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Online Stores Turn Savvy Shoppers Into Gamblers With Vegas-Style Tactics

The tactics casinos use to keep players making bets until they leave at a loss are coming to your online shopping experience.READ»

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New Study Offers A Roadmap For E-Commerce In China

The biggest areas of opportunity for companies hoping to set up a digital shop for Chinese consumers? Price comparison, trust, and a solid returns policy. READ»

Joyus: Fashion + Video + Commerce = Fabulous

Think those cat videos are addictive? Just wait till your girlfriends start sending you videos of the latest collections from your favorite designers.READ»

Taking The Clunk Out Of Retail

Retailers have started looking closely at curated shopping experiences.READ»

After the Skype Ban: China's Changing Online Landscape

Even without the IP telephony service, China is becoming an Internet powerhouse. From porn to marriages, here's the latest updates. READ»

Analysis: Black Friday/Cyber Monday Shoppers Care More for Convenience Than Deals

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are all about deals, right? That's what retailers think. But an analysis of holiday shopping sentiment, as shown in tweets and other social media postings on those two days, revealed that shoppers got ...READ»

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Sex Toy Startup Playroom in China Comes With an Education in Wellness

Playroom is an early-stage venture out of Shanghai and its INSEAD MBA co-founders think that China needs more than just sex shops--the country needs education, too.READ»

Groupon Resellers Offer Cure for Buyer's Remorse

With deal-a-day sites like Groupon and Living Social, impulse purchases are the norm. But after a few massages or "sunset cocktail cruises," the inevitable buyer's remorse sets in....READ»

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Zappos' Best Customers Are Also the Ones Who Return the Most Orders

Some heartening news for retailers who have a high returns rate from their online customers: The more goods a customer returns, the better he or she could be for your business. That's what online shoe store Zappos has found. People ...READ»

Cyber Monday: Marketing Myth No More?

It's Cyber Monday--Yay! What's that you say? "Nothing but a marketing myth designed to boost pre-Holiday sales?" And Black Friday is, what, a day when we're genetically predisposed to camping out in a 33-degree wintery mix for a ...READ»

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Why do we abandon shopping carts?

This is like a moving target and things are getting better and better every day, but still many websites aren't moving that fast.READ»

What's the Phrase that Pays? Amazon's New PayPhrase Interface, Apparently

Amazon just unveiled a new keyphrase/PIN payment system that may not exactly be quicker than the 1-Click interface (zero-click buying is frowned upon), but it might be simpler for some users. It's dubbed PayPhrase, and it works ...READ»

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Gilt Groupe Without Guilt: Fans Flaunt Their Finds

Passionate fashionistas have made Gilt Groupe the darling of luxury-obsessed bargain hunters.READ»

Herman Miller Replaces the Sample Catalogue With a Smart Web Site

Anyone who has ever bought office furniture knows its a bewildering, byzantine process. For example, to buy a furniture system from Herman Miller, you have to pore over 1,600 materials, arrayed in 15 volumes. Finally, ...READ»

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The Buzz Leaves the Hive: Honeyshed is Shuttered

A bold experiment in online shopping  plastered an “Out of Business” sign across its virtual mall today when the Publicis Groupe announced it would suspend David Droga’s creative brainchild, Honeyshed. The site, which paired ...READ»

Innovating the Wish List

As we find ourselves amidst a global economic funk, no one has money to waste, especially on gifts nobody wants. One way to save your friends and family some time and money and organize your interests is MyRegistry.com, an online ...READ»

The Secret to Luxury

With the economy sinking, clothing is just one of the many luxuries Americans are cutting from their budgets. But one web biz is trying to keep luxury clothing affordable. Founded in January, Regent's Secret is based on a new ...READ»