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		<title>Electronics Top Shopper Back to School Lists, SortPrice.com Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the back-to-school shopping season in full swing, what items are consumers targeting most? According to price comparison site SortPrice.com, electronics and gadgets are once again the most sought-after products in 2011.   The company rolled out its annual top 10 popular back to school products list yesterday, which is compiled using site traffic and user [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2698&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Eyes Federal Sales Tax Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lost amid the rancorous debate over raising the debt ceiling, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Friday afternoon rolled out proposed legislation that would clear the way for a federally-mandated online sales tax in states that participate in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SST). The Main Street Fairness Act would essentially reverse the Supreme Court’s 1992 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2691&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 2011 Junkie Winner – TurnTo Networks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the e-commerce industry these days, information is everything. A seemingly infinite number of online shopping resources, combined with an economic climate that has forced consumers to save money wherever they can, have put the power squarely in the hands of shoppers.  Concurrently, that climate has also made it imperative that retailers offer as many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2687&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Online Sales Taxes Confusing Consumers?</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/26/are-online-sales-taxes-confusing-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise in new online sales tax bills in states across the nation has been a top story within the e-commerce and business press over the course of the past year or so.  It seems, however, that not everyone is reading those stories. In a newly released survey sponsored by the International Council of Shopping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2683&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merchant Tips: Is Contact Data Accuracy Hurting Your Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may not be one of the sexier components of any e-commerce operation, but the fact remains that having solid and accurate customer data information in order to maintain clear lines of communications with your shoppers is a must in this day and age. The question then becomes, are you one of the haves or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2679&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Groupon’s Privacy Policy Catches Lawmakers’ Attention</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/22/groupon%e2%80%99s-privacy-policy-catches-lawmakers%e2%80%99-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having established itself as the clear-cut leader in the growing daily deal industry with an army of loyal fans and customers as well as an anticipated $3 billion in revenue this year alone, one would be hard pressed to say that Groupon has anything to worry about these days. Or do they? Two members of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2675&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Back-to-School Shopping Already Doomed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The calendar only reads July 21 but should retailers be concerned that the back-to-school shopping season this year is going to be a bust?  Maybe so. A survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF), conducted by BIGresearch earlier this month, reveals that consumers will likely reign in spending on school supplies in 2011&#8211;families with kids [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2666&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SortPrice’s Facebook Store Application Gets Boost with New Flash Sale Feature</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/20/sortprice%e2%80%99s-facebook-store-application-gets-boost-with-new-flash-sale-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecommercejunkie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Already one of the leading F-commerce solutions in the industry, comparison search engine SortPrice.com announced this week that they’ve added another cool feature to their Facebook Store Application that allows merchants to run Flash Sales right on their fan pages. The company says the new component is just the latest in a long line of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2661&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The End Comes for Borders</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/19/the-end-comes-for-borders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Borders, which gamely filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and then committed heavily to a reorganization effort to save itself, is out of options and will now begin the process of liquidation. Thus ends the tenure of one of America’s most popular retail brands. &#8220;Following the best efforts of all parties, we are saddened by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2656&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Rolls out Kindle Textbook Rental Program for College Students</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/18/amazon-rolls-out-kindle-textbook-rental-program-for-college-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s some good news for all you college students out there.  You now have a chance to put a slight dent in what has become an outrageous cost associated with higher education thanks to a new service rolled out by Amazon today. The program, the Kindle Textbook Rental, offers students the chance to save up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2651&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re on Vacation!</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/11/were-on-vacation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The small staff at Ecommerce Junkie is on summer vacation for the week of July 11. As such, we won&#8217;t be posting any news this week. We&#8217;ll be back in earnest on Monday, July 18 and the rest of the month will include our next Junkie award winner and (hopefully) some excellent guest contributions in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2645&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>E-commerce Sales Continue Scorching Run</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/08/e-commerce-sales-continue-scorching-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Friday’s big economic-related news announcement was definitely a downer—unemployment nationwide has increased and now sits at an ugly 9.2 percent—web retailers are rejoicing thanks to more good news for them. E-commerce sales in June increased 15.2 percent year-over-year according to the latest MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse report.  For those of you keeping score at home, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2641&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mobile Mannequin&#8221; App Goes Live</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/07/mobile-mannequin-app-goes-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the most die-hard online and mobile shopping enthusiasts would probably concede that the biggest drawback in using such channels to buy clothing and apparel is the inability to actually try the merchandise on. Sure, advancements in product photo and video displays have helped some but consumers more often than not want to see what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2635&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana, Pennsylvania Getting a Boost from Amazon</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/06/indiana-pennsylvania-getting-a-boost-from-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though Indiana and Pennsylvania, two states that have yet to pursue internet sales tax laws like so many others around the nation, are being rewarded for their position on the issue by Amazon. Amazon, which along with Overstock.com has assumed a leading voice for the e-commerce industry in the ongoing debate over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2631&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ShopRunner to Offer Digital Wallet, Monthly Shipping Service</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/07/05/shoprunner-to-offer-digital-wallet-monthly-shipping-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecommercejunkie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a page from the likes of Visa, MasterCard and others that have an electronic wallet in some stage of development or implementation, ShopRunner is using the concept as the cornerstone of a new aggressive expansion plan. The shipping and online marketplace site has announced that it will roll out its own version of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2627&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon, Overstock Pull the Plug on California Affiliates Following Online Tax Passage</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/30/amazon-overstock-pull-the-plug-on-california-affiliates-following-online-tax-passage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what’s become standard operating procedure for the two e-tail giants, Amazon and Overstock have wasted no time in terminating their respective affiliate programs in California after the state become the seventh in the nation to initiate an online sales tax yesterday. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the law into effect Wednesday as part of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2623&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Product Research Becoming More Extensive, Report Says</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/29/online-product-research-becoming-more-extensive-report-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a likely indicator that the growing number of online shopping resources available to consumers is actually making people better and smarter shoppers, a new report reveals that product research is taking up an increasingly larger share of the overall shopping experience and that more people are doing such research on social networks. One out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2618&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Steps Up E-commerce Presence in China</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/28/walmart-steps-up-e-commerce-presence-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecommercejunkie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when the world’s largest retailer decides to plant an e-commerce flag in the world’s most populous country?  We’re about to find out. Walmart announced this week that it has finalized an agreement with Shanghai’s government to set up an office in the Chinese commercial city that will serve as headquarters for the retailer’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2613&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Daily Deal Industry, Everyone Else is Looking up at Groupon</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/27/in-daily-deal-industry-everyone-else-is-looking-up-at-groupon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the daily deals market has become increasingly crowded over the course of the past year or so, it would appear that all of the newcomers (and even those companies that have been at it for awhile) have a long way to go before they’re going to catch up with Groupon. A new report from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2609&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Breaks Up Pair of &#8216;Scareware&#8217; Crime Rings</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/23/fbi-breaks-up-pair-of-scareware-crime-rings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are all of you have had to endure those pesky pop-up and online ads informing you that your computer is vulnerable to outside threats and that you must immediately update the machine’s security system.  Turns out that more often than not, those ads themselves are the threat. The FBI and Department of Justice this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2605&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Poised to Assume Top Spot in Web Advertising</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/22/facebook-poised-to-assume-top-spot-in-web-advertising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t look now, but Facebook’s takeover of the world continues! According to a new report by research firm eMarketer, the social networking giant’s web advertising revenue is growing at such a clip that it will overtake both Google and Yahoo this year and become No. 1 in online display ads. eMarketer’s data projects that Facebook [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2601&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ICANN Approves Plan for New Top-Level Domain Names</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/21/icann-approves-plan-for-new-top-level-domain-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touting the advent of a new age of online creativity, the organization responsible for the Internet address system has approved a measure that will allow both companies and organizations to apply for new, &#8216;top-level&#8217; domain names for use in conjunction with the more than 20 domains already in existence. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2597&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survey Data Reveals Pluses, Minuses of Daily Deal Trend</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/20/survey-data-reveals-pluses-minuses-of-daily-deal-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know just how profound an impact Groupon, Living Social and the daily deal sites that followed them have had on the online shopping world.  But despite the meteoric rise in popularity, is the daily deal model not without some negatives? According to a new survey, the answer is yes, though the results still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2592&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>White House Loses its CIO</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/17/white-house-loses-its-cio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vivek Kundra, who President Obama appointed the nation’s first federal chief information officer, is leaving his post in August to start a fellowship at Harvard University. Kundra, 36, spent two and half years on the job during which he oversaw more than $80 billion worth of information technology initiatives aimed, in part, at streamlining the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2590&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JC Penney Takes a Bite Out of Apple with New CEO</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/16/jc-penney-takes-a-bite-out-of-apple-with-new-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Johnson’s work in building and expanding Apple’s retail offerings into a global force has been described by some as &#8220;iconic.&#8221;  Apparently, JC Penney feels the same way. The department store chain has tabbed Johnson to be its new CEO, effective November 1.  Johnson will take the reigns from current Penney’s CEO Myron Ullman, who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2584&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report Reveals Shifting Back-to-School Shopping Priorities this Year</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/15/report-reveals-shifting-back-to-school-shopping-priorities-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to believe that we’re just now getting into the swing of summer and it’s already time to starting thinking about the back-to-school shopping season.  Lo and behold though… PriceGrabber just rolled out its annual Back-to-School Shopping Forecast survey and the results show a bit of a shift in back-to-school shopping plans for 2011 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2576&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Buys Online Ad Firm Admeld</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/14/google-buys-online-ad-firm-admeld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reinforcing the notion that the advertising business will bee an important part of its overall future growth, Google yesterday announced that it will buy the online display advertising firm Admeld. Admeld’s CEO Michael Barrett first announced the acquisition in a company blog post late last week.  Though neither party confirmed the dollar figure affixed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2572&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online Ad Spending Expected to Balloon this Year</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/13/online-ad-spending-expected-to-balloon-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecommercejunkie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online advertising budgets experienced wave after wave of decreases as the recession wrecked havoc on overall marketing strategies, but new data from eMarketer suggests that period of cooling off is likely over and ad spending will increase across the board over the next four years. eMarketer predicts that online advertising will total $31.3 billion here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2563&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April/May Junkie Winner: SomeoneWith.com</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/10/aprilmay-junkie-winner-someonewith-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paula Jagemann]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor’s Note: due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to award a Junkie for the month of April. As such, this award announcement covers both April and May of 2011. We don’t expect to miss another month again.) Though progress has certainly been made over the course of the past decade, there is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2558&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retailers Garner a Capitol Hill Victory on Swipe Fees</title>
		<link>http://ecommercejunkie.com/2011/06/09/retailers-garner-a-capitol-hill-victory-on-swipe-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[debit card fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handing a big win to retailers and e-tailers in particular, the U.S. Senate yesterday rejected a proposal to delay for a year a major reduction in debit card fees that merchants pay to banks and opened the door for the Federal Reserve to move ahead with an immediate reduction in such fees. Both online and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ecommercejunkie.com&amp;blog=6840457&amp;post=2551&amp;subd=ecommercejunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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