Monthly Archives: September 2011

Sep13

Tips to improve page-load time, make your emails bullet-proof, optimize mobile and more

By Megan Conniff | Published: September 13, 2011
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Allan Dick’s panel of experts was at it again during this year’s “40+ Specific Things You Can Do To Make More Money Next Week” session at the 2011 Shop.org Annual Summit. Dick gathered experts to focus on topics such as SEO, cookies, welcome series emails, page load time and more for the two-part session. I [...]

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Sep13

Experts offer tips on reducing cart abandonment

By Jonathan Carden, Coordinator, NRF | Published: September 13, 2011
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Shopping carts have plagued retailers and their customers for years. There’s something inherent to their design — or perhaps it’s Murphy’s Law — that dictates that all four wheels may not, under any condition, be able to simultaneously roll in the same direction. More than once, the subsequent rattling and precarious instability, akin to driving [...]

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Sep13

Forrester’s Sucharita Mulpuru discusses where mobile is right now

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: September 13, 2011
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The latest edition of the State of Retailing Online, which was released this morning, offers great insights to retailers on headcount, globalization and merchandising. And without a doubt, much of the buzz from this report – and others before it – come from evaluating and understanding opportunities in the mobile space. In advance of the [...]

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Sep13

How Columbia used technology to reinvigorate its brands

By Megan Conniff | Published: September 13, 2011
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Columbia Sportswear Company has been in existence since 1938, but by 2008, execs at the company were afraid that growth had stagnated. Worse, there was fear that Columbia wasn’t a brand that tapped into young consumers. Can a brand be “middle-aged”? Innovation and technology were the keys to expanding market share and increasing sales, according [...]

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Sep13

The future, according to Ray Kurzweil

By Jonathan Carden, Coordinator, NRF | Published: September 13, 2011
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“Watching Ray Kurzweil speak serves as a great reminder that many people are smarter than me.” That was what my NRF colleague Ellen Davis (@nrfellen) tweeted during Kurzweil’s keynote address at Shop.org’s Annual Summit 2011. If you were in the room with Ellen, myself and the thousands of other Summit attendees, I’m sure you are [...]

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