While other companies continue to flood the market and target retailers with new e-commerce solutions for Facebook, one of the industry’s original ‘F-commerce’ providers is already well into phase two of its retail offering for the social networking site. Comparison search engine SortPrice.com yesterday announced that it has unveiled Version 2.0 of its Facebook Store [...]
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Overstock Ends Connecticut Affiliate Program
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Online Shopping, tagged Amazon, internet taxation, Online Sales Taxes, Overstock on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Repeating a program it implemented in four other states in April, Ovestock.com has ceased affiliate operations in Connecticut this week after the state became the latest to adopt online tax legislation and will be focusing resources on Connecticut shoppers instead. As it already does in New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Illinois, Overstock will [...]
Glenn Beck Brings a Whole Different Kind of Values to Daily Deal Shopping
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, Retail, tagged daily deal sites, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck e-commerce, Groupon, Markdown.com, Mercury Radio Arts on May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In what might qualify as the most random piece of news that we’ve ever reported here on Ecommerce Junkie, conservative political commentator Glenn Beck, the bane of the liberals everywhere, has launched a daily deal site called Markdown.com. The Fox News personality, whose gig as the afternoon talk show host on the conservative network is [...]
Have Tablets Already Overtaken Smart Phones for Shopping?
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Mobile Commerce, Online Shopping, tagged eMarketer, m-commerce, mobile commerce, smart phones, smart phones for shopping, tablet computers, tablets for shopping, The E-tailing Group on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The tablet computer is a relatively new entrant into the consumer electronics marketplace, and in the grand scheme of things, only a fraction of Americans currently own and use one. Yet, despite their smaller user base, tablets are being used to research products and make purchase online with such frequency that they have already overtaken [...]
Report Reveals that Smaller Merchants Face the Biggest Security Threats
Posted in Click Fraud, Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, tagged credit card fraud, e-commerce security, online security, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, Payment Card Trends and Risks for Small Merchants", Trustwave on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
E-commerce payment systems accounted for a sizable chunk of credit card fraud instances in 2010, with smaller merchants and retailers representing the biggest targets for criminals intent on stealing debit and credit card information according to a new report from Trustwave. The web security firm’s report “Payment Card Trends and Risks for Small Merchants” says [...]
SteelHouse Survey Reveals a Truly Diverse Online Shopping Public
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, tagged behavioral commerce, consumer habits, online shopping habits, SteelHouse, Synovate eNation on May 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A new survey from ‘behavioral commerce’ specialist SteelHouse confirms what many retailers and marketers have come to learn in this age of evolving ecommerce options: that Americans’ shopping habits are as varied as the individuals themselves, and one size most certainly does not fit all when it comes to enticing those shoppers online. Steelhouse teamed [...]
Merchant Tips: A Lesson in How NOT to Treat Your Customers
Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged DecorMyEyes.com, e-commerce customer service, Vitaly Borker on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As seasoned online shoppers, we’ve seen our fair share of terrible customer service practices over the years. Still, we’d never encountered anything so bad that it results in legal action and jail time. That is, until now. We’ve learned from the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan that Vitaly Borker, the owner and operator of the [...]
Walmart Plants Flag in China, Will Others Follow Suit?
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged china and e-commerce, online shpping in china, Walmart, walmart and china, Yihaodian on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In what could be the start of a quickly-escalating and widespread trend, Walmart announced late last week that it has bought a minority stake in Chinese e-tailer Yihaodian, which specializes in consumer electronics, apparel, groceries and baby products. The total dollar amount invested in the transaction was not disclosed, but the move by the world’s [...]
PC Mall Adds Daily Deal Offering to Discount Site
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged daily deal sites, OnSale, OnSale.com, PC Mall, PC Mall Daily Deals on May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We had a brief lull in daily deal news items going there for awhile. Well, so much for that! PC Mall this week has announced its entrance into e-commerce’s hottest new arena with a little twist. Rather than launching a completely new daily deal resource, the electronics and computer retailer will be expanding its current [...]
Overstock Ready to Hand Out $1 Million for Product Recommendation Algorithm
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Shopping, tagged Netflix, Overstock.com, RecLab Prize, RichRelevance on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re a techie or a web developer who is a bit short on cash right now, Overstock.com has an offer that might be just what you need. The company, in conjunction with its current product recommendations technology provider Rich Relevance, has announced a $1 million prize for any researcher or team that can devise [...]
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