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eBay, Wal-Mart Receive Most Visits – Update
Online auction retailer eBay and discount retailer Wal-Mart received the most online visitors in July 2010, according to [pdf] comScore MediaMetrix data.
During July 2010, eBay received about 69.5 million unique U.S. visitors, placing it 13th among all sites and making it the most-visited site whose primary function is retailing. About 32.5% of the roughly 213.6 million unique U.S. internet...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Dell, Google, Rue La La
Dell Grows Revenue 22%
Online consumer electronics retailer Dell increased total company revenue 22% in Q2 fiscal 2010. Operating income grew 11%. Source: Dell Inc.
Google Acquires Like.com
Google has acquired Like.com, a visual search engine for shoppers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source: Like.com
Rue La La Fashions a Niche
The first e-mail notifying Rue La La members about...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Wal-Mart, Herrell’s, Frugal Shopping
Top 5 Social Retailers: Wal-Mart, Best Buy Lead List
It’s probably no surprise that Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is also a big player in the world of social retailing. The Bentonville-based giant leads the Top Five list of Social Retailing All-Stars compiled by RIS News. Source: RIS News
Herrell’s Plans Boston Return
Herrell’s, the ice cream chain that shuttered its Boston-area...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ CVS, Movie Gallery, Google
CVS Reports Record Q1 Results
Drugstore retailer CVS Caremark has reported record financial results for Q1 fiscal 2010, including net revenues of $23.8 billion. Operating income totaled $773 million. Source: CVS Caremark
Movie Gallery to Cease US Operations
Media entertainment retailer Movie Gallery plans to close its remaining 2,145 U.S. stores. Movie Gallery, which recently placed its U.S....
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‘The Daily Wrap: Starbucks, Williams-Sonoma, Best Buy
Starbucks Plans Major Marketing Push
Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. plans to spend more on marketing in its current fiscal quarter than at any other time in its history. Starbucks CFO Troy Alstead told attendees at an investors’ conference that Starbucks will heavily promote the relaunch of its frappucino drink and availability of Via instant coffee, among other initiatives. Source: Dow...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Wal-Mart, Food Lion, Neiman Marcus
Wal-Mart Workers Can File Gender Bias Class Action Suit
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco, CA has ruled in favor of as many as 1 million female Wal-Mart employees who want to sue Wal-Mart over alleged unequal pay as a group. Wal-Mart plans to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Source: Business Week
Food Lion Introduces Coupon Kiosks
Southeastern supermarket retailer Food...
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Google Partnership Brings Product Ratings to AdWords, Natural Search Results
A new partnership between Google and Bazaarvoice allows retailers and manufacturers to display online product reviews and ratings right within their AdWords campaigns.
The ads will show how many users have reviewed a product, along with the average rating given in a five-star rating system. Bazaarvoice is Google’s first publicly integrated platform partner for product review content. The new...
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Google Page Indexing Creates Leads
The more pages a company has indexed by Google, the more leads it will generate, according to research by internet marketing firm Hubspot.
Incremental Indexed Pages Can Cause Double-digit Lead GrowthThere is a strong positive correlation between the number of Google indexed pages and median leads. An incremental increase of 50-100 pages indexed by Google can cause lead growth in double-digit...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Wal-Mart, Supervalu, Google
Wal-Mart Recruits Vets for Management
Discount retailer Wal-Mart is one of many U.S. companies recruiting junior military officers who have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts as managers. Wal-Mart is finding that lieutenants and captains with wartime experience have maturity and leadership abilities many non-veterans their age lack. Source: Fortune
Supervalu Buyout Speculated
Many...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Staples, B&N, Costco
Staples Launches B2B Site
Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of office supply retailer Staples, Inc., has launched a new web site, StaplesAdvantage.com, to address what the company calls customers’ growing demands for supplier consolidation and reduced procurement costs. Current and prospective customers can view the full scale of Staples Advantage’s products and services....
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