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Promotional Email, Sears Spinoff, Skechers Cloud Database
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending June 24, 2011, according to the Retail Email Blog.
That’s down 3% week-over-week, down 5% from where it was four weeks ago, and up 13% year-over-year.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Companies with names like Klout, PeerIndex and Twitter Grader are in the...Continue Reading »
Walgreens Completes drugstore.com Purchase, Wal-Mart Priorities, Old Navy Store Revamp
Walgreen Co. has completed its acquisition of drugstore.com.
The transaction includes all websites directly owned and operated by drugstore.com, as well as its corporate office and customer service and distribution center operations.
Business & Finance
At the company’s annual shareholder meeting, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke discussed Wal-Mart’s priorities...Continue Reading »
Tesco Mobile Pilot, Wal-Mart Small Stores, Target Canada Mediation
In what may be a first in retail IT, the UK-based Tesco chain chose the mobile platform it would experiment with based on a determination that it was the least secure, according to StorefrontBacktalk.
Tesco is piloting a Wi-Fi system that will map the closest routes between selected products in stores. Tesco wanted to do extensive beta testing with customers before offering the final...
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Mobile Fast Food Access, Amazon Sells Mac Software, Debenhams Eyes US
A new study released by Equation Research in partnership with QSR shows that consumers are less likely to use a mobile device to access information on fast food restaurants than they are for all other segments of the restaurant industry.
The study shows that only 36% of consumers are very or somewhat likely to use their mobile device to access information on fast food restaurants,...
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Daily Deal Growth, Target Canada Stores, Donut Day
Unique visitors to leading daily deal sites Groupon and LivingSocial.com grew by triple-digit rates between April 2010 and April 2011, according to analysis from Compete.
Groupon still leads the way with nearly 24 million unique visitors for the month, increasing 5.4% month-over-month (MOM) and 655.8% year-over-year (YOY).
International Expansion
Target has revealed the first...Continue Reading »
E-commerce Sales, Wal-Mart Eyes Europe, Best Buy Closes DC
U.S. retail e-commerce sales [pdf] for Q1 2011, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, were $46 billion, a 3.4% increase from $44.5 billion in Q4 2010, according to estimates from the Census Bureau.
On a year-over-year basis, adjusted retail e-commerce sales rose almost 18% from $39.1 billion.
International Expansion
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reportedly plans to...Continue Reading »
Sears Store Skype, Bloomie’s Outlets, Apparel Size App
Sears Canada Inc. has introduced Skype technology in 10 of its trendy new fashion shops, allowing shoppers to get instant online feedback by modeling would-be purchases for friends or family on an in-store, 58-inch-wide screen, according to the Toronto Globe & Mail.. Sears is rolling out other online capabilities, such as allowing customers to design their own furniture on the web, as...Continue Reading »
Pier 1 E-commerce, High Price Impact, Kindle Price Reduction
A three-year, $200 million capital expenditure plan for Pier 1 will focus on building the retailer's e-commerce business, according to RIS News.Pier 1 projects the e-commerce channel will contribute at least 10% to its total revenues within five years.
Stats & Research
Despite showing no signs of spending less in recent months, a new Deloitte survey found that nearly three-quarters...Continue Reading »
Sears Online Turf, Wal-Mart Coupons, Microsoft Sues B&N
Sears, in a new multichannel ad campaign, is urging consumers to shop for lawn and garden products at Sears rather than Home Depot or Lowe’s, according to the New York Times. The campaign, being created by the Chicago office of Y&R;, has an extensive presence in new media, including Web video clips, social media and a mobile application that enables comparisons of products sold by those...Continue Reading »
Home Depot Mobile POS, Amazon Toy Sales, Starbucks Meets Challenges
Home Depot store associates are complaining about shortages, bulky hardware, buggy software and lack of training related to the new First Phone mobile POS system, according to StorefrontBacktalk.Employee consensus appears to be that First Phone works, but it still has a long way to go.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Amazon is looking to sign up toy retailers to join its...Continue Reading »