| Find Your Fortune Online | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:46:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | (ARA) - Just a few short years ago, success in the retail world was measured solely on sales at brick and mortar stores. Now online sales make up a significant portion of the bottom line for most businesses.According to the global Internet information provider comScore, online retail spending in 2005 reached $81.6 billion, a 24 percent increase over 2004 spending. When final figures are totaled for 2006, that number is expected to soar exponentially.It's not just the big box stores that are making money either. So are small businesses, and individuals savvy enough to learn how eBay works. "There are a lot of tricks of the trade. Among them, start your opening price low to attract attention, even on items you know are worth more; and establish yourself as a credible seller by following through on delivery of completed items quickly.... | |
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| | | The Green Pages and Susquehanna Sustainable Business Network | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 2:48:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | Karen Sattler is co-editor of The Green Pages, a Guide to Sustainable Business in Lancaster and York Counties. This free publication is published twice a year and can be found around the community and online at www.fandm.edu/greenpages.xml. Sattler makes an environmentally friendly New Years resolution every year. One year, she started a group. to study permaculture, a complex philosophy that weaves together the needs of plants, animals, climates and humans into productive communities. Another year, she co-founded the Green Pages. She studied communications in college, then got a certificate in decorative arts along with her masters degree in education from University of California at Santa Barbara. To this day, she said, she enjoys the restful switch between editing and painting.... | |
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| | | Blockbuster Online Hits Two Million Mark | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 12:48:14 PM by Blog57 Team | | "If they've got 2 million and Netflix has 5.5 million, you're reaching the point where you'd expect to see things level off," says independent analyst Dennis McAlpine. "Maybe you've got another quarter of good growth for Blockbuster. Not much more." Antioco says he has additional plans for more growth. For example, he may introduce a service this year for people who don't subscribe to Blockbuster Online that would let them rent on an a la carte basis some of the older movies in its inventory. About 85% of the DVDs in Blockbuster stores are new releases. As the online business grows, the company may have more latitude to reduce the size of its stores. "Our average store today is 5,500 square feet," Antioco says. "We think we can do a very good job with 3,000 square feet." He adds that Blockbuster will begin a service this year offering movies for rent or purchase via digital download.... | |
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| | | Majestic Wine H1 boosted by online business, fine wines | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:47:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Majestic Wine has posted a rise in pre-tax profits of 17% to GBP6.5 million for the first half of the year, boosted by an increase in its online business, and a growing interest in fine wines. For the six months ended September 26, sales rose 9% to GBP88.3 million from GBP80.8 million a year earlier, with same-store sales increasing by 6.2%. .... | |
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| | | HACKER SAFE Certification Boosts Online Bookings for Omni Hotels | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:50:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Omni Hotels' use of HACKER SAFE certification is paying off with increased online reservations for its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts. According to Omni Hotels, significant testing of the certification mark on omnihotels.com has resulted in as much as a 9% increase in converting site visitors to guests making reservations during peak periods of the company's business cycle. After observing its widespread adoption by B2C retail sites to address concerns about the safety of online commerce, Omni Hotels subscribed to ScanAlert's website security service in the summer of 2006. "We are very pleased that we can provide this level of comfort to our guests knowing that their information is well safeguarded," said Kerry Kennedy, Director of E-Commerce for Omni Hotels. "We saw immediately that HACKER SAFE would be a good visual support mechanism to demonstrate that the company's website was secure and that our guests could be comfortable providing the necessary information." Before Omni was able to use the certification mark, the website had to meet ScanAlert's HACKER SAFE standard.... | |
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| | | Ex-MTV Execs Create Online Network | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:48:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | The fledgling network is one of the first to solely produce original content for broadband distribution on the Internet, instead of adhering to the traditional business model of making high-quality programs for television.The company's early success in attracting a high-profile sponsor and eyeballs is yet another example of the power of online video in an Internet world dominated by sites like YouTube. But in LX.TV's case, the video appears on its Web site and is syndicated elsewhere on Internet."It's kind of the opportunity Ted Turner had in the '80s when cable was starting," said Chief Executive Joseph Varet, 31. "Cable networks were able to erode a lot of market share viewing time from broadcast networks because they were more focused and specific. Now broadband economics allow us to be even more focused.... | |
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| | | Fairfax expects strong online profit | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:51:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | Newly-branded publishing group Fairfax Media Ltd expects earnings to pick up in the second half of this year on the back of momentum in its online business. The company, which owns flagship newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, said it was also looking to cut costs by joining up with rival News Ltd to share newspaper truck deliveries. The former John Fairfax Holdings Ltd, which won shareholder approval for its name change at an annual general meeting, said despite weakness in the New Zealand and New South Wales economies its core publishing assets are performing "relatively well". Chief executive David Kirk said earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) growth was expected to be in the low single digits in the first half of 2006/07.... | |
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| | | *vwd/BUSINESS WIRE: World Directories Group Partners with FAST to Transform Print Directories into Global Online | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:52:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WILMINGTON, Del. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Die Rx Processing Corporation (OTC:RXPC) gibt unseren Finanzplan bekannt; dieses Dokument kann von der Unternehmens-Website unter www.rxprocessingcorp.com. heruntergeladen werden. Die Rx Processing Corp. Das Treffen der Aktionäre von Rx Processing Corp., die am 7. November in Kansas stattfand, war erfolgreich, da wir zwei Schlüsselabstimmungen durchgeführt haben: die Reduktion unserer Stammaktien sowie die Annahme unseres Finanz- und Geschäftsplans, der sodann bei der SEC zwecks Akzeptanz der vorgelegten 15C-211-Form eingereicht wird.... | |
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| | | JupiterResearch Finds That Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Travel and Automotive Companies Will Lead Online | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:48:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, finds that media & entertainment, financial services, travel, and automotive advertisers will spend $11.5 billion advertising online in 2011. According to a new JupiterResearch report, "US Online Category Advertising Forecast, 2006 to 2011," this will account for 57 percent of all online ad spending that year. "Online advertising spending will increase across all advertiser categories over the next five years while a few particular categories will contribute the majority of new spending," said Emily Riley, JupiterResearch analyst and lead author of the report. "Media & entertainment and financial services advertisers benefit from business models that work well online." By 2011, automotive and travel advertisers will be the third and fourth largest contributors to total online spending, respectively.... | |
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| | | Small Business gets switched on-line | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:49:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | “Small Business owners and entrepreneurs invest a significant amount of time in their business. As a result, the normal, branch-led approach to consumer banking does not really apply. Online banking is the perfect solution to meet the needs of these business men and women who need their bank to come to them, rather than the other way around. “The latest figures from the BBA show that 43 per cent of small businesses bank online. At Abbey 44 per cent of our small business customers already use our online facilities and we expect these numbers to grow over the next few years. “Finaccord's Small Business Metrics Survey recently rated Abbey top out of all business banks for consumer satisfaction with online banking. “All business people have personal bank accounts and it is likely that trends in online business banking will be similar to those in personal online banking.... | |
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