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Sharpmen uses YouTube videos to bring its e-commerce flash sale site to life
Posted on 19. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Aiming to be “GQ meets QVC online,” flash sale retailer Sharpmen wants to make the men visiting its e-commerce site feel as though they are paging though a glossy fashion magazine. It’s turning to YouTube videos to get the job done. The members-only site, which launched this week, offers a range of items including apparel, tech [...]
Facebook sets its own value at $104 billion
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Inc. said today it has priced its shares at $38 for its initial public offering. If investors agree with that price when Facebook shares go on sale tomorrow, the social network’s valuation would stand at $104 billion. Facebook yesterday increased the number of shares it will offer in its initial public offering [...]
Good customer service via social media can lead to more spending
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Retailers that want to persuade consumers to spend more should do more to offer good customer service via social media. That’s the message of a recent survey report from American Express World Service. An online survey conducted in February of 1,000 U.S. consumers found that 17% of respondents had used social media for customer service [...]
Canadian retailer Golf Town plans to buy Golfsmith
Posted on 16. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Canadian multichannel retailer Golf Town is acquiring Golfsmith International Holdings Inc., the companies have announced. Golf Town is a specialty golf retailer based in Canada, where it operates more than 50 stores and an e-commerce site. Golfsmith, No. 209 in Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide, sells online at Golfsmith.com, through 78 Golfsmith stores and a [...]
Groupon’s revenue jumps 89%
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
For the first time ever, Groupon Inc.’s operations didn’t cause the daily deal operator to post a quarterly operating loss. The daily deal operator today announced it had a $39.6 million operating income in the first quarter. For the first quarter ended March 31, Groupon reported: Revenue increased 89.3% to $559.3 million, compared with $295.5 [...]
A two-step e-mail campaign helps Folica lift sales
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Hair and beauty product e-retailer Folica Inc. this spring spurred sales using a one-two marketing punch comprised of a targeted e-mail message reinforced with a message on Folica.com viewable only to those recipients that clicked through from the e-mail. Folica segmented its e-mail database and sent a free shipping offer to “elite members.” Folica invites [...]
Bing gets friendlier with Facebook
Posted on 13. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
In the coming weeks, Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of its Bing search engine designed to make a user’s Facebook friends play a bigger role in web search results. “We’re evolving search in a way that recognizes new user paradigms like the growth of the social graph, and will empower people with the [...]
More e-commerce sites help grow online sales in France
Posted on 12. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Three million more French consumers shopped online in the first three months of 2012 compared with a year earlier, according to the latest quarterly report published by France’s national e-commerce and mail order retail federation, Fevad. That brings the number of online shoppers in the country to 31 million. The findings are based on a [...]
A resort more than doubles its Facebook following thanks to an e-mail campaign
Posted on 11. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Rancho Las Palmas Resort Spa last year noticed that a slowing down in the growth of consumers on Facebook clicking that they Like the luxury resort. To draw attention to its Facebook presence, the resort worked with social media marketing vendor GroSocial to launch a Facebook contest. In order to enter the contest, Facebook users [...]
Wal-Mart customers join forces with the Avengers
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Riding the wave of the blockbuster movie “The Avengers,” Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched an augmented reality app that lets customers play a game in which they can hunt down superheroes in stores or take pictures with any of the Avengers, who appear virtually on screen at select locations in stores. To play the game, [...]
