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Jul 2nd, 2009 by admin
Former Doubleclick founder Kevin Ryan has raised a record $40 million of growth capital for his shopping club Gilt Groupe (Gilt Groupe Raising $40 Million At A Huge Valuation): “Gilt Groupe, a New York-based private-sale ecommerce company, has signed a term sheet with General Atlantic and Matrix to raise about $40 million at about a $400 million valuation. Continue Reading »
Jul 1st, 2009 by admin
This post is a recap of todays webinar Requirements Diligence: The Cornerstone to eCommerce Project Succes, presented by Bernardine Wu of FitForCommerce, dubbed the eHarmony of eCommerce. FitForCommerce is a consultancy founded to help online businesses work through ecommerce strategy, requirements/RFP, vendor selection, ecommerce marketing and implementation coaching. Continue Reading »
Jul 1st, 2009 by admin
The British luxury online fashion merchant Net-a-Porter has raised their revenues in 2008 to the level of 81.5 million pounds ($134 million). “The strength of online shopping for those that can get the business model right has been underlined by Net-a-Porter, the web-only luxury fashion retailer, which more than trebled pre-tax profits last year. Continue Reading »
Jun 30th, 2009 by admin
The IRCE 2009 at Boston went fine for Mobius. We had a perfect location (3rd from the entrance/exit). People who visited us at booth no. 504 got a fair idea about our new product Re.flex and other services. I heartily THANK all the people who stopped by. We hope meeting you again next year at IRCE 2010 Continue Reading »
Jun 29th, 2009 by admin
Whats the difference between persistent and perpetual shopping carts? Persistent shopping carts save a customers cart contents across sessions through persistent cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on a users computer. The cookie can be set to expire after a few minutes, a number of days or even years unless they are wiped out by the users browser or anti-spyware programs, or the user does not accept cookies. Continue Reading »
Jun 29th, 2009 by admin
iBOOD, the European market leader in live shopping is according to Google Trends enjoying more popularity in Poland than in Germany. iBOOD launched the Polish offering at the beginning of the year. Their strongest market continues to be the Netherlands - there they are holding 1dayfly, their only serious competitor, well in check. Continue Reading »
Jun 29th, 2009 by admin
For enterprises on the lookout for opportunities, Russia counts nowadays along with Turkey as one of the most attractive emerging markets for (electronic) mail order sales. Because while some may contend that the good ol paper catalogue is enough to keep the Russians satisfied, others are jettisoning their paper catalogue based businesses and are re-investing their money in more future oriented business models (Direct Group Acquires Stake in KupiVIP.ru): Continue Reading »
Jun 26th, 2009 by admin
Being in a wheelchair, Im not able to shop in every retail store. Sometimes stores have a few steps outside the door, or have levels only accessible by stairs or escalator. Others have aisles too narrow for my chair, or shelves too high to reach. But I can access any e-store without a problem. Its not that easy for visually impaired shoppers, illiterate and those who can see but do not have full hand function. Continue Reading »
As Vente-Prive has dominated an estimated 80-90% of the French market, its pretty hard to figure out which of the approximately 70 private shopping clubs comes in second place. From a traffic perspective its surely AchatVIP, but looking at revenues it may very well be ShowRoomPrive who has taken the top spot last year. Continue Reading »
Jun 24th, 2009 by admin
Meghan Keane from eConsultancy reported recent findings from Webcredibles ecommerce persuasion poll. Of 1300 online shoppers surveyed, the top reason shoppers purchase from one website over another is seller reputation (28%) followed by price (26%). Continue Reading »