e-commerce has quickly become an independent force in fashion — one that shows no signs of curbing its exponential growth. In just a few years, e-commerce has become an integral retail component for monolithic brands, department stores and fledgling designers alike.
March 7, 2011
Consumers are taking longer to make purchases online because they're doing more and more research on products, according to a new study released today from customer acquisition firm NetElixir.
March 7, 2011
Sears Holdings has joined other retailers, including Barnes & Noble, in inviting Amazon.com affiliates to work with its brand following Amazon's response to recent legislation related to collected taxes on e-commerce purchases.
March 7, 2011
BIA/Kelsey released a new forecast on U.S. consumer spending on deal-a-day offers, which the firm expects will grow from $873 million in 2010 to $3.9 billion in 2015, representing a 35.1 percent compound annual growth rate.
March 7, 2011
Macy's reported an impressive 30.9 percent gain in sales at its Macy's and Bloomingdales' websites last month. That growth contributed to the department store's ability to outpace analysts' estimates for February, with a 5.8 percent gain in the company's same-store sales.
March 7, 2011
Search “e-commerce solution” today and an overwhelming number of options come up. Sabir Semerkant remembers when there was only one option if you wanted to create an online store: do all the programming yourself.
March 4, 2011
In a fast-paced session at the opening day of the NEMOA directXchange conference in Boston, Ken Burke, chairman, founder and chief evangelist of MarketLive, an e-commerce software platform and service provider, and Kelly Goldsmith, e-commerce manager at Title Nine, a cross-channel retailer of women's athletic apparel, tackled the question all retailers want an answer to: How can I make money via social media?
