
E-Commerce

Dreams, a technology-driven, multichannel retailer focused on the licensed sports products industry, has launched Indiana University’s online merchandise store at www.indianauniversitystore.com. The site consists of an assortment of hard and soft goods, including apparel, headwear, gifts, novelties, home décor and collectibles. The site is supported by Dreams’ online marketing and proprietary e-commerce technology.
You know those holiday gift lists populating the media right now — e.g., top 10 gifts for dad, the kids and so on? In an ideal world, shoppers would be presented with the most perfect, on-target gift suggestions for all of their recipients every time they visited an e-commerce site. While retailers aren't quite at the point where they can read shoppers’ minds and extract items their loved ones will swoon over as soon as they come to their website, the process of personalizing the shopping experience, particularly during the holidays, can be much better.
While some have their shopping completed and presents wrapped under the tree, the holiday shopping season isn't over yet. There are a few critical shopping days remaining that savvy online retailers can take advantage of by following these tips:
eBay is partnering with three major retailers to get online shoppers to also buy at brick-and-mortar stores. The partnership is an obvious comeback to last weekend’s promotion by Amazon, which motivated consumers to browse in a retail store — but to walk out empty-handed.
The final six weeks of the year — Thanksgiving through Dec. 31 — are the most important for retailers, as robust sales can result in many closing their books in the black. For those who depend on an e-commerce site to deliver added holiday revenue throughout the season, ensuring that your site continues to operate effectively is of the utmost importance.
Millions of Americans are turning to Amazon.com to put the finishing touches on their holiday shopping. But don’t count the celebrity super couple of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie among the throngs browsing the virtual aisles of Amazon.
eBay’s PayPal business is aiming to challenge Groupon and LivingSocial in the market for online daily deals. It plans to start offering coupons tailored to users’ buying habits and mobile phone locations.
Ann Taylor may be better known as your mother's favorite store than your own, but thanks to a new campaign it looks set to become a fashion destination for those in their 20s too. The online lookbook takes its lead from street style blogs like Scott Schumann's Sartorialist and Jak and Jill, featuring girls from universities across the U.S. wearing the label's latest collections.
Overstock.com is preparing to auction off more than 240 pallets stacked high with its returned merchandise. The auction will be conducted in the company’s warehouse in Salt Lake City.
Children may find themselves running to check their email on Christmas morning or each night of Hanukkah. About a quarter of holiday shoppers plan to buy virtual gifts this year, according to a research report from e-commerce provider Elastic Path.