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 | 6 Best Practices for Competitor Price Monitoring
Everyone is monitoring their competitors’ prices, but few are doing it well. Learn how to get the most from your competitive intelligence investment by having the best data and ensuring it is used to improve your market position and pricing. | - Experts address e-commerce challenges for 2012
Bringing in new customers while keeping costs low, making a name for your brand amid increased competition and making sure your site is ready for the growing number of mobile users are among the top challenges online sellers will face this year, according to this panel of industry experts. AuctionBytes (1/9)      - Report examines online "bargains"
Finding the best deals is one of the key reasons consumers cite for shopping online, but a new report shows they may not always get the best deals that way. Online merchants offered the best deals on items priced between $7 and $20, but brick-and-mortar stores sold under-$7 products for lower prices, according to Anthem Marketing Solutions. InternetRetailer.com (1/9)  | Enterprise Resource Planning automates many aspects of an organization's operations, cascading across traditional boundaries of operations, finance, manufacturing and more. As such, changes in the ERP market can cause a ripple effect in your business. Get ahead of the changing tide and trends by downloading this free whitepaper. |
 - Google could be good for brands staking turf
Google is not fighting for a share of the Internet but rather to become the social-permeated Internet itself, argues Shoutlet's Jason Weaver. By being late to the game rather than an add-on that has to engage existing users, Google+ has a chance to offer brands a fresh start. Forbes/On Marketing (1/5) - BodyMetrics 3D body-mapping tool aims for the perfect fit
 BodyMetrics and PrimeSense have partnered to create a 3D body-mapping tool that aims to help consumers shopping in stores and online find the perfect fit. The partners are still fine-tuning the system, which they'll unveil this week at a technology event. Mashable (1/9)  | Gain Deeper Insight into the Hyperconnected World
To accelerate your online business and stay ahead of the competition, you need insight into the latest security, connectivity and mobile trends. Click here to join Akamai, as we discuss the findings from the latest State of the Internet Report and its impact on the online industry. |
 - RevolveClothing.com partners with Elyse Walker on new site
Los Angeles fashion retailer Elyse Walker has teamed up with the founders of RevolveClothing.com to create ForwardbyElyseWalker.com. In addition to selling high-end styles from designers including Prada, Lanvin and Alexander McQueen, the new site will include editorial content and behind-the-scenes shopping stories. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (1/9)  | Consumer Insights Your Brand Needs to Know: Latest Trends in Behavioral Advertising
Learn what brand managers, advertisers, as well as networks, agencies, and publishers need to know about consumer survey insights into behavioral ad serving, also known as interest-based advertising. Learn more today! |
| Interactive Advertising |  |  | | - Online brand ads take some of search's turf
Ad executives say they plan to put more dollars into brand advertising online, shifting from the direct-response model of search pioneered by Google. Sixty percent of marketers plan to shift spending from search to brand ads online, per Digiday, with 64% saying their online brand budget will rise in 2012. Forbes (1/9) | Legislative & Regulatory | | | | - Amazon reaches sales tax deal with Indiana
Amazon will start collecting sales tax in Indiana in 2014 or before, under a deal announced by the online retailer and Gov. Mitch Daniels. The agreement calls for Amazon to collect sales tax from in-state buyers starting Jan. 1, 2014, or 90 days after the passage of federal sales tax law if that happens sooner. Chicago Tribune/Reuters (1/9) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Retail's BIG Show 2012: There's an app for that
Retailers know a thing or two about the importance of providing information to their customers right where they want it. That's why it makes sense that Retail's BIG Show is offering a conference app that puts event navigation, learning and social networking at attendees' fingertips. Available for Apple and Android devices, the app is easy to download and install, even easier to use, and will give you instant access to everything happening at the show including up-to-the minute session and event updates, the ability to create a personalized schedule and review sessions, and find your way using the maps. Download the app. - Retailers from around the world to convene in New York City for Retail's BIG Show
Bringing together innovative retailers from around the globe, the National Retail Federation's 101st Annual Convention and EXPO is set to commence next week offering the best educational programs available to the retail industry. The four-day event, being held Jan. 15-18 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, will feature topics ranging from digital and mobile retailing to the evolution of the retail store to economic and consumer spending trends. NRF's 2012 BIG Show is expected be the biggest and best yet -- drawing more than 22,000 retail professionals and hosting more than 420 exhibiting companies, with 82 different countries expected to be represented. Read more.
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