/ Technology

Five vendors emerge as m-commerce technology leaders

83.4% of the 114 mobile commerce sites and apps are powered by mobile technology vendors, some of which specialize solely in m-commerce. The leading vendors in m-commerce today are mPoria, CardinalCommerce, Moonshadow eCommerce, Usablenet and Digby.

Posted 09/14/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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/ Technology

Sears turns to Facebook to help boost sales to college students

The mass merchant has introduced a Facebook page, Campus Ready, with three Facebook applications designed to help college students plan for their move into dorms and their wardrobe, furnishings and supplies needs.

Posted 07/29/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

More than half of 2009 Top 500 e-retailers have a presence on Facebook

Research for Internet Retailer’s forthcoming 2009 Top 500 Guide shows that 56.8% of all retailers, or 284 companies, have a presence on the social networking site Facebook.com. Of the Top 100, 75 are on Facebook and 48 are on the video site YouTube.com.

Posted 04/22/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Marketing

Videocasts and sophisticated rich media drive REI web sales higher

Even though web sales grew 39% in 2006, REI is using more videocasts, rich media and customer reviews to drive revenue this year. Up next: implementing an enhanced site search and dynamic browsing application from Mercado Software.

Posted 02/14/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Marketing

Team Express re-launches two retail web sites

Team Express, operator of BaseballExpress.com and Softball.com, relaunched each site last week with new features including rich media displays and a rewards program, the retailer says.

Posted 03/24/2006Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Marketing

Smith & Noble boosts conversions by 17% using online product configurator

Dynamic imaging automates image production to display more product material and color combinations online. Shoppers also can visualize their product choice in virtual settings resembling their own rooms.

Posted 07/13/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Retailers massage the supply chain to gain efficiency

A few big retailers are sharing store-level point of sale information with suppliers as a way of reducing overstocks and tailoring shipments to local conditions. Some chains aren’t ready for that but are finding other ways to finesse the supply chain.

Posted 01/25/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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At Anthropologie.com, one staff person does the work of three

Anthropologie has increased its web content production capacity and reduced the cost of doing so since deploying Scene7’s hosted “do it yourself” rich media platform, doing with one staff person what it would otherwise require three to do manually.

Posted 11/09/2004Paul DemeryPost a comment