Think you’ve got a lot of competition? You’re right. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are over one million retail establishments in the US. Or as Austin Powers might put it: “One MEELLION retailers! (Mua ha ha ha…)” In such a brutally competitive market, even tiny details are crucial. Jessica Vascellaro writes in [...]

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Jay Herratti, SVP of strategic planning for IAC/ InterActiveCorp, spoke about “The Five Key E-commerce Trends That Require Your Attention” at this summer’s eTail 2006 conference. What’s the#1 trend to watch? 1) Video that sells. “It’s now become possible for broadband video to be distributed successfully online,” noted Herratti, citing the near-mass penetration of broadband [...]

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In today’s Wall Street Journal, Joanna Ossinger reports that “online retailers and shopping-information sites are starting to figure out how to use videos to draw visitors to their sites and help propel sales.” QVC.com, the online store for home-shopping channel QVC, is naturally one of the pioneers of online retail video. Senior VP Bob Myers [...]

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