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- Net-a-Porter hires fashion editor
Longtime Harper's Bazaar U.K. editor Lucy Yeomans has left the magazine to become editor-in-chief at flash-fashion site Net-a-Porter.com. Yeomans will oversee the site's online editorial content as well as the retailer's print publication, Net-a-Porter Magazine. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (3/15)      - Mr Porter celebrates first birthday with mobile treasure hunt: One-year-old online men's fashion retailer Mr Porter has launched a five-city mobile treasure hunt using an augmented reality application that guides players to sites in their cities. Upon arrival, images of shopping bags show up on their phones, along with descriptions of the prizes they've won. Mashable (3/15)
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 - China to regulate online group buying
 Officials in China plan to tighten controls of increasingly popular online group-buying sites, in an effort to stem the tide of fraud and fake products. The number of group-buying sites rose from 2,630 to 3,909 last year, according to the China E-Commerce Research Center, which collected about 100,000 consumer complaints related to e-commerce in 2011. China Daily (Beijing) (3/16)  | ROI of Social Media: Myths, Truths and How to Measure
This guide provides real social media ROI calculations and measurements, proven social media success stories, and social media metrics for different professionals - PR, Customer Service, Marketers and more. Learn to measure your metrics and distinguish your brand. |
 | New Media & Technology |  |  | | - Daily-deals sites and merchants are learning from bad experiences
Daily deals can be problematic for some merchants and frustrating for consumers, experience shows. In response, major deals websites Groupon and LivingSocial are working with merchants to better educate them on how to formulate deals to their advantage and to make sure they can handle the increased traffic from coupon redemptions. USA TODAY (3/16) | Companies in the News | | | | - PayPal looks to enter China
PayPal applied to become the first foreign company to process electronic payments within China, which would make it a rival to local providers, including Alibaba Group Holding. The company already works with Chinese consumers and businesses to process cross-border payments. Bloomberg Businessweek (3/16) | Interactive Advertising | | | |  | Business Owners: Get 24/7 Monitoring W/ ADT®
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 | Legislative & Regulatory | | | | - N.J. General Assembly OKs sales tax break for Amazon
The New Jersey General Assembly passed a bill to exempt Amazon from sales tax collection until July 2013, provided the company invests $130 million and hires 1,500 full-time workers for two proposed fulfillment centers. The state Senate is working on a similar bill. Bloomberg (3/15) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - "This is Retail" video submission deadline extended to March 18
As the best retail stories in America continue to pour in, NRF is giving a little extra time for retailers to put their finishing touches on their two-minute videos. Submissions will be accepted this Sunday until 11:59 p.m. ET so that no story is left unheard. Contest entrants will compete for $50,000 in prizes and a trip to Washington, D.C. Learn more. - Tommy Bahama, Tervis and New Balance are hiring
Shop.org offers a jobs board for people looking for positions in e-commerce. Recent postings include two assistant online merchant positions with Tommy Bahama, a line merchandising and planning director with Tervis and a creative marketing manager for New Balance. All Shop.org member companies are invited to post jobs for free. View the job board.
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