Category Archives: Online Retailing

Bricks-and click retailing and online-only retailing are covered here. There are lots of posts on multi-channel retailing.

James Ridinger: CEO of Market America

Recently, Market America acquired shop.com to become even more of an online retailing powerhouse. This video features the firm’s CEO.

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A Diamond Retailer Mines Online for Gold

Helzberg Diamonds operates more than 230 brick-and-mortar stores and has an E-commerce site at http://www.helzberg.com. The Web site was launched in 1996 and now has an average order transaction of more than $200. The retailer is always looking to improve performance and is a … Continue reading

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eBay: A King of Data-Base Management

eBay has been a very successful and popular online retailer, in large part because of its prowess with data-base management. As reported by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University: “Few companies generate as much data … Continue reading

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