E-Commerce Report: Retailerâs Shortcut From Desktop to Store
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Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs.
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Small customers will soon get access to an online marketplace for "software as a service" applications.
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Shop4Tech.com, an e-commerce site that sells optical storage devices and computer related products, was named for the second consecutive year as a Top 500 E-Retailer by Internet Retailer.
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In terms of usability and addressing the fact that most eBay users probably are not very efficient searchers, eBay has added this incredibly useful quick navigation tool for holiday shoppers trying to get their last minute hands on a Nintendo Wii or Sony Playstation 3:  It&#8217;s linear, yet non-linear, efficient and somewhat 2.0 in design, great [...]
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E-commerce Web services specialist is helping retailers take the guesswork out of setting up shop on Amazon.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.  - When you walk through the doors of Borders' new concept store, the place feels familiar. As with any big-box bookstore, you'll find a coffee shop over here and some strategically placed leather chairs over there. And, of course, lots of books. But follow the table of books snaking off to the right, and you'll come face-to-face with Borders' newest retail strategy: a digital center where you can download music or books, burn CDs, research family histories, print pictures and order leather-bound books crammed with family photos - with help from clerks who know how to do those sorts of things and won't embarrass you if you don't.
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Many people do extensive product research online but end up buying from brick and mortar retailers.  How can you track the effectiveness of search marketing campaigns that result in offline purchases?
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Internet retailers are figuring out what online shoppers really want and adding features to help, such as top-10 lists of hot sellers, gift picks by category and product ratings and reviews.
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Why do we buy? Because marketers know we can't help it. Here are six of their retailing tricks.
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One-stop shopping takes another step forward.
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Millions of us flip on the TV set after a hard day's work. But a large and growing number reach instead for the power buttons on their home computers. They buy the latest tunes over the Internet, through services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store, or rent films through services like CinemaNow. The flicks sit on their hard drives, ...
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Slackers, rejoice! Remote controls can now be used to shop from home.
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The computer maker takes a first step toward transforming its ailing model of selling direct to consumers.
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Streamlined multifunction device aimed at helping company gain ground in business copier market.
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At a time when conventional retailing has been sluggish at best, e-commerce is flourishing.
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Direct sales aren't working the same magic they once did for the PC maker. Can it now cash in at retail?
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Four years ago, I bought a book entitled, "Mac OSX: The Missing Manual" and noticed it had reached the #1 best sellers slot at Amazon. I remember wondering how an operating system with 3% of the PC Desktop market could sell enough books to rank #1. Then, I realized there I was buying one too. I didn't use a Mac, but my wife bought one and needed to learn this new fangled UNIX desktop. The point? The Missing Manual served a big need - big enough to warrant a #1 best seller.