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BE Retailing

Follow us on Twitter. As of today, we have more than 665 tweets on key current retailing issues. 🙂 https://twitter.com/BEretail

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Daily Deal Promotions Not Working for Small Retailers

As we’ve written about before, daily deal sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial often do not achieve the intended results for retailers — namely, to offer a deeply-discounted deal through a Web site coupon that gets people to visit a … Continue reading

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Online Practices of Leading U.S. Retailers

Are retailers engaging in good online practices? According to recent research, the answer is yes — at least for the major U.S. retailers analyzed. Click the chart to learn more.  

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