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Retail Email, Amazon Sales Agreements, Best Buy Postpones European Expansion
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending June 10, 2011, according to the Retail Email Blog.
That is down 4% week-over-week, on par with where it was four weeks ago, and up 9% year-over-year,
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Amazon.com sent notices Friday to the owners of Connecticut websites saying the...
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Promotional Email, sneeqpeeq Social App, Safeway Personalized Pricing
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers 3.2 promotional emails on average during the week ending May 20, 2011, according to the Retail Email Blog.
That’s up 7% week-over-week, down 4% from where it was four weeks ago, and up 22% year-over-year.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
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eBay Buys Where, Best Buy Video Games, Weis Facebook Coupons
eBay will purchase Where Inc., a company that makes location software for smartphones, according to the Boston Globe. Where’s software, which helps mobile phone users find retail business such as shops and restaurants, will allow eBay’s PayPal online payments division to extend and enhance its services to merchants, the company said.
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Digital Loyalty, Family Move Night, Mobile Problems
The Boston Globe reports a new digital coupon service is being launched today, with a difference: unlike group buying sites, it’s not designed to offer deals on spa treatments or other luxury items.Instead, the service from SavingStar Inc. will work with the loyalty cards handed out at large chains, such as the supermarkets Shaw’s and Stop & Shop and the drug retailer CVS, to give...Continue Reading »
US Sony Store, GameStop Streaming, Dunkin’ IPO
Sony Electronics is opening the first newly branded Sony Store in the US, which it says offers an exciting new concept, design and customer experience, today at the Westfield Century City mall in Los Angeles. Features include a full array of interactive product demos, information on future and emerging technologies, and premium services.
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Williams-Sonoma E-commerce Push, Office Depot Apps, Starbucks WiFi
Williams-Sonoma will invest $75 million in e-commerce and the information technology and supply chain solutions to support it in fiscal 2011, with $25 million earmarked specifically for long-term international e-commerce growth, according to RIS News.In large part because of fast online growth, Williams-Sonoma's direct-to-consumer channel already contributes an impressive 41% to the...Continue Reading »
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Neiman Marcus Fashion Blog, Facebook Film Rental, Walgreens Mobile Rx
Neiman Marcus has launched NMdaily, a fashion blog providing daily updates from the design world. NMdaily delivers exclusive information and advice on women’s and men’s fashion, beauty and lifestyle. NMdaily delivers exclusive information and advice on women’s and men’s fashion, beauty and lifestyle.
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JoS. A Bank E-commerce, Staples Mobile Phones, McDonald’s Russian Expansion
One year after rolling out its new website, men’s clothing retailer JoS. A. Bank has seen noticeable improvements in enhancing its online presence, according to Stores. Through targeted acquisition marketing, cross-selling, merchandising and making the website more like the bricks-and-mortar experience, the company has significantly increased revenue per order and has grown online...Continue Reading »
Office Depot iPhone App, Food Lion Kiosks, Internet Sales
Office Depot has introduced a new iPhone app, according to Forbes. A customer never has to leave the application or be redirected to another site to complete a transaction, and it also includes features such as a shopping cart.
E-commerce & Mutlichannel Retailing
Food Lion's MVP Savings Center personalized coupon kiosks have been so well received that the chain is rolling them out to...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Connected Customers, Best Buy, Kroger
The latest installment of the Motorola Solutions annual holiday study indicates that the majority of surveyed retail associates (55%) believe that this holiday season’s shoppers were better connected to consumer information than in-store associates driven by increasing availability of online shopping tools.
In addition, the study finds shoppers were aided by mobile phone applications...Continue Reading »