E-Commerce

Stampede for Missoni Merchandise Crashes Target's Website
September 14, 2011

There's Black Friday, then there's Target Tuesday. In a scene that was reminiscent of the shopping frenzy that typically comes the day after Thanksgiving, Target's website crashed several times throughout the day yesterday. More than a hundred shoppers lined up at many of its stores early in the morning on Sept. 13 for a sale of limited offerings of its Missoni for Target collection of bikes, luggage, clothes and housewares.

Whole Foods' LivingSocial Deal Has Shoppers Scrambling
September 14, 2011

Whole Foods Market was selling 1 million coupons via daily-deal site LivingSocial this week. The deal was for $10 for $20 worth of groceries and aims to help bolster children's health by donating to the Whole Kids Foundation, which works to help combat childhood obesity.

5 Takeaways From a Career in Cross-Channel Retail
September 14, 2011

Bill Bass, president and CEO of Direct at women's apparel retailer Charming Shoppes, took a step back yesterday at the Shop.org Annual Summit in Boston to reflect on five lessons he's learned from the 15 years he's spent in the retail industry, including stints at Lands’ End and Fair Indigo.

Groupon Makes Foray Into E-Commerce in UK
September 13, 2011

Groupon has begun offering discounts on products sold over the web in the U.K., thrusting the internet-coupon company into closer competition with the likes of Amazon and eBay.

E-Commerce Entrepreneur Michael G. Rubin Launches Kynetic
September 13, 2011

Renowned e-commerce entrepreneur Michael G. Rubin announced the launch of his newest endeavor, Kynetic, a company singularly focused on building consumer internet businesses that capitalize on the digital transformation of commerce. Kynetic includes three brands at the forefront of innovation in the online commerce space: Fanatics, Rue La La and ShopRunner.

Why Ready-to-Buy Customers Bail
September 13, 2011

More than 50 percent of e-commerce shoppers cited shipping as a reason for abandoning their shopping carts online, according to research conducted by Royal Mail, the U.K. equivalent of the U.S. Postal Service.

Lane Bryant Rolls Out Personalized Search Technology
September 13, 2011

Charming Shoppes’s plus-size Lane Bryant division announced the launch of Fashion Genius, a new technology that provides personalized product recommendation services. The technology offers one-of-a-kind fit and style solution guides through a simple survey that combines a woman’s curves, fit issues and signature styles to individual merchandise items in just three minutes and with no measurements required.