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The leaders in social commerce are not the usual suspects

Internet Retailer’s Social Media 300 reveals that smaller web-only merchants are beating out Amazon and Wal-Mart in social media marketing.

Posted 01/03/2013Stefany MoorePost a comment

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Socially acceptable

Merchants turn to social media to win friends and influence shoppers

Posted 12/05/2012Mark Brohan2 comments

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Gift shopping comes to Facebook

The new Facebook Gifts service lets shoppers buy presents for their friends. 

Posted 09/27/2012Zak Stambor3 comments

/ E-Retailers

A venture capital firm that funds startup e-retailers raises $40 million

Forerunner Ventures projects investing in 25 additional companies.

Posted 07/26/2012Don DavisPost a comment

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Mobile commerce mounts while social commerce shrinks

And women want more deals and discounts than they did last year, finds IBM. 

Posted 07/20/2012Amy Dusto2 comments

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Wal-Mart’s retail research arm loses two founding members

Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman will continue to advise the chain.

Posted 06/22/2012Thad RueterPost a comment

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IRCE 2012 Report: How Gilt connects with shoppers

Gilt co-founder Alexis Maybank says e-retailers must think visually.

Posted 06/07/2012Thad RueterPost a comment

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How Wal-Mart aims to combine social, mobile, stores and the web

At IRCE next week, Joel Anderson will talk about the next generation of retail.

Posted 05/30/2012Bill Briggs2 comments

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