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Alternative payments and more inventory are planned for eCost.com

The metamorphosis continues at eCost.com, which is trying new and different strategies to stop a long period of declining sales and return to profitability. Up next: New payment options and a drastically expanded online inventory.

Posted 02/28/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Eric Decroix named chief marketing officer at GS1

Eric Decroix is the new chief marketing officer at international supply chain identification standards developer GS1. He brings in-depth experience in marketing and communications to his new role.

Posted 06/26/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

SheetMusicPlus.com maps out 2006 strategy to boost sales

The pure-play company hopes offline advertising, additional music publishers and more SKUs will lead to significant growth.

Posted 03/29/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

ToolKing.com builds out its online inventory

Within 18 months ToolKing.com will expand from about 12,000 SKUs to 200,000 and in the process build an online tools superstore, says founder and managing director Donald Cohen.

Posted 11/09/2005Mark BrohanPost a comment

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UCCnet and Transora agree to merge

In a move intended to push more retailers and suppliers toward a trade-supporting global system of sharing information, product data synchronization services UCCnet and Transora have agreed to merge, the two organizations said today.

Posted 05/13/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Why Campbell Soup is embracing web-based data synchronization

Streamlining how it communicates pricing and product promotion changes to retailers worldwide is the chief reason Campbell Soup is embracing global data synchronization, the company told Retail Systems attendees this week.

Posted 06/12/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Growth in product assortment boosts case for web-based product data

Retailers and consumer packaged goods manufacturers spend up to $30 billion a year acquiring product, then manipulating it for use, such as inputting product measurements, taking photos and describing other attributes, AMR Research told NRF attendees.

Posted 01/15/2003Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Dot-com domain names still command top prices in secondary market

But demand is on the rise for dot-cc, dot-tv and dot-net, says broker GreatDomains.com.

Posted 06/07/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment