Gold: Fairytale Brownies, Holiday 2011

| Tim Parry

Fairytale Brownies looked to generate $6.6 million in revenue from sales of brownie and cookie gifts from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 2011. Fall and holiday 2011 print catalogs, the brownies.com ecommerce site, email specials and affiliate marketing were used as tools to reach that goal.

Holiday Tip: Get Going with Google Shopping

| MCM staff

Another tip for the holidays? How about a tip for right now! Zach Morrison, vice president and director of SEM at Elite SEM, says you better be working on Google Shopping before it’s too late!

How Google Shopping will Disrupt Online Retail

| MCM staff

Soon, retailers’ free ride on Google will be over, and they will have to adapt to the change to Google Shopping. So what should online merchants be aware of to acclimate themselves with the new Google Shopping?

Amazon Launches U.K. Parcel Delivery Program

| Jim Tierney

Amazon.com will soon begin delivery parcels to its U.K. online customers at nearly 5,000 convenience stores through collection network CollectPlus. Amazon began the trial run program a few months ago on a small scale with books and clothing and has now rolled it out nationwide.