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Best Buy Looks to Grow E-Commerce Amid Massive Rivals

Best Buy Looks to Grow E-Commerce Amid Massive Rivals

Image from: Reuters The online consumer electronics space is a competitive, yet valuable market. As technology rapidly improves, not only do retailers need new...

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Black Friday: How to Shop Less Belligerently

Black Friday: How to Shop Less Belligerently

Image from: Poznyakov/Shutterstock For many, Black Friday has blossomed into a beloved tradition of engaging in fisticuffs with a stranger over the last pink Leapfrog...

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Got the Munchies?

Got the Munchies?

Domino’s Pizza ran a national promotion with Groupon on 4/20 that offered a large pizza with up to 10 toppings for $8 – much to the delight of one particular...

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Can Retailers Get Their Holiday Groupon?

Can Retailers Get Their Holiday Groupon?

Group-buying sites are all the rage in 2010. Groupon’s meteoric rise has brought on billion-dollar-suitors and their model has been reproduced through countless...

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Barnes & Noble Looks to Challenge Kindle’s e-Book Dominance

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...

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ProFlowers.com Comes Up Smellin’ Like Roses

ProFlowers.com Comes Up Smellin’ Like Roses

The days leading up to Valentine’s Day are some of the busiest for online floral retailers (only Mother’s Day is busier). Big money is required to remain...

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Green Monday vs. Cyber Monday: When Did Holiday Shopping Really Peak?

Green Monday vs. Cyber Monday: When Did Holiday Shopping Really Peak?

Everyone knows about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but few have heard about "Green Monday," which is designated as the second Monday of December. Green...

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The Hottest Online Retail Products: Video Games Lead the Way

The Hottest Online Retail Products: Video Games Lead the Way

The recent economic turmoil is poised to make this holiday season a downer for many retailers who had hoped to end the year on a positive note. Each week through...

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Borders.com Now in Control of its Own Destiny

Borders.com Now in Control of its Own Destiny

For the past seven years, visitors to Borders.com have been automatically redirected to Border’s hosted site on Amazon.com. While hitching a ride on Amazon’s...

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Will Hulu Replace Your TV?

Will Hulu Replace Your TV?

Hulu.com, the online video site owned jointly by NBC Universal and News Corporation (Fox) launched earlier this year, currently streams numerous network and cable...

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