In a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, officials from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names are hammering out details for self-rule in an effort to separate itself from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ICANN group, which is responsible for coordinating the Internet's naming and numbering systems, h...
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The number of high-tech job cuts fell sharply during the first six months of 2003, plunging 60 percent below 2002 levels, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. However, CEO John A. Challenger told the E-Commerce Times, "This may be something of the calm before the storm." ...
Early this year, a half-dozen major multichannel retailers, including Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart and Target, began collecting sales tax on online purchases. The transition came quietly, without much fanfare and, so far at least, without much fallout. Will this promising trend continue in the future, or w...
E-commerce grew at a pace that put the overall economy to shame in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, which said online sales surpassed $45 billion during the year. The DOC also said e-commerce is an increasingly large part of the overall retail economy, with 1.6 percent of the tota...
Compared with a year earlier, e-commerce retail sales in this year's third quarter skyrocketed to their highest dollar value since reporting began in 1999, according to a new U.S. Department of Commerce survey. The survey of 11,000 stores showed that sales, not adjusted for seasonal, holiday and tra...
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Despite concerns about privacy and fraud, recent U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) figures seem to confirm that consumers have gotten in the swing of shopping online, and the e-commerce cash register seems set to ring even more often in the future. The DOC recently reported that although U.S. onl...
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The Internet accounts for just 1 percent of total U.S. retail sales, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. And e-tail's piece of the pie is not likely to swell much above 5 percent in the foreseeable future, according to experts. "There is a perceived risk with high-ticket items," Forrest...
Extremely - Personalization is a must. Without it, there's little chance of earning my loyalty.
Relatively - Personalization is a plus, but I do consider other factors when deciding who gets my business.
Minimally - Personalization is now automated and commonplace. Brands must do more to make me feel special to earn my loyalty.
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