Monthly Archives: June 2009

Jun19

Shop.org Stimulus Package

By Josh Greene | Published: June 19, 2009
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We know that there are some of our friends at Shop.org members who may be in the midst of career transition.  Knowing how wrenching such changes can be, we’ve decided to formalize a program: If you’ve recently lost a job with an online retailer, we will: Set up an individual account for access to the [...]

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Jun18

Exploring Mobile Applications for Online Retail

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: June 18, 2009
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Some of you may have participated in our recent blog poll that asked, “Which *one* mobile feature is most likely to evolve from “nice to have” to “need to have” in the mind of the US consumer in the next 12 to 18 months?” The caveat that I always note when reporting on blog results [...]

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Jun16

2009 Shop.org Retail Member Survey — Be Heard!

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: June 16, 2009
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With the advent of summer, things at Shop.org are in high gear: Regional Dinners, Webinars, research, the Merchandising Workshop, prep for the Annual Summit, more research… Somehow, in the middle of all of that activity, summer for Shop.org is also a period of review, reflection and pre-budget season planning.  When we went through this exercise [...]

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Jun15

Behavioral Advertising hearing plus free research

By Josh Greene | Published: June 15, 2009
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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcomittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will be holding a hearing this Thursday on ‘Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices And Consumers’ Expectations’ We’ll keep you updated on the policy implications, and provide a link to the hearing. [The list of speakers is now updated on the Committee's site] [...]

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Jun08

ICANN hearing

By Josh Greene | Published: June 8, 2009
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Shop.org has actively been monitoring ICANN’s proposal to create unlimited gTLDs.  We, along with NRF, have joined the Coalition for Online Trademark Protection and are working hard to raise the awareness of key policy makers in Washington. The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Internet Corporation for [...]

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