NY Web Tax Law Not So Scary?

| Jim Tierney

After the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued a Technical Services Bulletin (TSB-M-08(3)S) on May 8 regarding a new law requiring online merchants to collect state sales taxes, the tax counsel for the Direct Marketing Association said the legislation is now viewed as

Drs. Foster and Smith Signs on with Bill Me Later

| MCM staff

Drs. Foster and Smith, a provider of pet supplies and information, is now offering its customers the ability to pay for Website and catalog purchases with Bill Me Later, a secure alternative payments system which allows online shoppers to purchase items without the use of a credit card and pay for them later.

Godiva Goes Mobile

| Tim Parry

Godiva Chocolatier has a new flavor: Blackberry. The multichannel food and gift merchant has added a mobile channel to enable BlackBerry smartphone users to make purchases on the go.

New Website Targets Bariatric Patients

| Patrick Barnard

Hoping to cash in on a growing niche market, food and nutrition specialist Gene Carbonell and his partner Jan Chadwick have started a new Website offering healthier food options for bariatric surgery patients.

Welcome home

| MCM staff

When was the last time you took a good, hard look at your home page, including its load time, navigation structure, content and layout? A well-designed

Customer-Centric Communication

| MCM staff

Marketers have been thinking about, teaching and practicing the art of customer relevance since the first peddlers hawked their wares. Yet each generation

Mining NATURAL SEARCH Data

| Thom Adams

Medium and large-size e-commerce sites often have more aspects to their natural search data than strategies to effectively make use of it. Natural search