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Amazon sues North Carolina over state’s demand for customer names

Citing its First Amendment rights, Amazon.com Inc. filed a complaint in federal court yesterday seeking to block the North Carolina Department of Revenue’s demand for the names and addresses of the several hundred thousand customers who have purchased a total of more than 50 million products from Amazon.com since 2003.

Posted 04/20/2010Internet RetailerPost a comment

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March web sales rose 3% as retailers sold more items at full price

In March, online retail sales grew 3% year over year for e-retailer clients of MyBuys. The MyBuys E-commerce Wellness Index aimed at measuring the profitability of online retail improved 6% in January as sales of items at full price increased 7%.

Posted 04/09/2010Zak StamborPost a comment

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Retail sales this year will climb 3-4%, economist says at NRF show

Total U.S. retail sales will grow 3-4% this year over last, Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Moody`s Economy.com, said at the National Retail Federation`s Annual Convention & Expo in New York yesterday.

Posted 01/12/2010Zak StamborPost a comment

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Consumers remain cautious as back-to-school shopping ends

Consumers remained cautious in their spending last month, according to two recently released reports. A third report says 46% of consumers intend to spend the same amount and 43% a smaller amount than they spent last year during the holidays.

Posted 09/04/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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MarketLive Index shows online sales up 2% in Q2 year over year

Online sales among 160 retailers who drive $2 billion in annual sales grew 2% in the second quarter over Q2 a year ago, MarketLive said yesterday. Visits were up 7.23% while conversion rate was down 7.38%.

Posted 07/31/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Online shopping transaction volume hits record in UK, but value is flat

A sales tax cut that took effect yesterday was expected to lift sales dramatically. But the increase was not as high as expected, in part because e-retailers had already begun offering the lower rate, says a retail consulting firm.

Posted 12/02/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Merchants should push for higher percentage of web sales, Gap exec says

Instead of worrying about web sales cannibalizing store sales, multi-channel retailers should push the relatively profitable and fast-growing online channel to a higher percentage of total sales, Toby Lenk, Gap’s top e-commerce executive, says.

Posted 09/18/2008Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Consumers will register if there’s something in it for them, Forrester says

23% of consumers say they abandon a purchase if required to register online, says a Forrester Research report. By offering discounts, retailers can obtain the value information about shoppers without losing as many sales, says analyst Megan Burns.

Posted 04/25/2008Don DavisPost a comment