Topic: Catalog and Online Retailers

Busted! No More Avoiding Sales Tax by Shopping Online?

In May, Amazon [AMZN] decided to sue the State of New York, which passed a law requiring the site to collect sales tax on items bought online by New Yorkers -- even if Amazon has no physical presence inside the state. According to the ...READ»

Have Yourself a Merry Online Christmas

Will this year's cyber-shopping experience be merry and bright? One expert predicts yuletide cheers from shoppers who pick their sites wisely.READ»

Cyber Monday: The Phantom Boom

How a clever nickname turned a ho-hum shopping day into the holy grail of holiday sales -- and why it's doomed.READ»

Planning Your Fundraising Campaign - How Nonprofits Raise More Funds Online in a Global Recession

Check out how Nonprofit Organizations can Raise Money Online... despite the challenges... READ»

Online Shopping

   I will be doing all my holiday shopping online this year. I have done the majority of my shopping online in the past few years, but this year I have decided it will all be this way. Some of the sites I have used are Amazon.com, ...READ»

Top 5: Tech Companies Securing VC Funding in June

As entrepreneurs and industry leaders adapt to the digital world, innovation is central to success. To illustrate innovation and entrepreneurship in the tech sector, we’ve selected ten companies across five categories that have secured venture capital (VC) investment. These companies are pioneering...READ»

Journal-ist: Freedom of Choice

From the journals, studies on why we shop online, how clicks-and-mortar stores can build trust, and how negative reviews can be overcome.READ»

• Now: April 2008
• MEET: World Retail Congress
• Numerology: Tax Time

TOPYX Lite: An Integrated Social Networking, Content Distribution and eCommerce Platform is Launched

BONITA SPRINGS, FL—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 9, 2009—Interactyx Limited announces the launch of TOPYX® Lite, a Software as a Service (SaaS), Web-based content distribution platform that provides a complete turnkey, online sales ...READ»

Manage Your Ecommerce Business, Not Just Your Website

Beyond the virtual shopping cart: understanding the full importance of e-commerce in selling online.READ»

eBay Overseas

Wherever you are, whatever language you speak, you can use eBay -- thanks to the Internet trading powerhouse's relentless expansion over the last year. EBay says it will increase its share in South Korean online marketplace, Internet ...READ»

Taxing Litigation

The state of Illinois is suing 70 online retailers for not collecting sales tax. Citing a state law that requires retailers maintaining a physical presence within Illinois' borders to charge sales tax, the state's suit is targeting ...READ»

Shopping Sites With Sizzle

Just in time for Christmas, a team of hard-shopping Web analysts hands out eGold awards to the best e-commerce sites -- and eBomb awards to those that may deliver a lump of coal this holiday season.READ»

Digital Matters - Issue 28

Business-to-business e-commerce is the vanguard of the Internet revolutionREAD»

Message to CEOs: It’s time to get serious about your Web team

Putting the right people in the right places to drive profitability READ»

The Shop Around the Corner (and in Your Mailbox, on Your iTunes...)

Lately I've been fascinated by the way design stores (online and brick and mortar) have been capitalizing on the blog, podcast and friendly video interview. Most design bloggers I know find these new techonologies helpful in ...READ»

Open Debate

Should your boss be able to limit your freedom of speech?READ»

GSI and Innovation

Is it in GSI's clients best interest for them to offer agency services?READ»

What We Learned In The New Economy

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned It's a foggy, rainy December afternoon at the port of Redwood City, California--the kind of day that makes reality hard to discern, ...READ»

Where Are You on the Web?

Everyone knows that the Web is the next big thing -- right? So why isn't everyone jumping into it with the same kind of vigor?READ»

By the Numbers: Chinese E-Commerce

Value of Consumer-to-Consumer Online Sales in China* $561 million in 2004 $1.7 billion in 2005 200% increase in one year *Includes online auctions Number of online auction users in China 15.08 million in ...READ»

The Experienced Customer

When it comes to e-commerce, Kelly Mooney knows the customer experience better than anyone. She knows what clicks and what bombs, who offers good service and who offers lip service. Just think of her as the experienced customer.READ»

Zune Flops on Cyber Monday

By most accounts, this holiday sales season is off to a good start for electronics retailers. Microsoft's Zune, however, was conspicuously absent from Amazon's top ten electronics list on Cyber Monday. Today's Wall Street Journal ...READ»

First Annual E-Commerce Awards

MIT honors Web commerce luminaries with a speed-of-light ceremony.READ»

Amazon Forays Into China

Amazon.com says it will buy Joyo.com Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company, which operates the largest online retailers of books, music and videos in China. With a price tag of $75 million, the deal is Amazon's ticket into the ...READ»

Free to Be... Not on TV

Following its fizzle and failure as a live music concert broadcast on the WB, "Pepsi Smash" will find new life as a Web cast on Yahoo, reports the New York Times. Even though the eight-episode program attracted 1.3 million viewers, ...READ»