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- Amazon prepares to launch in India
 Amazon is gearing up to launch in India as early as the first quarter, and the company is hiring in several cities and opening a warehouse in Mumbai. Unlike eBay, which entered the market by acquiring Baazee.com, Amazon aims to establish itself without buying an Indian e-commerce company. The Times of India (7/26)       | Mobile barcodes make traditional media both interactive and measurable. When consumers scan these barcodes with their mobile devices, they are immediately connected to the web where they can view videos, coupons, and more. For more information about how you can integrate mobile barcodes into your marketing efforts, Download Neustar's free whitepaper. | - Smaller online retailers are finding their niches
A growing number of smaller niche e-commerce players are finding success building from the ground up, this article says. "If a niche web retailer survived 2008 and 2009 and put up aggressive growth in 2010, they went into the recession with a good business model and came out of it with a clear understanding of what it takes to keep their best customers coming back, even in the most difficult of economic times," said consultant Jim Okamura. InternetRetailer.com (7/25)  | The business phone system market is constantly changing. Vendors are battling for your business with expanded feature sets and competitive pricing. How do you know which system is right for your enterprise-class business? Focus Experts have just completed a comprehensive guide for 2011 to help you assess your needs and choose a phone system that fits. |
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 - Wal-Mart plans movie streaming with Vudu
Wal-Mart says it will launch a movie-streaming service, incorporating recently purchased cloud-based service Vudu into Walmart.com and giving consumers the option to buy or rent films and stream them via a PC or Vudu-enabled devices. CNNMoney.com (7/26) - Zazzle adds membership options for free shipping
Online personalized products retailer Zazzle has added two shipping options that give customers unlimited two-to-five-day shipping for $9.95 a year or guaranteed two-day shipping for $39.95 annually. The success of Amazon Prime inspired the new programs, said co-founder and CEO Robert Beaver. "We know people want free shipping and they don't mind paying something up front. We think it's the way the world is going." InternetRetailer.com (7/25) 
| Interactive Advertising |  |  | | - Study: Big spenders average $14 per in-app transaction
While relatively few people spend money on mobile games, those who do more than make up for rest of the population, according to a study from Flurry, which found that more than 5% of potential buyers pay more than $50 in a market where the average in-app expenditure is $14 -- more than the typical cost of a premium-priced game. Flurry studied the habits of 3.5 million iOS and Android users. All Things D (7/25), PC Magazine (7/25)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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| Legislative & Regulatory | | | | - How a national online sales tax law could help Amazon
 Amazon has resisted state-by-state efforts to force online retailers to collect sales tax, but the Wall Street Journal's Stu Woo makes the case that a federal law requiring online merchants to collect sales tax could actually work to Amazon's benefit, allowing it to build fulfillment centers closer to major cities and speed delivery time while still selling many products at lower prices than its brick-and-mortar rivals. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (7/26) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - 65,000 abandoned shopping carts can't be wrong
On average, seven out of every 10 visitors that place items in their shopping cart do not complete the transaction. Drawing on new primary research and analysis of more than 65,000 abandoned carts, industry veterans from SeeWhy and ICON Health and Fitness will tackle the question of why visitors abandon shopping carts and present key findings on users' motivation and behaviors as well as practical prevention and recovery techniques in an upcoming session at Shop.org's Annual Summit, Sept 12-14 in Boston. Learn more. - Shop.org SmartStat: July 26, 2011
 Of those surveyed, 35% of men said they would buy their back-to-school items online, compared to 28% of women. Source: NRF survey conducted by BIGresearch.
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