Don’t look now, but older individuals are beginning to close the gap on their younger counterparts when it comes to trying out popular internet trends such as online shopping and social networking. So says a new study by the Pew Research Center that analyzed web activity by U.S.-based users broken down by age group. Overall, [...]
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Internet is No Longer a Domain for the Young Alone
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged GI Generation, Internet trends, internet use by age, Millennials, Older Boomers, Pew Research, web use by age, Younger Boomers on December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
New Alliance Formed to Improve Product Data Accuracy
Posted in Online Shopping, Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, tagged B2C Alliance, Business to Consumer Allicance, G1 standards, product data feeds on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More than a dozen companies have joined forces to establish a new advocacy group that will focus primarily on addressing the constantly growing need for accurate data on products researched by consumers on the web and with their mobile phones. Microsoft, IBM Corp., Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Johnson and Johnson are just a few [...]
Tell Us About Your Holiday Promotions!
Posted in Merchant Tips on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The holidays are fast approaching and we know many of you merchants are busy getting your inventories up to date, making sales plans and reaching out to your customers on the marketing and advertising end. We hope that at the very least, some of the news we’ve provided you with here is helping shape those [...]
Online Coupon Offerings on the Rise
Posted in Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged digital coupons, digital promotions, Kantar Media, Marx, online coupons on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While the growing tide of social networking integration has in many ways become the hot topic in e-commerce in 2010, a new study shows that digital coupons are gaining significant traction in the industry, with more being offered this year than ever before. The study from Marx, an arm of Kantar Media that monitors coupon [...]
Merchant Tips: FedEx Hikes Shipping Rates While USPS Holds Firm
Posted in Merchant Tips, tagged e-commerce shipping, e-tail shipping, FedEx, retail shipping, Shipping costs, U.S. Postal Service on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In what amounts to a mixed bag of sorts, retailers learned late last week that while the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not be raising postage rates in the immediate future after all, Federal Express is hiking its shipping fees by an average of almost 6 percent starting in January. The moves are certainly relevant [...]
Bizrate Hands Out Annual Retail Excellence Awards
Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged Bizrate, Circle of Excellence Awards 2010, Circle of Excellence Platinum, E-commerce awards, retail awards, retail recognitions, shopzilla on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Consumer review site Bizrate has announced the 2010 recipients of its annual Circle of Excellence award, which have grown into one of the most respected recognitions in the retail and e-commerce industries. The Circle of Excellence series recognizes merchants and retailers that have exhibited outstanding customer service practices throughout the past year, as rated and [...]
Merchant Tips: Facebook Formatting Changes Coming
Posted in Facebook Commerce, Merchant Tips, tagged Facebook and e-commerce, Facebook applications, Facebook boxes, Facebook Commerce, Facebook format changes, Facebook tabs on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Citing a need to “simplify navigation for users, reduce complexity for developers, and enable [Facebook] to build the next generation of tools for growing your business…” Facebook is set to make another round of formatting changes at the start of next week. If you’re a retailer or merchant using Facebook as an e-commerce outlet and/or [...]



