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‘Daily Wrap:’ Promotional Email, Macy’s, Borders
The top online retailers sent each of their subscribers three promotional emails on average during the week ending Jan. 28, 2011. That’s up 3% week-over-week, down 6% from where it was four weeks ago, and up 18% year-over-year.
Store Openings & Closings
Contemporary departments, called Impulse, will mushroom from the current 200 Macy’s doors to 220 this year, and up to 400 over...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Telnet Attacks, Family Dollar, Williams-Sonoma
StoreFrontBackTalk reports thieves are now increasingly using the 40-year-old text-based Telnet protocol to attack corporate servers, quoting network-services vendor Akamai, whose retail customers include Amazon.com, Best Buy, JCPenney and Staples. Akamai data indicates Telnet now represents the second-heaviest level of internet attack traffic, and the Telnet attacks are still...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Starbucks, HSN, Wal-Mart Canada
Starbucks is introducing Starbucks card e-gifts in the US. They can be used like a regular Starbucks card, registered to earn loyalty points, set to auto-reload, used for online and mobile purchases, and linked to consumer Facebook accounts.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
HSN has launched HSN ID, a new way for consumers to access HSN's special offers, live broadcast and more on...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Online Retail Traffic, Starbucks, Toys R Us
More than 85% of Americans online visited a retail site in December 2010, up from 80% in December 2009, according to comScore Media Metrix data .With the holiday season in full swing, December 2010 saw increased traffic within several content categories including e-cards and shipping, as well as retail.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Coke and Starbucks are among the first...Continue Reading »
RetailWire Discussion: The Enduring Allure of the Secret Handshake
Commentary by Doug Stephens,
President,
Retail Prophet
Facebook has become the ultimate online commune. Anyone can jump on a Groupon deal. There are no requisites to joining Foursquare, Flickr or almost any other web based social community. In fact, the web in general has in many ways become the truest expression of the idea of equal access and egalitarianism; the democratization of...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Super Bowl, Twitter, JCPenney
The average US consumer is expected to spend $59.33 on Super Bowl game-related merchandise, apparel and snacks this year, up from $52.63 last year, according to a new survey by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, conducted by BIGresearch. Total Super Bowl spending is expected to reach $10.1 billion.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
After a year or so of hit and misses,...Continue Reading »
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‘Daily Wrap:’ Coupons.com, Amazon.com, Subway
For the second year in a row, Atlanta, GA takes the top spot on the “Most Frugal US Cities” list, according to the 2010 Savings Index released by online coupon provider Coupons.com. On average, regular users of Coupons.com in Atlanta printed more than $1,000 in coupon savings from the site in 2010.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Amazon.com is developing a free weekly home...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Home Depot
Amazon.com sold about 1.3 million gift cards in a single day using the discount coupon site LivingSocial, according to MediaBistro. The one-day deal allowed consumers to buy a $20 gift card for $10.
Business & Finance
Wal-Mart is launching a major initiative to make healthy food more affordable and improve the healthiness of its private label food and CPG products.
Save-A-Lot broke...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Online Coupons, McDonald’s, AutoZone
US consumers saved a total of $32.2 million with online coupons during the November-December 2010 holiday shopping season, according to coupon aggregator RetailMeNot. Consumers made a total of 45.9 million visits to the RetailMeNot coupon site during that time.
CRM
McDonald's is rolling out contactless card payments across its 1,200 UK restaurants.
IT Operations
1010data has signed...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ ShopRunner, Targeted Ads, Wal-Mart
Newegg.com, Lord & Taylor, Timberland, and Helly Hansen have all joined the ShopRunner network, a members-only shopping program that offers online consumers unlimited, free two-day shipping with no minimum order size, free shipping on returns and special offers. ShopRunner plans to launch additional retailers, as well as new service offerings, throughout 2011.
Advertising &...Continue Reading »