Study: Online retailers ramping up global expansion efforts

September 27, 2010

The new frontier in online retailing lies across international borders as U.S. companies attempt to capitalize on the growing demands of foreign consumers.

'Gift Me This' feature lets Facebook users build wishlists

September 27, 2010

ShopLocal recently announced its "Gift Me This" feature for Facebook.Gift Me This is built on ShopLocal's SmartCircular technology solution. The solution…

Social commerce tool PowerReviews adds Facebook features

September 26, 2010

PowerReviews, a provider of social commerce solutions including customer reviews, has added several new Facebook-related features to its award-winning social…

MyBuys unveils personalization-driven m-commerce suite

September 26, 2010

MyBuys, a provider of multi-channel personalization solutions, today introduced MyBuys Mobile, a personalization-driven, full-service mobile offering for…

Price Chopper learns a social media lesson

Social media offers great potential for making connections, and that comes with its own unique set of risks.

How in-store mobile marketing can be more than just coupons

Despite the buzz surrounding mobile coupon apps, there is a deeper way to use the technology to drive purchases.

Rite Aid sends customers SMS alerts when prescriptions are ready

September 21, 2010

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a provider of mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, has announced the deployment of SMS text alerts for Rite…

Escalate adds Apache Solr Search to e-commerce platform

September 20, 2010

Escalate Retail, provider of solutions that help retailers reinvent the shopping experience for their customers, today announced that the newest version of its…

Yowza mobile coupon app reaches the 300 retailer mark by signing Lane Bryant

September 20, 2010

Lane Bryant, a leading women's specialty full figured apparel retailer, has become the 300th merchant to take advantage of Yowza!!’s simple, location-based…

Transactional email checklist: Five things to do after the sale

Purchase review emails can lead to significant incremental revenue.

Best Buy adds QR codes to product fact tags

The new tags deliver instant, detailed product info to shoppers on their mobile phones.

Six steps for building a mobile retail presence

Millions of users are now engaging with retailers via mobile devices, and doing so more frequently.

The new SEO: How Google Instant will impact online retail

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The search giant has drastically changed the way it delivers search results. Will it change the way people find products online?

Amazon challenges GameStop, others with release-day delivery

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

September 8, 2010

Online retail giant Amazon.com is getting more aggressive in its head-to-head competition with bricks-and-mortar retailers. The company tackled bookstores with…

Hybris updates multichannel retailing suite

September 8, 2010

Hybris, a multichannel commerce-software vendor, has announced the release of its hybris 4.2 Multichannel Suite. This latest version of the software is…

Shoe-shopping with Friends in 10 Steps or Less

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Think of it as a virtual shopping trip where all your friends can offer their opinions and advice, even though they are not there.

Social marketplace Addoway rewards shoppers for sharing deals with friends

September 6, 2010

Addoway.com, an online marketplace that helps people buy and sell with their friends and the merchants they trust, has announced that it will begin rewarding…

Shop.org announces new members of its Board of Directors

September 1, 2010

Shop.org today announced the addition of 11 new members to its Board of Directors. The newly elected Board members, who will each serve a two-year term, will…

Hannaford supermarkets unveil new online experience

August 30, 2010

E-commerce solutions provider Fry, Inc. has announced the launch of a newly designed website for Hannaford Bros. Co., a Scarborough, Maine, supermarket chain.

Armani Exchange adds interactive videos to e-commerce site

August 30, 2010

Armani|Exchange, a joint customer of Overlay.TV and MarketLive Inc., has announced that it will implement Overlay.TV’s clickable video on its e-commerce site.