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AOL Patch Wobbles | Brands' Social Currency | Campaign Seeks Torturers | Regulators Target Facebook | Groupon Payout Lawsuit

Agency News: JWT Appoints a Pair of Chief Creative Officers in New York Business Strategies: For AOL, a Costly Gamble On Local News Draws Trouble Taco Bell, BK and Others   [...]

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One Way Or Another, iPads Are Becoming Part of the Retail Experience

Sephora, the cosmetics retailer, has just invested in a major makeover of its own. It has overhauled its digital operations with a new webpage, new mobile site and new iPhone app, Forbes.com reports. It is also testing iPads in some 20 stores, Sephora Direct’s senior vice president Julie Bornstein told Forbes. Customers use it to navigate Sephora’s considerable online inventory whi  [...]

Nordstrom to Sell Online E-Tailer Bonobos' Pants Line

Nordstrom is not only investing in a venture capital round for online retailer Bonobos but it is also planning to sell the clothing—specifically men's pants—in its stores. Nordstrom is investing $16.4 million in Bonobos, TechFlash reports.  As part of the deal it will also sell Bonobos clothing at Nordstrom full-line stores and on Nordstrom.com.   [...]

DoJ Investigation Will Lead to Two-tiered e-Book Price Model

The Department of Justice has filed suit against Apple and several book publishers, alleging they have colluded on setting prices for e-books. Legal theorists believe it will be difficult for Justice to make a case against Apple.  Even if it fails t  [...]

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Ecommerce: Some big-six publishers refuse to sign new contracts with Amazon. Social Media: Are photos apps a business? Spotify   [...]

To Engage Customers, Harrods Uses….Pinterest. Here's Why

The London department store Harrods is holding a contest on Pinterest that allows users to design their own store window, Luxury Daily reports. Pinterest Users Spend More The retailers cited the astounding traction of Pinterest as a reason for using it over another social media outlet. Other retailers are also gravitating to the site, citing more concrete reasons. On  [...]

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Amazon Debuts New In-App API

Amazon has rolled out its Amazon Appstore for Android SDK and In-App Purchasing API to its developer community. The API allows developers to offer digital content and subscriptions--such as in-game currency, expansion packs, upgrades, and magazine issues--for purchase within apps. High Conversion Rates Early adopters--Sto  [...]

QR Codes for the Harried

Studies have show that QR codes are best aimed at certain demographics--usually male, upper income and beyond the teen and twenty-something years. Another category, some retailers are discovering, is the harried commuter. Well.ca, an online retailer of health and beauty supplies, has borrowed a retail concept--the pop-up store---and adapted it to the digital world via a QR code. Pop up stores, usually seen around the holidays, are temporary small-sized outposts usually establis  [...]

Walgreen’s E-commerce Initiatives Pay Off

Walgreens has launched several mobile initiatives in recent months. The most far reaching has been a push to link its brick-and-mortar inventory with its e-commerce operations. The goal, according to an interview Ron Kelly, vice president of customer and pharmacy service, e-commerce, gave Internet Retailer, was to target customers that would go online to see what the drug stor  [...]

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Ecommerce: Facebook e-commerce: the next big thing? Signs of What's to Come: Google takes wraps off Web-based digital glasses. Security: Biggest Ap  [...]

Colorado Judge Deals Setback to State Efforts to Collect Internet Sales Tax

A 2010 Colorado law that requires online retailers such as Amazon to collect state sales taxes has been thrown out by the federal court, the Denver Post reports. The judge concluded that the law did not treat in-state and out-of-state retailers evenly. The decision has partisan implications as the measure had been opposed by state Republicans. Internet Sales T  [...]

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Ecommerce: Paramount, Google link up for movie rentals. Search: Google AdWords ad extensions get conversion tracking. Social Media: Palo Alto   [...]

Starbucks to Offer $10 Gift Card for $5 in Daily Deal

Starbucks is planning to offer $5 off a $10 Starbucks gift cards through Google Offers on Wednesday, Mashable reports. Conventional wisdom—not to mention the recent history of similar offers—suggests this will be a very popular offer and give Google Offers a much needed boost. In March AmazonLocal sold one million Amazon gift cards for $5 million in 17 hours, close to a record for the daily dea  [...]

Top News: Amazon in-app payment | iPhone outsells | Australian court says Google ads misleading

Ecommerce: More developments for Amazon’s in-app payment system for Appstore, but more work needed. Mobile Computing: iPhone outselling all other smartphones combined at Sprint and AT&  [...]

Live Chat Growing Tool for E-Tailers

E-commerce is posting strong growth, however retailers are always on the lookout for the latest tool that can beef revenues in this channel even more. A new report suggests such a tool could be live chat.  Live chat’s use by e-tailers is on the rise, according to a survey by E-tailing Group sponsored by live chat vendor Bold Software. The report found that live chat has reached a tipping point of adoption, but for onl  [...]

Arby's Joins Plink's Facebook Credits Loyalty Program

The Facebook Credits-based loyalty program launched by Plink in January that rewards Facebook members for dining and purchases at restaurants and offline retailers is getting a huge boost weeks later with its newly inked partnership with the second largest quick-service restaurant chain in the US--Arby's. Arby's is joining Plink because it wants to maximize the momentum it has made w  [...]

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Social Media: Facebook takes photos high-def and full screen. Facebook is said to buy 750 IBM patents to boost defenses. Yahoo reportedly has a license to patents Facebook just   [...]

Marketers Watch Mobile Payments Tech Unfold From Many Different Directions

PayPal Here, the company’s mobile payment solution, has had a successful launch. In the first 24 hours it received 1,000 sign-ups per hour for the device. This healthy start suggests that PayPal Here could well overtake Square, a competing solution, not only because of its brand name recognition but also because, as Zdnet   [...]