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| Online Retail Trends |  |  | | - Sears launches vacation-package layaway
Sears unveiled searsvacations.com this week, a website that lets shoppers book vacations and put them on layaway. The site includes hotels, cruises, rental cars and airline tickets, as well as 100 pre-paid vacation packages. Time.com (6/20)       | 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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 - CEO: LivingSocial isn't on IPO track
Daily deal site LivingSocial won't look to go public anytime soon, CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy said Wednesday. The company makes its revenue through sales of daily deal coupons and services, live events and a partnership with Amazon, which owns nearly one-third of the company. The Wall Street Journal (6/20)  | Your business deserves easy savings.
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- Retail lags other sectors in data-driven focus
Executives in the energy and natural resources sector are most likely to say they are "data driven," at 76%, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit/Capgemini report. Health care, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (75%) and financial services (73%) closely followed. On the flip side, a 33Across survey of brand marketers found only 46% of entertainment companies and 45% of retailers said that data was driving their ad spending. eMarketer (6/21)  | Free Ebook: 30 Ideas for your Social Media Plan
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 | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Why online retail can expect a major shift around 2015
Understanding the pattern of where the Internet has come from is critical in preparing for the technological changes ahead. Gearing up for his keynote speech at the Shop.org Annual Summit in Denver, Liberty Media's SVP Michael Zeisser discusses his growth from a humble student of the Internet industry to a prolific manager of retail e-commerce company portfolios, and shares where he thinks digital commerce is headed next. Read more. Shop.org Blog (6/7) - The proof is in the packaging when shipping internationally
E-retailers are constantly walking the fine line of providing reliable shipments to international customers while not compromising their bottom line. In a recent addition to the Shop.org white paper library, Bongo International analyzed how 16 U.S. retailers managed packaging inefficiencies and refined their strategies. Learn from their results and grow your international customer base. Download the white paper.
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