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- The ambitions of Amazon's Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a splash with a high-profile investment in space-travel venture Blue Origin and a 10,000-year clock inside a mountain on his West Texas property. He also has lent his name to less visible projects including a patent application for a gadget that acts as an airbag for cell phones. The Wall Street Journal (6/18)       | Drive Mobile Impact with Forrester Research, Inc.'s May 2012 Overview. Mobile generates greater engagement and revenue when made core to the business. Compliments of Optaros, 2012 Mobile Trends For eBusiness Professionals reveals how to get results with exceptional customer experiences. Download Now. | | Online Retail Trends |  |  | | - Australian online retailer adds outdated browser "tax"
Online consumer electronics retailer Kogan has added a 6.8% surcharge on customers using Internet Explorer 7, saying it's costly for developers to put in so much time making the site compatible with the 6-year-old browser. "It's not only costing us a huge amount, it's affecting any business with an online presence, and costing the Internet economy millions," the company said in a blog post. Internet Retailer (6/18)  | Get More with The Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN. EARN 25,000 MEMBERSHIP REWARDS® POINTS by spending $5,000 in the first 3 months of Card membership†.
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  - Financial analysts launch eBay coverage
PayPal has become such a serious contender that financial analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, which cover companies including Visa and MasterCard, launched coverage of eBay on Monday. PayPal brought in $1.31 billion, or 40%, of eBay's revenue during the first quarter. The Wall Street Journal (6/18) - Coin offers a new alternative to Square for smartphone payments
Coin offers smartphone users another way to turn their devices into credit card terminals. The service, which is much like Square and a similar offering from PayPal, includes a card reader that attaches to a phone's jack via cable. The 2.55% processing fee is slightly lower than Square's. VentureBeat (6/18)  | Could you get more ROI from CRM?
It's no secret that closer customer relationships generate more sales. But if you haven't introduced your associates to the power of advanced clientelling, you haven't even begun to realize your full profit potential! Learn how with our in-depth White Paper: Five Steps to a Better Class of Clientelling. Download your copy now! |
 - Social-discovery site Fancy touts money-making model
Social-sharing site Fancy may have millions fewer users than Pinterest, but the smaller player has a revenue-producing business model. Fancy users can actually click through to buy the looks they like, with the site taking a 10% commission on each sale. Adweek (6/18) - Adidas bans dealers from Amazon, eBay
Adidas will prohibit its dealers around the world from listing their Adidas- and Reebok-branded wares for sale on Amazon and eBay marketplaces, Adidas said. "Our new e-Commerce guidelines will ensure that Adidas and Reebok will be presented in the right environment at all times," spokesman Michael Ehrlich said. AuctionBytes (6/18)  | The recruiting ecosystem is changing, led by professional social networks like LinkedIn and social media apps like Jobvite. Examine how the new ecosystem creates a streamlined, scientific and democratic approach to the recruiting process in this free white paper. |
- Location-based mobile ads are coming soon, Facebook says
Facebook says it's developing a location-based mobile advertising platform for companies that will let them target users in real time. Analysts are upbeat about the product, which has been tested over the past couple of months but has no firm launch date yet. "The holy grail of advertising is finding people when they are at their closest point to making a purchase," said analyst Colin Sebastian, adding that "the potential is enormous." Bloomberg (6/18), MediaPost Communications/Online Media Daily (6/19)  | Hot off the Presses! Q2 2012 ERP Comparison Guide
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 | Legislative & Regulatory | | | | | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Best online merchandising practices to meet customer expectations
The emergence of new technology creates many opportunities to connect with customers in unique ways, but in turn requires higher and more efficient performance. Shop.org's Head of Research Fiona Swerdlow recaps a recent webinar, where merchandising executives from HSNi, PETCO and the e-tailing group honed in on 7 key areas for merchandisers to focus on this year, citing examples in the industry that meet today's omnichannel demands. Read more. Shop.org Blog (6/19)  | - What does future of retail look like? Share your vision and Shop.org will promote it
The search is on for the most creative, envelope-pushing Facebook brand pages out there. And we're sure that you, our members, are on the cutting edge of the phenomenon. That's why we're asking you to share your creativity with us -- we want the best minds in the industry to help us design a Facebook Cover Photo that tells the story of the future of retail. Are you up for the challenge? Learn more. |
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