Author Archives: Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org

Nov30

How digital retailers are investing in U.S. jobs in 2012

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: November 30, 2011
1 Comment | Posted in Research

According to recent research from NRF, 3.6 million stores draw on a vast array of suppliers and support 42 million jobs and $2.5 trillion of annual GDP in the U.S. While the impact of the industry just keeps growing, a very important part of that is the double-digit growth area of digital. According to the [...]

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Nov01

Retailers beware: Internet domain expansion could cost you more than your brand identity

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: November 1, 2011
3 Comments | Posted in IT/Operations, Public Policy

This January, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will begin accepting applications for new extensions of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). What exactly do all these acronyms have to do with you? Well, probably quite a bit if you’re part of a retail organization that conducts business online. Now is the time to [...]

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Oct06

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Shop.org remembers Steve Jobs

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: October 6, 2011
4 Comments | Posted in Retail Companies

Yesterday the world lost the greatest American visionary, entrepreneur, inventor, designer, and technologist of all time. Like President Obama himself, I, and millions around the world learned of the passing of this retail legend on the very device that he created. Jobs created and led the iconic, cutting-edge Apple brand through innovation and design. In [...]

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Sep29

A night of gaming at the Shop.org Annual Summit

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: September 29, 2011
3 Comments | Posted in Events

It was another record-breaking year at the Shop.org 2011 Annual Summit with over 4,000 attendees, 100+ speakers, 26+ sessions, and most importantly – a few days of networking and fun with the digital retailing community. This year, Shop.org hosted a cocktail reception and dinner at Jillian’s Boston, just steps away from Fenway Park. Attendees enjoyed [...]

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Sep07

Four ways you can make more money next week: A Summit sneak peek

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: September 7, 2011
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It’s Summit time. What does that mean for the more than 3,500 retailers and industry experts attending the show? It’s time for the best and most influential digital retail event in the industry. Over the last 10 years of hosting this annual event, we’ve received the strongest feedback for one critical component of our show [...]

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