E-commerce News & Media
SXSW: Preparing for the new omnichannel customer experience
With so many discussions about omnichannel at SXSW, it's easy to assume we're all talking about the same thing.
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Intershop to debut integration of Adobe Experience Manager at Adobe Summit
March 21, 2014
Omnichannel solution provider Intershop has announced that it will showcase new innovations with Adobe at Adobe Summit 2014, the Digital Marketing Conference…
read nowWhitePages PRO launches new identity validation engine
March 18, 2014
WhitePages, a provider of contact information for people and businesses in the U.S., has announced the launch of its WhitePages PRO Identity Score product…
read nowSurvey says Amazon Prime price increase has hurt the brand
March 18, 2014
Last week, Amazon announced a price hike for its Prime program, which gives members free two-day shipping and access to a burgeoning library of streaming…
read nowStudy says retailers face big challenges from multichannel
March 17, 2014
Organizational, operational and technology challenges are hampering retailers' efforts to meet customers' demand for a seamless shopping experience across all…
read nowSephora launches Beauty Board social shopping platform
March 13, 2014
Sephora has announced the launch of Beauty Board, its new social shopping platform designed to engage clients through beauty images and allow them to post…
read nowAmazon raising Prime membership to $99 per year
March 13, 2014
This morning, Amazon Prime members started getting word on the expected price increase on the service. For months it had been speculated that the service…
read nowYelp launches in Mexico
March 13, 2014
Online reviews site Yelp Inc. today announced the availability of Yelp Mexico. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications will be available as well as its…
read nowChannelAdvisor integrates with Alibaba Group's Tmall.com platform
March 12, 2014
ChannelAdvisor Corp., a provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions, has announced the addition of Alibaba Group's Tmall Global solution to the ChannelAdvisor…
read nowSecureBuy gets Canadian patent for signature capture tech
March 11, 2014
SecureBuy announced it has been granted intellectual property protection for its real-time, online biometric signature capture technology under Canadian patent…
read nowMcAfee report details link between 'dark Web,' data breaches
March 10, 2014
The "McAfee Labs Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2013," released today, highlights the ease of purchasing POS malware online, and of selling stolen credit card…
read nowFashion retailer ASOS launches shopping app
March 10, 2014
ASOS, a U.K.-based online fashion retailer, has announced the launch of its U.S. shopping app, offering more than 850 brands and the ASOS private label for…
read nowRetailer Runnings selects ShopVisible for e-commerce launch
March 10, 2014
Runnings, a general merchandise retailer with more than 34 brick and mortar stores across the upper Midwest, has announced its partnership with ShopVisible for…
read nowOverstock surpasses $1 million in Bitcoin sales
March 4, 2014
Overstock.com, Inc. announced it has sold over $1 million in product to Bitcoin users since the online shopping site started accepting the cryptocurrency on…
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With Flow, showrooming moves beyond barcodes
Amazon's mobile app uses live photo recognition to let showroomers build shopping lists.
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Clash of the titans: Alibaba vs. Amazon
by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS
There are some predictions that 50 percent of major U.S. retailers will be gone by 2020. While it is too early to predict the demise of bricks and mortar, it's…
read nowSLI Systems launches product recommendation engine
February 19, 2014
SLI Systems has announced the launch of its Learning Recommendations product, an add-on to its Learning Search site search solution, to give e-commerce…
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Retail customer satisfaction improves for a third consecutive year
Better customer service, discounting more than offsets a drop in customer satisfaction with online retail.
read nowWine.com snags executives from Williams-Sonoma, Shutterfly
February 18, 2014
Wine.com, a leading online wine retailer, today announced the addition of Peter Elarde as CMO and Greg Tatem as VP of engineering to the Wine.com executive…
read nowMarketLive launches new partner program MarketLive Connect
February 14, 2014
Commerce platform MarketLive has announced MarketLive Connect, a partner network of technology providers who contribute a wide range of commerce solutions to…
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