From
Internet News:
"Hitting
Shoppers Where They Work"
By
far the biggest traffic peak is at lunch hour...
http://www.internetnews.com
December
24, 2003
From Wired:
"E-Tailers
Find Much to Celebrate"
An
increase in the number of women shopping online, expanded broadband usage
and nearly ubiquitous offers of free shipping, has made 2003 a good year
for holiday e-commerce sales...
http://www.wired.com
December
24, 2003
From
eMarketer:
"Holiday
Shopping Satisfaction Guaranteed"
The
shopping features that have been most successful in driving online holiday
business...
http://www.emarketer.com
December
23, 2003
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Online
Spending Up 31% Last Week"
Online
retail continues to perform at the high end of expected range...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
23, 2003
From
Internet News:
"Heavy
Traffic Days"
Research
finds that Internet users surf the Web and conduct business in the early
part of the week...
http://www.internetnews.com
December
22, 2003
From
clickZ.com:
"Understand
Search Results Pages"
What
impacts branding most isn't a top search engine listing. Usability
has the biggest impact on an online brand...
http://www.clickz.com
December
19, 2003
From CNET:
"Online
Holiday Spending Up, Up and Away"
The
amount of money consumers spend per transaction has been on the upswing,
rising to an average of $142 per purchase in 2003...
http://news.com.com
December
18, 2003
From CNET:
"Online
Shopping Snags Persist"
Taking
advantage of the strengths of online marketing can result in disaster, if
your Web site is not prepared to handle the volume a marketing campaign
engenders...
http://news.com.com
December
17, 2003
From
MarketingProfs.com:
"The
Ultimate Web Traffic Dashboard"
What
should you measure on your Web site?
http://www.marketingprofs.com
December
16, 2003
From
E-Commerce Times:
"10
Ways To Increase Your Search Engine Ranking"
It
is increasingly vital that a site's listing appear in the first few pages
of search results - because most people will not take the time to scroll
further than that...
Part
One
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
Part
Two
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
16, 2003
From
clickZ.com:
"Bumps
in the Sales Road"
Providing
product information can be tricky. Seemingly irrelevant details can
matter to large groups of people. Failing to provide all appropriate
details is an easy mistake to make...
http://www.clickz.com
December
16, 2003
From
Internet News:
"E-Tailers
Send Shoppers Back to the Mall!"
More
and more consumers expect to be able to buy something online, then pick it
up at a physical location...
http://www.internetnews.com
December
12, 2003
From
clickZ.com:
"The
Color of Money"
Too
often color is an afterthought when creating a Web site...
http://www.clickz.com
December
11, 2003
From The
Globe and Mail:
"Internet
Shopping Surges"
E-commerce
households spent an average of $876 annually on-line, up dramatically from
$146 in 2001...
http://www.globeinvestor.com
December
10, 2003
From
eMarketer:
"Online
Holiday Spending"
Holiday
shoppers spent $8.5 billion online in the US in November, a 55% leap over
online spending in November of last year...
http://www.emarketer.com
December
10, 2003
From The
Globe and Mail:
"Window
Shopping Without the Walk"
In
October, more than 15.1 million Canadians visited retailers on-line...
http://www.globeandmail.com
December
10, 2003
From DM
News:
"Free
Shipping Pulls Holiday Customers"
44
percent of surveyed online retailers said free shipping, with conditions,
is their most effective promotion...
http://www.dmnews.com
December10,
2003
From
clickZ.com:
"Shopping
Search Engines"
Once-simple
product search and price comparison engines now offer sophisticated tools
to assist with all aspects of the shopping cycle...
http://www.clickz.com
December
8, 2003
From the
New York Times:
"Last-Minute
Shipping for Online Buyers"
With
more online shoppers showing up late to select from limited supplies,
accurate inventory tracking systems will be important...
http://www.nytimes.com
December
5, 2003
From
clickZ.com:
"Does
Usability Actually Sell Anything?"
Observing
what people do under real market conditions where the real world distracts
and interacts with them is much more powerful...
http://www.clickz.com
December
3, 2003
From the
New York Times:
"The
Search for the Perfect Gift Grows at Small Online Stores"
Tapping
into a powerful marketing tool and the fastest growing part of the
Internet - search engines...
http://www.nytimes.com
December
2, 2003
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Early
Signs Portend Strong Online Commerce"
Online
retail sites saw traffic jump 28 percent on the Friday after
Thanksgiving...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
1, 2003
From
MediaPost:
"'Black
Friday' Proves Green, eTail Sales Soar"
US
online retail sales rose 36 percent to $200 million on November 28, the
day after Thanksgiving...
http://www.mediapost.com