E-commerce

5/7/2010 Retailers Look to Challenge Colorado eCommerce Tax In response to the recent passage of a Colorado law requiring all online retailers to notify the state of purchases made by Colorado residents, two major retail groups are poised to take action. The Direct Marketing Association in conjunction with the American Catalog Mailers Association is urging their members and supporters to donate to litigation efforts that will challenge the legality and legitimacy of the law which took effect on March 1, 2010.
5/7/2010 Retailers Anticipate an Increase in Ecommerce Revenue and Investment Research from the 9th Annual Merchant Survey e-tailing group show that retailers are readying themselves to spend and invest increasing amounts of money on ecommerce in 2010. The group reports 59% of retailers are set to invest somewhat more in ecommerce this year, up 23 percentage points from 2009.
11/6/2009 eCommerce Retail Holiday Sales Expected to Rise 8%. Will Your Business Benefit? The US Online Holiday Retail Forecast, 2009, predicts that eCommerce holiday retail sales will increase by 8% this season, totaling $44.7 billion. According to the authors of the report, Forrester Research Inc, this represents a projected increase of $3.3 billion in sales from last year’s online holiday retail sales and an ongoing trend of consumers utilizing the web for shopping despite the current downturn in consumer spending.
7/16/2009 Goldilocks and the 3 eCommerce Clients By John McCarthy, WebMetro Director SEO - ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE Once upon a time there were 3 midsized clients that elected to develop their eCommerce websites on a shoestring budget. As Goldilocks tried to market these 3 clients websites using SEO and paid search, she quickly found out their decisions to be…well…frugal is the word that came back to haunt them in terms of eCommerce marketing.
7/6/2009 United States Virgin Islands to be Offering Significant Tax Breaks to eCommerce Companies The United States Virgin Islands are already known for their gorgeous white sand beaches, soft breezes, and blue skies, but now the islands may also be known for the tax breaks they provide for eCommerce companies. In fact, companies that offer digital products or services using St. Croix based servers may be able to save up to 90 percent on their state and federal income taxes. This tax break will allow companies who now pay a tax rate of 40 percent to pay as little as 4 percent.
4/20/2009 Online Sales Tax Bill to Be Voted on In Congress Consumers have been doing more online shopping lately, partly due to the fact that few sites require sales tax. This may be coming to an end however as a bill is due to be voted upon in Congress that will force companies such as eBay and Amazon.com to collect sales tax on the products sold on their sites. Attempts to close this loophole have been in motion during the past 10 years; in fact, since 2003 similar legislation has been introduced in every Congress, but none have passed either chamber.
2/20/2009 Forrester Research Recommends Buying eCommerce Platforms Over Building Retailers considering acquiring new technology are always faced with the question of whether or not they should buy instead of build. Brian Walker, a Forrester Research senior analyst, believes that in most cases it is best for them to buy eCommerce platforms instead of build them. His argument is based on the fact that vendors have a lot more to offer now than they ever have in the past.
1/22/2009 YouTube Expanding eCommerce Program That Allows Viewers to Click on Ads YouTube is literally pushing its way into eCommerce. Its latest push is its expansion of "click-to-buy" ads. These are ads viewers can click on to buy content when they’re watching a YouTube video, for example.
12/16/2008 eCommerce - Consumers Are Finishing It Up on the Web This seems to be the sentiment of holiday shoppers this year. A recent survey by the National Retail Federation showed that a bit more than 40% of consumers planned to finish up their holiday shopping by buying online. This is an increase of more than 5% from last year.
12/4/2008 Cyber Monday is the eCommerce measuring stick Cyber Monday is to eCommerce what Black Friday has been to traditional offline retailers. It has come to be viewed as the measuring stick for how much shoppers spend online during the holiday season. Hitwise, Nielsen, and ComScore all saw an increase in online shopping on Cyber Monday.
11/12/2008 What the Affluent Like about Shopping Online – eCommerce Rich and powerful people like being in control. Hence, it’s no surprise that in a survey of 1,000 consumers, three-quarters are whom were classified as “ultra-affluent,” flexibility was the number one thing they liked about shopping online.
11/1/2008 The Vast Majority of Retailers Expect Growth in Online Sales This Holiday Season With the economy the way it is, one would expect that retailers wouldn’t bank on growing their online sales this holiday season. However, in spite of the economy, over eighty percent (81.1% to be exact) expect growth in their holiday web sales this year, according to the most recent Internet Retailer survey.
10/16/2008 eHobbies, Search Marketing and Pricing Restrictions Many manufacturers are imposing minimum price policies on online retailers. This affects search engine marketing strategies for online e-tailers like eHobbies in that it prevents them from posting prices on their site that are below those set by manufacturers.
10/7/2008 Online Shoppers Buy Online, Pickup Offline E-tailers are discovering that as online shopping becomes more popular, shoppers are revolutionizing the way it’s done. According to a recent Cross-Channel Shopping Study, many shoppers are now purchasing online and picking up those purchases offline – in an e-tailer’s brick-and-mortar store, for example.
10/3/2008 Study Highlights Flaws in Online Shopping Experience A new study commissioned by Tealeaf and carried out by Harris Interactive shows that nearly 90% of those surveyed reported having trouble completing an online transaction.
9/10/2008 eCommerce Still in the Frozen Department for Big Chain Grocers Big chain grocers still haven’t warmed to the idea of eCommerce. They may be the last giant niche yet to embrace eCommerce. Data in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide shows the combined 2007 sales increase of merchants ranked to be almost $102 billion ($101.7 to be exact). Of this, the Guide reported that food and drug retailers only saw a modest 12% increase in sales by comparison, to $2.37 billion.
9/8/2008 Reaching Generation Y: A Challenge for Marketers Reaching generation Y presents a challenge for marketers. This group is peripherally defined as those born between 1980 and 1984, which would make them today’s tweens, teens and early 20-somethings.
8/25/2008 Online Shoppers No. 1 Concern: Rising Prices A new comScore survey reported that almost seventy percent (67%) of online shoppers tout rising prices as their number one concern in July. This was a slight increase from 64% in April. Job security (14%), financial market concerns (8%) and falling real estate prices (5%) rounded out the top four concerns.
7/28/2008 Online Research Leads to Offline Profits At a recent Internet Retailer Conference in Chicago, in a session named “What’s that shopper worth?” industry insiders discussed data from a Nielsen Online survey that dealt with how shoppers made their purchasing decisions in two categories: consumer electronics and pet food.
6/30/2008 Multi-Channel Shoppers: Good Spenders; Less Loyal According to a recent study by Opinion Research Corp, online shoppers who use multiple channels to buy spend almost two times as much as those who use a single channel.
5/30/2008 E-tailers and Retailers: Tips for Preparing for Christmas in June Many retailers rack up as much as a third of their annual sales during the last two months of the year. With that in mind, experts offer the following tips to help e-tailers and retailers prepare for the holiday sales rush.
5/29/2008 Shopping Cart Abandonment Rises One of the early measuring metrics for online marketers was shopping cart abandonment rates. Through assiduous study, Internet retailers learned how to reduce these rates.
4/18/2008 E-Commerce Proven Healthy by Google’s Robust 20% Ad Click Increase Google recently reported revenue of $5.19 billion in the first quarter of this year. This eased the fears of many Internet marketing experts who had been worked up about the health of the e-commerce industry.
4/17/2008 The Buoyancy of US Retail E-Commerce It seems that the recession hasn’t hit online retailers. According to a recent study conducted by Forrester Research, The State of Retailing Online 2008, e-commerce sales will reach $204 billion in 2008, a 17% increase over last year
4/8/2008 E-Commerce to Top $200 Billion This Year E-commerce is growing and is expected to reach $204 billion this year according to the three-part State of Retailing Online 2008 report from Forrester Research and Shop.org.

5/7/2010 Retailers Look to Challenge Colorado eCommerce Tax

In response to the recent passage of a Colorado law requiring all online retailers to notify the state of purchases made by Colorado residents, two major retail groups are poised to take action. The Direct Marketing Association in conjunction with the American Catalog Mailers Association is urging their members and supporters to donate to litigation efforts that will challenge the legality and legitimacy of the law which took effect on March 1, 2010.

5/7/2010 Retailers Anticipate an Increase in Ecommerce Revenue and Investment

Research from the 9th Annual Merchant Survey e-tailing group show that retailers are readying themselves to spend and invest increasing amounts of money on ecommerce in 2010. The group reports 59% of retailers are set to invest somewhat more in ecommerce this year, up 23 percentage points from 2009.

11/6/2009 eCommerce Retail Holiday Sales Expected to Rise 8%. Will Your Business Benefit?

The US Online Holiday Retail Forecast, 2009, predicts that eCommerce holiday retail sales will increase by 8% this season, totaling $44.7 billion. According to the authors of the report, Forrester Research Inc, this represents a projected increase of $3.3 billion in sales from last year’s online holiday retail sales and an ongoing trend of consumers utilizing the web for shopping despite the current downturn in consumer spending.

7/16/2009 Goldilocks and the 3 eCommerce Clients

By John McCarthy, WebMetro Director SEO - ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE

Once upon a time there were 3 midsized clients that elected to develop their eCommerce websites on a shoestring budget. As Goldilocks tried to market these 3 clients websites using SEO and paid search, she quickly found out their decisions to be…well…frugal is the word that came back to haunt them in terms of eCommerce marketing.

7/6/2009 United States Virgin Islands to be Offering Significant Tax Breaks to eCommerce Companies

The United States Virgin Islands are already known for their gorgeous white sand beaches, soft breezes, and blue skies, but now the islands may also be known for the tax breaks they provide for eCommerce companies. In fact, companies that offer digital products or services using St. Croix based servers may be able to save up to 90 percent on their state and federal income taxes. This tax break will allow companies who now pay a tax rate of 40 percent to pay as little as 4 percent.

4/20/2009 Online Sales Tax Bill to Be Voted on In Congress

Consumers have been doing more online shopping lately, partly due to the fact that few sites require sales tax. This may be coming to an end however as a bill is due to be voted upon in Congress that will force companies such as eBay and Amazon.com to collect sales tax on the products sold on their sites. Attempts to close this loophole have been in motion during the past 10 years; in fact, since 2003 similar legislation has been introduced in every Congress, but none have passed either chamber.

2/20/2009 Forrester Research Recommends Buying eCommerce Platforms Over Building

Retailers considering acquiring new technology are always faced with the question of whether or not they should buy instead of build. Brian Walker, a Forrester Research senior analyst, believes that in most cases it is best for them to buy eCommerce platforms instead of build them. His argument is based on the fact that vendors have a lot more to offer now than they ever have in the past.

1/22/2009 YouTube Expanding eCommerce Program That Allows Viewers to Click on Ads

YouTube is literally pushing its way into eCommerce. Its latest push is its expansion of "click-to-buy" ads. These are ads viewers can click on to buy content when they’re watching a YouTube video, for example.

12/16/2008 eCommerce - Consumers Are Finishing It Up on the Web

This seems to be the sentiment of holiday shoppers this year. A recent survey by the National Retail Federation showed that a bit more than 40% of consumers planned to finish up their holiday shopping by buying online. This is an increase of more than 5% from last year.

12/4/2008 Cyber Monday is the eCommerce measuring stick

Cyber Monday is to eCommerce what Black Friday has been to traditional offline retailers. It has come to be viewed as the measuring stick for how much shoppers spend online during the holiday season. Hitwise, Nielsen, and ComScore all saw an increase in online shopping on Cyber Monday.

11/12/2008 What the Affluent Like about Shopping Online – eCommerce

Rich and powerful people like being in control. Hence, it’s no surprise that in a survey of 1,000 consumers, three-quarters are whom were classified as “ultra-affluent,” flexibility was the number one thing they liked about shopping online.

11/1/2008 The Vast Majority of Retailers Expect Growth in Online Sales This Holiday Season

With the economy the way it is, one would expect that retailers wouldn’t bank on growing their online sales this holiday season. However, in spite of the economy, over eighty percent (81.1% to be exact) expect growth in their holiday web sales this year, according to the most recent Internet Retailer survey.

10/16/2008 eHobbies, Search Marketing and Pricing Restrictions

Many manufacturers are imposing minimum price policies on online retailers. This affects search engine marketing strategies for online e-tailers like eHobbies in that it prevents them from posting prices on their site that are below those set by manufacturers.

10/7/2008 Online Shoppers Buy Online, Pickup Offline

E-tailers are discovering that as online shopping becomes more popular, shoppers are revolutionizing the way it’s done. According to a recent Cross-Channel Shopping Study, many shoppers are now purchasing online and picking up those purchases offline – in an e-tailer’s brick-and-mortar store, for example.

10/3/2008 Study Highlights Flaws in Online Shopping Experience

A new study commissioned by Tealeaf and carried out by Harris Interactive shows that nearly 90% of those surveyed reported having trouble completing an online transaction.

9/10/2008 eCommerce Still in the Frozen Department for Big Chain Grocers

Big chain grocers still haven’t warmed to the idea of eCommerce. They may be the last giant niche yet to embrace eCommerce. Data in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide shows the combined 2007 sales increase of merchants ranked to be almost $102 billion ($101.7 to be exact). Of this, the Guide reported that food and drug retailers only saw a modest 12% increase in sales by comparison, to $2.37 billion.

9/8/2008 Reaching Generation Y: A Challenge for Marketers

Reaching generation Y presents a challenge for marketers. This group is peripherally defined as those born between 1980 and 1984, which would make them today’s tweens, teens and early 20-somethings.

8/25/2008 Online Shoppers No. 1 Concern: Rising Prices

A new comScore survey reported that almost seventy percent (67%) of online shoppers tout rising prices as their number one concern in July. This was a slight increase from 64% in April. Job security (14%), financial market concerns (8%) and falling real estate prices (5%) rounded out the top four concerns.

7/28/2008 Online Research Leads to Offline Profits

At a recent Internet Retailer Conference in Chicago, in a session named “What’s that shopper worth?” industry insiders discussed data from a Nielsen Online survey that dealt with how shoppers made their purchasing decisions in two categories: consumer electronics and pet food.

6/30/2008 Multi-Channel Shoppers: Good Spenders; Less Loyal

According to a recent study by Opinion Research Corp, online shoppers who use multiple channels to buy spend almost two times as much as those who use a single channel.

5/30/2008 E-tailers and Retailers: Tips for Preparing for Christmas in June

Many retailers rack up as much as a third of their annual sales during the last two months of the year. With that in mind, experts offer the following tips to help e-tailers and retailers prepare for the holiday sales rush.

5/29/2008 Shopping Cart Abandonment Rises

One of the early measuring metrics for online marketers was shopping cart abandonment rates. Through assiduous study, Internet retailers learned how to reduce these rates.

4/18/2008 E-Commerce Proven Healthy by Google’s Robust 20% Ad Click Increase

Google recently reported revenue of $5.19 billion in the first quarter of this year. This eased the fears of many Internet marketing experts who had been worked up about the health of the e-commerce industry.

4/17/2008 The Buoyancy of US Retail E-Commerce

It seems that the recession hasn’t hit online retailers. According to a recent study conducted by Forrester Research, The State of Retailing Online 2008, e-commerce sales will reach $204 billion in 2008, a 17% increase over last year

4/8/2008 E-Commerce to Top $200 Billion This Year

E-commerce is growing and is expected to reach $204 billion this year according to the three-part State of Retailing Online 2008 report from Forrester Research and Shop.org.

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