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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–families with kids [...]

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With gas prices on the rise, thus curtailing trips to the mall, e-commerce sales posted a fifth consecutive month of double-digit growth in March according the latest MasterCard SpendingPulse report that was issued today. Online retail sales increased 16.1 percent last month compared to March of 2010, building on the 13.2 percent year over year [...]

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We’ve been warning our readers for awhile that the proliferation of state online tax legislation was only going to continue here in 2011.  We weren’t kidding. Lo and behold, Arkansas last week became the latest state to move closer to an affiliate tax that so many other states have either adopted or are in the [...]

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I like clouds.  Aside from their fluffiness, they provide temporary shade from the sun, life-sustaining water to our  planet, and storage for our documents, photos, music, and videos. That last part refers to cloud storage, of course; it seems as though more and more companies are allowing us to store our digital treasures on their [...]

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Ebay announced this morning that it will acquire e-commerce and marketing solutions provider GSI Commerce in a cash and debt deal that will be worth about $2.4 billion.  It would represent the online auction site’s priciest acquisition since its failed takeover of Skpe in 2005. “The acquisition of GSI, which offers the most comprehensive integrated [...]

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E-mail marketing leader Constant Contact announced that it has put the finishing touches on an acquisition of Bantam Live, a leading contact management and social CRM provider. The purchase should substantially add to the email marketing capabilities that Constant Contact provides already to more than 400,000 businesses and small organizations. Bantam Live, based in New [...]

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We just reported on Amazon and the online sales tax issue in North Carolina on Friday but it appears that there’s another new development in one of e-commerce’s hottest topics now in Texas. Following through on repeated threats that it has made in Texas (and elsewhere) during the dialogue over internet taxes, Amazon has announced [...]

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Up here in New York City, we’re digging out from yet another snow storm (though this one was fairly tame compared to the December blizzard).  As such, we don’t have any news to post for you today but we do have announcement that we hope will catch your eye. Part of our [...]

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Less than two weeks ago we reported on the new online sales tax amnesty program being rolled out in Illinois that was the first of its kind in the country.  Now there’s yet another big development in the Prairie State regarding the hot-button topic of internet taxation. Lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly have approved [...]

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Happy New Year!

Ecommerce Junkie will be off today (New Year’s Eve), returning on Monday, January 3rd. We resolve to keep bringing you solid and helpful news items throughout 2011 and we’re always looking for your tips and suggestions, so keep them coming! We hope all of our readers enjoyed 2010 and we wish all of you a [...]

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