Last week, Shop.org announced that it is co-producing the inaugural Global E-Commerce Summit, scheduled for October 27-29, in one of my favorite European cities – Amsterdam. This global event is being organized by the leading e-commerce associations from North America and Europe. Shop.org is launching this event in partnership with the European E-Commerce and Mail [...]

I just uploaded Morgan Stanley’s Technology Trends report by Mary Meeker to Bazaarblog along with my commentary.  In my opinion, this should be required annual reading in our industry. Enjoy, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in Huntington Beach at the Merchandising Workshop! //

On May 12, 2008, the FTC finally issued final rules four years after the CAN-Spam Act was signed into law, and three years after the Notice of Proposed Rule was first published.   While the FTC published rules in January 2005 establishing criteria for determining the “primary purpose” of an e-mail message, many businesses were waiting [...]

I spotted an interesting story (subscription required) in today’s Shop.org SmartBrief (free subscription!) from the Wall Street Journal.  According to the story, Moody’s Investors Service has started including online sales of major retailers as an important factor in its credit ratings. Moody’s cites the high volume of online retail sales as a primary reason for [...]