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AMEX and Discover Dive Into Savings
With the credit market still in a state of disarray, traditional credit card companies are looking for ways to diversify their sources of funding. Two of the industry’s...
Barnes & Noble Looks to Challenge Kindle’s e-Book Dominance
In July, BarnesandNoble.com launched the e-books section of their online bookstore with the intention of capitalizing on the growing market. Consumers have increasingly...
Walmart: A Growing Giant — Part 1
When it comes to brick and mortar retailers, Walmart is clearly the market leader just by its sheer size. In fact, Walmart’s dominance transfers online where...
Why Gold’s Gym Lost to Cankles
In July, Gold’s Gym worked with their agency, McKinney, to launch saynotokankles.com, a "light-hearted" effort to generate buzz around "Cankle...
Is GPS a Google Maps and MapQuest Killer?
Despite carrying along my GPS navigation unit and an iPhone, with its featured Google Maps widget, I did not feel fully comfortable embarking on my drive until I...
August Search Market Share: Google Still Volume Leader, but Consumers Taking Advantage of Bing Paid Links
Search Share Since its launch at the beginning of June, Microsoft’s Bing has been gaining traction in the search realm, and is proving itself to be a viable...
August Search Term Biggest Movers Are Here
What terms drove the greatest query volume spike? Let’s take a look at some of the fastest growing terms since this time last year to get a better idea of...
Unified Communications, Converged Mobile Applications and Visual Voicemail"¦ Who really cares anyway?
Last summer, I wrote about the growing interest in Unified Communication Solutions and the implications for telecom providers. As a refresher, we think of Unified...
Top 25 Retail Sites
Each month, Compete takes a look at the top 25 most-trafficked web sites within one of industry categories. Back-to-school shopping played a role in shaping the...
August Data is Live: Summer’s Out & Football Season Is In
August data is live and there was plenty of movement with the summer winding down, back to school, back to business, and the kickoff of football season. Football...
