Holiday E-commerce Sales, Use to Rise

| Tim Parry

Although the price of gas has plummeted since the Deloitte annual holiday survey of retail spending and trends was conducted, Deloitte vice chairman Stacy Janiak says a do-over would produce similar results

Five SEM Tips To Increase Holiday Traffic

| Jason Prescott

Want to get more prospects to your site to increase holiday traffic and seasonal sales? Here are five easy tips to tune up search marketing activities, Website visibility and seasonal e-mailings for better returns on your time and marketing investment

IT Spending Priorities

| Curt Barry

When the economy is way down, catalog/Internet companies may be tempted to suspend all IT investments until business picks up again.

Pier 1: No Return to Catalogs

| Jim Tierney

Home furnishings and decor retailer Pier 1 Imports announced in June 2007 it was shuttering its three-year-old catalog and its seven-year-old e-commerce site.

Survey: More Store Shoppers Are Researching Online

| Tim Parry

Even store customers are getting more Web savvy. The number of U.S. consumers using the Web to research items before buying them in a store has risen 10% since 2006, according to a study released last week by Vertis Communications.

FAO Schwarz Gives to Get Names

| Tim Parry

Are you requesting information from your retail store customers, or giving them something in exchange of their name?

Merchandising the Web way

| Lauren Freedman

Compared to leisurely perusing a print catalog, the Web is in many ways like drive-through shopping. Catalogs allow customers to peruse a merchant’s assortment;