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e-RETAILING NEWS & OPINION ARCHIVES

November 2004

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

November 30, 2004

From The Globe and Mail:

"On-Line Sales Surge"

The pickup in business was the result of on-line merchants using marketing tricks like their brick and mortar counterparts...

http://www.globetechnology.com 

 

November 26, 2004

From eWeek:

"Abandoned Shopping Carts May Be Good News""

Instead of dismissing non-instant buyers as dastardly shopping-cart abandoning bandits, why not embrace them?   Offer shopping-cart compartment-like folders...

http://www.eweek.com

 

November 24, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Increase Delivery Rates With Active Bounce Management"

Eleven tips to help effectively deal with or minimize e-mail bounces...
http://www.clickz.com

 

November 22, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Take E-Mail Marketing Copy From Good to Great"

Readers want to know what's in it for them...
http://www.clickz.com

 

November 16, 2004

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Can You Afford Not to Optimize Your Site?"

The five Ps of search engine marketing..

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

November 15, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Why Customer Marketing Fails"

Only with strong and lasting commitment from the top and a corporate-wide culture that puts the customer in the center can the customer marketing vision begin to approach reality...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 15, 2004

From DM News:

"Measuring E-Mail Campaigns in the New Environment"

Deliverability, and specifically getting your e-mails into your customer's inbox, is the most important factor driving campaign results today...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

November 11, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Online Ad Spend:  Strategic Considerations"

Five ways to increase return on your customer acquisition investment...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 3, 2004

From DM News:

"E-Mail or Direct Mail?  It's No Contest"

E-mail can be the slam-dunk at the end of a direct mail campaign...

http://www.dmnews.com

About Customer

Service

 

November 25, 2004

From eWeek:

"Holiday Customers Value Customer Service Above All"

The vast majority of online consumers said that an extremely important component of Web customer service is delivering a safe and secure Web site...
http://www.eweek.com  

 

November 19, 2004

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Multi-Tasking Channel Marketing Can Increase Holiday Sales"

Use the web to influence how shoppers select additional merchandise and generate better up-selling and cross-selling opportunities...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

November 16, 2004

From eMarketer:

"Getting The Message through to Mothers"

Mothers spend more money with companies that send them useful and relevant e-mail messages...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

November 9, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Evaluate the Effectiveness and Value of On-Site Search"

Tune your site navigation based on what people search for or what you want them to find...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 1, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"In E-Mail We Trust?"

Never manipulate customers.  They're smart and will see right through it...

http://www.clickz.com

About Webstore

Management

 

November 30, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Resolve to Test in 2005"

When your prospects can see you're a real person, they make a connection with you that increases their trust and belief in who you are and what you're offering...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 29, 2004

From Nielsen//NetRatings:

"Online Shopping Day After Thanksgiving Jumps 11% Year-Over-Year"

Online shoppers deluged the Web sites of their favorite brick-and-mortar stores...

http://www.nielsen-netratings.com

 

November 29, 2004

From the New York Times:

"The Internet’s Retail Appeal"

Zoom and color-change features have helped sales in several ways...

http://www.nytimes.com

 

November 29, 2004

From E-Commerce Times:

"Searching for Holiday Profits"

New search tools are giving consumers and merchants new options this year...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

November 25, 2004

From eMarketer and McKinsey:

"Steering Customers to The Right Channels"

Multichannel customers spend 20 to 30 percent more money, on average, than single-channel ones do...
http://www.emarketer.com

 

November 24, 2004

From BusinessWeek Online:

"Web Retailing Gets Really Personal"

Individualizing a gift has gotten far more sophisticated this holiday season...
http://businessweek.com

 

November 23, 2004

From Nielsen//NetRatings:

"2004 Online Holiday Shopping Season Kicks Off With 60% Jump In Shopping Visits"

Shoppers are flocking online to research holiday gifts, comparison shop, and look at the vast array of products available, saving shoppers time and money and often times a trip to the store...

http://www.nielsen-netratings.com

 

November 23, 2004

From InternetRetailer.com:

"One-Word Keywords Still Powerful"

88% of natural search engine traffic still is generated by one- and two-word searches...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

November 23, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Web Analytics Red (and Green) Alert"

The four most common contributing factors leading to shopping cart abandonment...
http://www.clickz.com

 

November 22, 2004

From CNET:

"You Bought That On The Web?"

In the early days of online shopping, stores that sold quirky merchandise were likely to have peculiar checkout procedures.  But no more...
http://news.com.com

 

November 22, 2004

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Online Shoppers Starting Earlier than Offline Shoppers"

Holiday shopping online is gaining popularity with 66% of respondents saying they will buy gifts online his year...
http://www.internetretailer.com

 

November 19, 2004

From iMarketing News:

"Catalog-Driven Orders Migrate"

35% more catalog-driven orders are going to the Internet and stores this year than in 2003...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

November 19, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Climbing Out of the Lowest-Price Trap"

Fair price and a good value are entirely different from the lowest price...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 18, 2004

From The Globe and Mail:

"E-tailers Fine Tune Sites In Hopes of Merry 'Click'mas"

Merchants are taking measures to erase anxiety about using credit cards on-line...

http://www.globetechnology.com

 

November 18, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Breaking the Ice"

If you're actively interested in building relationships with customers via e-mail, go beyond deliverability.  Focus on open and click rates...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 17, 2004

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Online Retail Spending Up Robust 43%"

For the first 10 months of the year, online retail sales have totaled $48.9 billion...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

November 12, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Reconcile Rising SEO Costs With ROI"

Beware of SEO efforts that force you to abandon common sense in the name of position...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 12, 2004

From iMarketing News:

"Harvesting Customer Data From Your Site"

Adopting a simple address validation program leverages all your other investments in a Web channel..

http://www.dmnews.com

 

November 11, 2004

From CNET:

"It's a $15 Billion Jolly Holiday for Web"

Excluding travel-related items, Internet-based sales should rise between 23% and 26% from November and December of 2003...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

November 4, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Onsite Search Drives Sales, Cart Abandonment Unabated"

Average revenue per visit is up 33.5 percent...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 3, 2004

From clickZ.com:

"Essentials of Search Engine Submission"

Getting listed doesn't necessarily mean you'll rank well for particular terms.  It simply means the search engine knows your pages exist...

http://www.clickz.com

 

November 2, 2004

From Ipsos-Reid:

"Canadians On Online Shopping"

71% of Canadians say they would be more comfortable shopping online if they knew the website also had reputable retail outlets...

http://www.ipsos-na.com

 

November 1, 2004

From eMarketer:

"Holidays Are Coming - Fast"

With holiday shopping beginning very early, e-retailers will have to be ready for high traffic volumes to occur soon...

http://www.emarketer.com

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