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- Netflix closes in on a 5-year streaming deal with Miramax
Netflix reportedly is close to a deal worth more than $100 million with Miramax to stream more than 700 films from the studio, including popular titles such as "Shakespeare in Love" and "Pulp Fiction." The studio also held similar talks with Amazon and Facebook, sources said. Earlier this month, rival Warner Bros. Entertainment launched an independent application to rent out movies on Facebook. The Wall Street Journal (3/26)        | New Retail 2.0 eBook: Make Money, Hand Over Flash
Are competitors employing retail concepts like Private Sales, to improve customer loyalty and generate rapid revenue growth? Learn how you can transform your business for today's multi-channel buyers with a FREE eBook, "Retail 2.0: Private Sales." Don't hesitate. Innovate. Download Your eBook Now | - Study: Online shoppers in Delaware and Mississippi fare best
A state-by-state study of sales tax as well as shipping time and rates shows that online shoppers in Delaware and Mississippi do best in terms of cost and speed of delivery, while those in Alaska and Hawaii pay the most and wait the longest for their purchases. Four states have no sales tax: Delaware, Montana, Oregon and New Hampshire. InternetRetailer.com (3/25) - Online retail visits by Europeans rose nearly 13% in January
 About 75% of Europeans visited an online retail site in January, up 12.9% from the same period in 2010, according to new research from comScore. U.K. consumers brought the highest traffic, and comparison-shopping sites, apparel merchants and consumer electronics retailers reported the largest number of visitors. InternetRetailer.com (3/25)  | Akamai - The Right Partner with the Right Solution
Are you failing to to satisfy user expectations for an outstanding online shopping experience? Do you need to accelerate your dynamic content? Do you strive to be a retailer that pushes the envelope with site technology and offerings? Learn why the Akamai Dynamic Site Accelerator is the right solution for those issues and more. |
 - Study: Mobile is becoming an important path to purchase
Mobile phones are becoming an increasingly popular peripheral for shoppers looking to find the best deals or score extra coupons, according to this report. "The idea of a single path to purchase is dead," said William Rosen, president and chief creative officer of Arc Worldwide, the Leo Burnett unit that just completed a study on the topic. "There are many paths to purchase, and mobile technology is enabling people to shop in different ways, [and] take different routes to a transaction, than we've ever seen before." Reuters (3/25) - Tallying the costs of paying with your mobile phone
As more companies come out with their own methods for enabling payments using mobile phones, there's no clear picture yet as to how much the services will cost retailers and consumers. "What we're interested in is if the existence of these devices will empower payment systems that will be fairer to all parties involved," said NRF general counsel Mallory Duncan, who hopes that the new systems will provide opportunities for smaller tech companies rather than proving a new cash cow for banks. WalletPop (3/25)  | The Print Big Save Big Sale. Save up to 55% on all banners. Affordable, custom-made signs, banners, posters and displays from FedEx Office Print & Ship Centers℠. Get your message out in a big way with everything from full-color banners to photo-quality posters, to yard signs, auto magnets and more. Offer ends 5/15. |
 | Hot Topics |  | | | Top five news stories selected by Shop.org SmartBrief readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
| Companies in the News | | | | - Peapod adds Manhattan delivery
Peapod, the nation's largest online grocer, added delivery in New York's Manhattan that leverages the warehouse operation of Royal Ahold's Stop & Shop chain. The service is offered in Midtown, the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side to start, and Peapod plans to expand to more neighborhoods by year-end. InternetRetailer.com (3/25) - Is Google considering mobile payments with MasterCard, Citigroup?
Google will make an aggressive move to advance mobile payment use by joining with MasterCard and Citigroup to integrate technology into Android that will allow shoppers to pay with the wave of their hand at checkout, according to a published report. The move is said to be aimed at helping Google's advertising business by encouraging retailers to buy targeted ads and offer discounts to users. The Wall Street Journal (3/28) - Amazon Appstore is "logical next step" in mobile retail
The launch last week of Amazon's Appstore doesn't necessarily signify a plan by the company to develop its own tablet device -- instead, the online and mobile marketplace for Android applications made sense as more consumers turn to mobile devices for shopping, a company spokesperson said. "We've spent years developing innovative features that help customers find and discover relevant products from our vast selection, and we're excited to apply those capabilities to the apps market segment." eWeek.com (3/27) | | | Most Popular Headlines from Last Week Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. |
| Legislative & Regulatory | | | | - IRS rule requires more disclosure on online sellers
Beginning with the 2011 tax year, some online payment-service providers must file monthly transaction totals for online merchants using Form 1099-K from the Internal Revenue Service. The rule applies only to online merchants with 200 or more annual transactions totaling at least $20,000. AuctionBytes (3/25) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Moosejaw, OfficeMax, Forrester Research share marketing research findings
The results of the State of Retailing Online 2011 Marketing report will be revealed during a May 5 Shop.org webinar. Based on the findings of the research, executives from Moosejaw, OfficeMax and Forrester Research will discuss the latest trends in online marketing, whether social media is really changing the way retailers interact with their customers, and what mobile is actually yielding retailers at this stage. Shop.org members gain free access to all Marketing Month webinars; nonmembers can register for $495 for the complete four-webinar series. Learn more. - Shop.org SmartStat: March 28, 2011
 NRF forecasts retail sales will increase 4% in 2011. Source: NRF.  | - Do you really know your customers or is your business flying blind?
According to L.E.K. Consulting, well-executed customer segmentation should reflect a "high-resolution picture of your market." In a recently submitted white paper to the Shop.org research vault, L.E.K. counsels retailers to discover and define key customer profiles, map brand positioning to market segments, prioritize market opportunities, and track behaviors with course corrections over time. Read more. |
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