Archive for 2011

Last Minute Online Shoppers? Tips to Snag (us) Procrastinators!

Last Minute Online Shoppers? Tips to Snag (us) Procrastinators!

0 Kelly Hushin / December 21, 2011 12:39 pm

It is scary to even type this but there are three days until Christmas. Gulp. You probably feel this same numb panic/guilt/stress – call it what you may – if you’re anything like me and have, oh, most of your [...]

5 E-Commerce Lessons from Bob Kupbens, Delta Airlines

5 E-Commerce Lessons from Bob Kupbens, Delta Airlines

0 Kelly Hushin / December 20, 2011 4:24 pm

The travel industry has an easier time figuring out what that “killer mobile app” is because the customer is already mobile, says Bob Kupbens, VP, E-Commerce at Delta Airlines. He and his company have seen great successes with the Delta [...]

Barnes & Noble’s 2 Questions to Ask about Loyalty Programs

Barnes & Noble’s 2 Questions to Ask about Loyalty Programs

0 Kelly Hushin / December 15, 2011 4:42 pm

The average American household today belongs to about 14 loyalty programs. FOURTEEN. Can you guess how many of those are active? On average: six. This is according to Marc Parrish, VP, Membership and Loyalty at Barnes & Noble. Amid such [...]

New Drop-in Store Builder Widget Coming to Silicon Valley, London

New Drop-in Store Builder Widget Coming to Silicon Valley, London

0 Kelly Hushin / December 15, 2011 1:01 pm

As more and more companies look to sell products online, a demand for software solutions that easily turn their sites into stores, is on the rise. Hence the recent success of Ecwid, a Russian E-Commerce software platform that just completed [...]

Savvy Screen Capturing: Tom Davis’ One Thing I Can’t Live Without

Savvy Screen Capturing: Tom Davis’ One Thing I Can’t Live Without

2 Kelly Hushin / December 14, 2011 2:39 pm

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make a big difference. For Tom Davis, that little thing has become huge. In his “One Thing I Can’t Life Without,” Tom tells us why a good screen capturing tool is essential [...]

Q&A with Peter Cobb: The Keys to eBags’ Holiday Success

Q&A with Peter Cobb: The Keys to eBags’ Holiday Success

0 Kelly Hushin / December 13, 2011 4:32 pm

by Melissa Campanelli, Editor-in-Chief, Retail Online Integration Special to the eTail Blog eBags’ holiday sales were up 33 year-over-year through Dec. 6, more than doubling comScore’s 15 percent holiday estimate. Here are a few more highlights from eBags this holiday [...]

Because Everyone Likes a Good Facebook Infographic…

Because Everyone Likes a Good Facebook Infographic…

0 Kelly Hushin / December 9, 2011 4:11 pm

We have to thank JESS3 for this adorable Facebook infographic. Because a pictures tells a thousand words…

Boston Celtics: Turning 5.6 million Facebook Fans into Ticket Holders

Boston Celtics: Turning 5.6 million Facebook Fans into Ticket Holders

0 Kelly Hushin / December 8, 2011 4:37 pm

Peter Stringer, Director, Interactive Media, has helped the Boston Celtics basketball team grow its Facebook fan base to nearly 5.6 million people. That’s a lot of online fans. But how does he and the rest of the interactive team at [...]

Top 5 Mobile Commerce Mistakes to Avoid This Holiday Season

Top 5 Mobile Commerce Mistakes to Avoid This Holiday Season

1 Kelly Hushin / December 6, 2011 11:09 am

By Mark Simpson, Special to the eTail Blog You’ve been planning for months for this time of year: the holiday shopping season. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but there is still plenty of time left for [...]

5 Tips To Develop a Mobile Commerce Application for Maximum ROI

5 Tips To Develop a Mobile Commerce Application for Maximum ROI

0 Kelly Hushin / November 29, 2011 1:38 pm

It goes without saying that ROI is crucial to consider when it comes to mobile commerce application development. It’s easy enough for your CEO to think about that but s/he is often not the one in the trenches trying to [...]