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- Zulily sees success with flash sales for babies
Flash-sale site Zulily has grown to four million members in two years, parents who log on daily and buy about 40,000 onesies, baby outfits and other infant items each day. The company was the brainchild of Blue Nile founder Mark Vadon, who came up with the concept as he tried to outfit his infant daughter's nursery. Forbes (10/4)       | For a second year running GSI Commerce has commissioned a survey of over 2000 UK adults and their online Fashion buying habits. According to the report almost half of consumers surveyed prefer shopping for clothes and accessories online. Discover fascinating details of online shopping behaviour in the UK. Download Report | | Online Retail Trends |  |  | | - Report: Online holiday shopping to rise
Online retailers are likely to see business rise a bit during the holidays as more consumers head online to shop, in addition to turning to catalogs and mail order in greater numbers, according to new research from NPD Group. About 38% of consumers plan to shop online, up from 35% last year. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (10/4) - How to prepare your e-commerce site for Black Friday
B2C e-commerce product sales reached $142.5 billion in 2010, according to comScore, and Forrester Research estimates that online retail in the U.S. will top $279 billion by 2015. Apica, a provider of load-testing and performance-monitoring tools for cloud and mobile applications, offers 10 tips to e-commerce sites to prepare for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season. SmallBizTechnology.com (10/4)  | Earn 3X rewards points when you fly with The New Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
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  - Macy's adds new online sizing tool
 Macy's has partnered with start-up True Fit to add the company's sizing tool to it online store. Unlike flashier systems that use robots and augmented reality, True Fit relies on shoppers' input about their body shape and which brands and styles fit them best to determine what size they need to buy. Mashable (10/4)  - Target adds Roku's set-top boxes
Roku began selling its streaming devices at Target, adding the retail chain to a list that includes Best Buy and Wal-Mart Stores. Roku sold more than 1 million boxes through online-only channels last year and expects to sell about 2 million more this year with the addition of brick-and-mortar merchants. GigaOm/NewTeeVee blog (10/3) - Kaboodle, StyleSpot merge operations
Fashion content sites Kaboodle and StyleSpot have combined their operations and formed a new company called Image Network, saying they'll work together to reverse sharp declines in traffic. Both sites feature content designed to drive users to e-commerce sites. InternetRetailer.com (10/4)  | Improve Holiday Sales Results with Tools from Akamai!
Now is the perfect time to ensure your website will hold up to the rush of holiday shoppers headed your way. With the challenges facing retailers this holiday shopping season, it's never to soon to focus. Download Akamai's Holiday Toolkit now! |
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 | Legislative & Regulatory | | | | - Tennessee online-tax ruling casts doubt on Amazon deal
Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper said in a ruling that online retailers with warehouses or distribution centers in the state should have to collect sales tax from in-state buyers. Some brick-and-mortar retailers and state lawmakers said the ruling means Amazon should have to collect sales tax, despite an assurance that it will not have to do so if it opens two fulfillment centers in Tennessee. The Tennessean (Nashville) (10/4) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Shop.org heads to sunny Florida in November
As part of the regional dinner series, Shop.org has added new cities in November, including stops in Miami and Tampa. These free, retailer-only events offer executives a chance to network and discuss digital retail topics in a casual and relaxed environment. Other stops in November include Philadelphia and Toronto. View the full fall schedule. - Survey finds nearly all retailers rely on background checks to keep consumers, companies safe
As retailers across the country begin to hire hundreds of thousands of holiday employees, NRF released a survey that illustrates the importance of employee background screenings in keeping customers safe. The survey, which was released as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission considers new guidelines to prevent businesses from asking potential employees about their criminal history during the application process, was completed by retail executives from 96 of the nation's leading department stores, mass merchants, discounters, drug stores, grocery stores and restaurants. Read more.
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