Monthly Archives: October 2010

Oct18

What Retailers Need to Know about FaceBing

By Scot Wingo | Published: October 18, 2010
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So the great Microsoft empire has partnered up with “Zuck” to set all of the SEO specialists atwitter with speculations of what this means for Google and the future of SEO.  But if you’re a retailer, you probably are just wondering how this will affect you. Basically, what this means for retailers is that the [...]

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Oct15

Thoughts from the EXPO Hall Tour Desk

By Bernardine Wu, CEO, FitForCommerce | Published: October 15, 2010
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Listening, talking, helping – and learning. FitForCommerce’s unique vantage point of organizing and managing the Expo Tour and Information Desk at Shop.org’s Annual Summit really lets us take the pulse of eCommerce. And not in a “read a lot of articles way,” but by having one-to-one conversations with the players – owners, retailers, marketers, technologists, [...]

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Oct14

How to make the most of Cyber Monday

By Ellen Davis, VP, NRF | Published: October 14, 2010
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‘Tis the season to be…planning for Cyber Monday. (Yes, it really is that time of year already.) At Shop.org and NRF, we’re also putting the finishing touches on opportunities that will help retailers make the most of what has become one of the most important online shopping days of the year. As the group widely [...]

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Oct08

Reflections On the Annual Summit — One Week Later

By Larry Joseloff, VP, Content, Shop.org | Published: October 8, 2010
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Wow, back home after an incredible few days in Dallas where we had 3,500 retail professions all gathered in one place sharing best practices, networking, learning, kicking   (or missing them in my case), and having fun.    With all the presentations posted, recordings gone through (will be posted mid next week), and feedback reviewed I am [...]

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Oct08

Research: Topline YOY online sales grew for Q3 2010

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: October 8, 2010
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July, August and September constituted one of those turbulent quarters when it was hard to determine how retail was really doing – I think I’ve used the term “puzzling” before here, but it appears it’s still apt as economic progress, er, progresses. As it turns out, for a majority of the 55 retailers who responded to our [...]

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