Rhapsody`s downloads are up 14% month-to-month

Music fans at RealNeworks Inc.’s Rhapsody Internet jukebox service downloaded 14% more songs in February--48 million--than they did in January.

Posted 03/10/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

How PerformanceProducts.com revved up its web site

Performance Products, retailer of parts for Porsche sports cars, often found its site unable to handle customers` data-intensive searches for products among thousands of SKUs. Its solution: rebuild on Microsoft’s .Net platform.

Posted 01/29/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

IBM.com implements a successful self-serve strategy

IBM Corp. moved 99 million transactions to self-serve at its web site last year, avoiding costs of $1.5 billion.

Posted 07/17/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

Search me

Walmart.com continues to lead in the number of Internet searches on retailer names, followed by Target and Best Buy, while Nintendo’s wii game console and Apple’s iPod lead in product searches.

Posted 02/28/2007Internet RetailerPost a comment

Gateway does it, Dell does it, and now even IBM does it: Selling direct to consumer

Gateway does it, Dell does, now even IBM does it. Following the lead of the upstarts and taking advantage of the technology it supports, IBM has revamped its web site to sell direct to consumers.

Posted 10/02/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Press Release

Amazon.com Launches Xbox LIVE Store, Offering Customers Convenient Digital Access to Xbox LIVE Arcade Games, Subscription...

Amazon is the First Retailer to Offer Codes for Downloading Xbox LIVE Games SEATTLE, Apr 08, 2009 -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today launched the Amazon Xbox LIVE(R) Store beta, www.amazon.com/xboxlive, offering customers the convenience to purchase and gift select Xbox LIVE games, subscription cards and Microsoft Points cards. Previously games were only available directly from the Xbox 360(R) console or xbox.com, making Amazon.com the first...

Posted 04/14/2009

/ Press Release

IBM Helps FLAX Art & Design Draw Up New Technology Infrastructure

Popular “candy store for the creative" replaces HP infrastructure with IBM System i to power its Web site, track orders and inventory ARMONK, NY – October 05, 2006: IBM announced today that FLAX art & design replaced its HP server infrastructure with the “all-in-one” System i, IBM’s premier applications platform for small and medium sized business customers, reducing its operating costs and gaining the ability to more flexibly support the...

Posted 10/09/2006

/ Press Release

NONSTOP Solutions Acquires Evant

Acquisition Expands Retail Footprint and Positions NONSTOP as the First Provider of an End-to-End Merchandising Solution Built on a J2EE Architecture SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., November 11, 2002 - NONSTOP Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of replenishment optimization software, today announced that it has acquired Evant, a planning and merchandise management solutions provider for multi-channel retail companies. This strategic acquisition...

Posted 11/22/2002