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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Is Back-to-School Shopping Already Doomed?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged back to school shoping research, back to school shopping, back to school shopping data, back to school shopping trends 2011, Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation, NRF on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March E-commerce Sales Keep Climbing
Posted in General News / Technology, Online Shopping, Retail, Uncategorized, tagged e-retail sales data, ecommerce sales data, February 2011 ecommerce sales, March 2011 ecommerce sales, MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse on April 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Next Stop for the Online Sales Tax Gravy Train—Arkansas
Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Uncategorized, tagged affiliate taxes, Amazon, Arkansas online sales tax, internet taxation, online sales tax on April 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
The Rogue Shopper: Amazon’s Newest Service is Cloudy With a Chance of Music
Posted in General News / Technology, Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, Amazon Cloud Drive and Player, computing clouds, Rogue Shopper on Ecommerce Junkie on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
EBay Acquires GSI Commerce
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Uncategorized, tagged e-commerce acquistions, eBay, GSI, GSI Commerce, Skype on March 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Constant Contact Expands Capabilities with Bantam Acquisition
Posted in Ecommerce, Merchant Tips, Retail, Uncategorized, tagged Bantam Live, Constant Contact, digital marketing, email marketing, retail marketing on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Worst-case Texas Scenario Realized for Amazon
Posted in Online Sales Taxes, Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, Amazon and state of Texas, Amazon online sales tax, internet taxation, Online Sales Taxes on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Ecommerce Junkie Looking for Guest Submissions
Posted in General News / Technology, Uncategorized, tagged Ecommerce Junkie, ecommerce news, guest e-commerce writers on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Illinois Internet Tax Moves Closer to Reality
Posted in Online Sales Taxes, Uncategorized, tagged Illinois use tax, Illinois Use Tax Amnesty Program, Online Sales Taxes, online taxation on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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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