Fighting for the Buy box on Amazon
Posted on 25. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Skip McGrath has been selling independently for years through Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc.’s marketplaces, but there have been times when some products, like the electric salt dispensers and other kitchen gadgets he offers, just won’t move. “Sometimes products just sit there,” he laments. “I had some products that hadn’t moved in a year.” Part [...]
Pinterest helps consumers discover Wal-Mart products
Posted on 24. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Pinterest this week rolled out “product pins’” that show users more information about the items for sale that shoppers “pin” in the network, such as where they can buy a product, its price and availability. Pinterest allows consumers to pin and share products and images from around the web. Consumers then add their pins to [...]
E-retailer JustFab expands in Europe
Posted on 23. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Fashion-focused e-retailer JustFab has bought similarly named European members-only shoes e-retailer The Fab Shoes, which operates in France and Spain. The acquisition gives JustFab, which sells in Germany and the United Kingdom, footholds in more of Europe. JustFab, which sells shoes, handbags and other items, says it will fold The Fab Shoes team into its [...]
How to keep online shoppers engaged with a retail site
Posted on 22. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Sarah McIlroy Call it the blessing of the “sticky” site: an e-commerce destination so appealing that consumers, on average, want to spend an hour there per visit, playing around with products and helping you decide what to sell. That’s where FashionPlaytes.com finds itself, says founder and president Sarah McIlroy. She will talk about how the [...]
Yahoo jumps further into social media marketing
Posted on 21. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Yahoo Inc. said Monday it will pay about $1.1 billion primarily in cash to acquire Tumblr Inc., a popular web site for distributing and sharing blog posts that, Yahoo says, attracts more than 300 million unique monthly visitors. But the deal raises the question of how Yahoo will be able to turn Tumblr’s followers, who [...]
SLI Systems is going public
Posted on 20. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Site search software provider SLI Systems Ltd. is raising money through an initial public offering of stock. It began offering 18 million shares at NZ $1.50 (USD $1.22) on May 14 in an auction that will close May 28; SLI shares will begin trading on the New Zealand Exchange Main Board May 31. SLI expects [...]
Brand manufacturers attract fresh faces to their e-commerce sites
Posted on 19. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Consumer brand manufacturers are continually attracting new visitors to their e-commerce sites. In fact 52% of the traffic to manufacturers in this year’s Top 500 Guide were new to the site, the highest percentage among the four types of merchants ranked in the guide, according to Top 500 data provided by Experian Marketing Services. Catalogers (with [...]
E-retailer Stella & Dot hires a LivingSocial veteran
Posted on 18. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Mandy Cole Stella Dot has hired a LivingSocial veteran as executive vice president of field development. The e-retailer of jewelry and accessories says Mandy Cole will develop its sales force and help to drum up sales in the United States and globally. LivingSocial, a daily deal operator that competes with Groupon Inc., hired Cole in June [...]
eBay links shopping carts across platforms as it updates apps
Posted on 17. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
eBay’s iPad app. Online marketplace eBay Inc. has released updated versions of its iPhone and iPad apps, bringing some desktop site features to mobile commerce and making shopping on multiple devices easier. New features in the updated apps include the introduction of multiple search views so app users can see search results in table, grid or tile view, and [...]
Wal-Mart’s online sales grow more than 30% in Q1
Posted on 16. May, 2013 by admin in Internet Retailer
Neil Ashe, the retailer’s global e-commerce head. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported today that its online sales grew more than 30% in the first quarter of the year, and said it planned to expand its e-commerce operations in key markets around the world. The figures cover Wal-Mart’s fiscal first quarter, which extended from Jan. 26 to [...]
