December 16, 2009 • 12:09 am
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With over 100,000 apps in the App Store, it’s not always easy to figure out what the best applications are. Besides, what’s best for one person might not be best for another.
One criteria that makes it easy to figure out if an app is good or not is the amount sold. The more it sells, the better it is, right? Apple recently came up with a list of those top best seller and top rated apps.
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December 5, 2009 • 12:09 am
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In July 1995, Amazon.com shipped its first book (Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies) and online retail, as we know it, began. A mere 14 years later, Amazon's sales in the first quarter ended March 31, and net income rose to $177 million from $143 million. 2009 has seen Amazons overall company results beat Wall Street expectations. Many retailers are now asking themselves: What's the size of the prize and what do I need to do to achieve it?
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November 30, 2009 • 12:13 am
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comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 27 days of the November – December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $10.57 billion has been spent online, marking a 3-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Black Friday (November 27) saw $595 million in online sales, making it the second heaviest online spending day to date in 2009 and representing an 11-percent increase versus Black Friday 2008.
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November 27, 2009 • 12:07 am
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FutureLab are starting to experiment with something new which should make Chris Anderson proud. In the past, they have occasionally published reports on the things that were wrong in an industry or situation. But they got frustrated because they felt like we were telling the patient that he was ill, yet not providing the medicine. Especially as – because of all our research work and projects – they are sitting on more of that medicine than they can process.
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November 25, 2009 • 12:08 am
November 24, 2009 • 12:10 am
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An interesting piece of Microsoft Advertorial, that nevertheless highlights Microsoft Corp's product portfolio to help retailers embrace digital and interactive marketing
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Tellme combines the passion of people, the innovation of the Internet, the potential of voice technologies, the unprecedented transformation of the phone, plus a few new ideas. With more mobile phones than computers in people's lives, there's more demand than ever for simple, fast ways to get what you want, when you want it. With billions of voice requests interpreted each year, human input improves the accuracy and speed of the Tellme platform to help you do anything on the go.
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Microsoft Tag creates unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life. They transform physical media (print advertising, billboards, product packages, information signs, in-store merchandising, or even video images)—into live links for accessing information and entertainment online.
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Waitrose, the supermarket division of the John Lewis Partnership, has selected Infosys Technologies to co-develop a new multi-channel web platform intended to deliver an integrated online experience from waitrose.com. Waitrose chose IBM Websphere Commerce as the technology platform for the Waitrose multi-channel commerce strategy.
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November 21, 2009 • 12:08 am
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Pets at Home, which has 246 stores across the UK, has replaced its existing ecommerce platform with a new solution from systems integrator Salmon that is designed to increase its multi-channel capabilities.
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November 19, 2009 • 12:09 am
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The notes cover sessions on;
ACQUIRE: Social media, viral marketing, creativity…
ACQUIRE: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
ACQUIRE: Display advertising and multi-channel acquisition marketing
CONVERT: Optimising site conversion – the best tools and techniques
CONVERT: Increasing conversion rates – tips on what works best
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This is a great video exploring mediated culture, and in particular Youtube. Wesch presented it at the Library of Congress, in June 23rd 2008, but I only discovered it today. It resurfaced on the wearesocial blog. You can keep up to date with his work, and his students work at http://mediatedcultures.net.
If you are Youtube-aphobe, or plainly just don't get it (or so) its really worth watching. "We live in interesting times" aint the half of it.
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November 17, 2009 • 12:07 am
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Sketch-3D is an interactive, integrated software/hardware system that enables users to create their own anaglyphic 3D drawings. By using a ubiquitous interface metaphor (the "Etch-A-Sketch "), Sketch-3D allows anyone to participate in generating stereoscopic imagery in a way that is simple and engaging.
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November 16, 2009 • 12:05 am
November 14, 2009 • 6:12 pm
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November 13, 2009 • 12:08 am
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Nikki Baird of Retail Systems Research has developed a new “Assembled Commerce” model to help online retailers better evaluate the true impact of cross-channel consumers on their business – and to better organize to deliver an effective cross-channel experience.
She shared this new model in a recent ATG-hosted webinar for online retailers after reviewing the key results of the recent 2009 RSR Benchmark Survey: Winning Online Retailers Have Changed the Game.
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November 11, 2009 • 12:09 am
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Written by Theo Papadakis of cScape, this informal guide gives you the lowdown on the key ideas in Persuasion, from Aristole to Ziegelmueller, via goodwill, kairos, motivation and reciprocity.
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November 10, 2009 • 12:07 am
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Multi-channel precision marketing is an integrated solution to handle on-going dialogs with customers, over time, across channels as customers’ behaviors change. By presenting targeted offers and customized promotions at the individual shopper level, WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0 enables companies to design and fine tune on-line shopping flows, content and e-marketing messages that resonate with the target audience, and help to make the brand stand out over the competition.
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November 3, 2009 • 12:08 am
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Pets at Home is the UK-based retailer of pet goods, most well known for their large out of town superstores, packed to the rafters with pet products. The company is embarking on a mission to make its presence felt in the online space and this commitment is reflected in the launch of their brand new website. K9 Magazine takes you on a video tour as we give our opinion on the all new, PetsatHome.com.
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