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Better images boost conversions by 22% at Fathead.com

Fathead.com adds new technology to help it dynamically serve up 10 times as many images in the same time as before and boosts conversions by 22%.

Posted 07/01/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Technology

Napster store lets consumers rock out however they want with DRM-free songs

Napster has launched an online store offering 6 million tunes without the anti-sharing, DRM technology many consumers find annoying. The move to offer tracks sans DRM could help Napster compete with iTunes, which uses DRM to limit the transfer of music.

Posted 05/23/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Tiffany reports lackluster direct marketing sales

The web now accounts for more than three-fourths of all direct marketing sales for Tiffany & Co., but e-commerce and catalog revenue grew only moderately in 2007 -- by just 5%.

Posted 03/26/2008Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Discovery pushes its TV-Internet plans with purchase of HowStuffWorks.com

As part of a move to get more unique, entertaining and educational video content on its web sites, Discovery Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire HowStuffWorks.com, which garners about 11 million unique monthly visitors, Discovery said today.

Posted 10/15/2007Don DavisPost a comment

Record label Naxos steps up its online efforts

Classical music record label Naxos is offering its catalog through MusicGiants.com, which also will carry music from PentaTone, a Dutch label distributed by Naxos of America. Naxos earlier this year launched its own download store, ClassicsOnline.com.

Posted 08/24/2007Don DavisPost a comment

/ Technology

Music industry’s future features digital sales, but not CDs, report says

Digital music sales in the U.S. will grow from $2.8 billion this year to $5.7 billion in 2011, with worldwide sales growing from $4.5 billion to $14.8 billion in the same period, eMarketer reports. Sales of CDs will decline from 55% today to 29% in 2011.

Posted 05/10/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Sharper Image continues decline in monthly and Q1 sales reports

For April, total sales dipped 36% to $21.3 million from a year ago and web sales dropped 40% to $3.2 million. Q1 total sales of $65.5 million dropped 37% while web sales slid 42% to $10 million.

Posted 05/10/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Digital sales outstrip CDs for Yo-Yo Ma’s new album

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s new album, released Jan. 9, is the first album among Sony recordings to sell more digital copies than CDs in its first week, Sony BMG Masterworks reported today. 57.1% of sales in the first week were digital.

Posted 01/18/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment