ICE Breaker News: US Postal Regulatory Commission Denies Rate Increase
Pin ItPRG Denies Postal Service Exigent Rate Request Decision is Unanimous Washington, DC - The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No. 547 in Docket R2010-4 denying a Postal Service request for an average 5.6 percent rate increase. The Commission found that the Postal Service failed to justiff rate increases in excess of its statutory CPI price cap. “The Commission finds that the Postal Service has shown the recent recession to be an exigent circumstance but it has failed both to quantifo the impact of the recession on its finances and to show how its rate request relates...
read morePress Release: Shipwire Anywhere – Instant Web-based Order Management
Pin ItPALO ALTO, Calif.—September 27, 2010—Shipwire, the leader in ecommerce fulfillment, today introduced Shipwire Anywhere™, the industry’s first web-based order management software service seamlessly integrated with a global order fulfillment warehouse service. Now growing online sellers can effortlessly manage their orders and inventory regardless of where goods are stored. With one Shipwire account, users can manage orders, gain insight into their inventory and design their own global fulfillment network. Shipwire is showcasing the new software September 27-29 at TechCrunch...
read moreThe Lift Social Commerce Summit Upcoming in Atlanta
Pin It Social Commerce Summit Lift: The B2B Social Commerce Summit (link) is a “must attend” event for marketing executives, senior management and business owners looking to apply real-world social tactics that drive sales lift to their business. Co-hosted by Wharton Interactive, OfficeArrow and Social Strategy1, and bringing together the brightest minds in the B2B space, this 2nd annual 1-day information-packed all-inclusive event delivers educational workshops on how to grow your business using simple social commerce ideas, how to quickly generate quality leads, and how to translate...
read morePress Release: Social Commerce Meets Search with TheFind.com and Facebook Intergration
Pin It Social Commerce Meets Search with Facebook Likes: What You ‘Like’ Personalizes Shopping Search Results from Across the Web and Creates New Opportunities for Brands and Stores on TheFind SAN FRANCISCO– At an intimate dinner with executives from Facebook and Sephora last night, TheFind unveiled a distributed social commerce integration that gives people the freedom and control to personalize their shopping experience on TheFind using Facebook. “From a brand and retailer’s perspective, ‘Like Love’ takes the Facebook Like feature to another...
read moreAlibab Strengthens Its US eCommerce Position, Buys Auctiva Too!
Pin ItHONG KONG, August 24, 2010 – Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688.HK) (HK.1688), the world’s leading e-commerce company for small business, has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctiva, the leading third-party developer of tools for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) sellers. With more than 170,000 active users, Auctiva provides a variety of listing, marketing and management tools as well as image hosting and online storefronts that make it easy for small businesses to sell successfully via e-commerce on sites like eBay. The acquisition of Auctiva, as well as Alibaba.com’s purchase of...
read morePress Release: Stamps.com Makes Nice with Magento Ecommerce
Pin It LOS ANGELES-August 17, 2010-Stamps.com® (Nasdaq:STMP), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software solutions to approximately 400,000 customers, today announced a new integration and partnership with Magento®, the global open source e-commerce platform provider. The integration is available at no additional charge to new and existing Stamps.com customers. Stamps.com’s integration with Magento enables Magento merchants to batch print up to 1,000 pre-paid USPS shipping labels for any mail class, including Media Mail® and First Class...
read morePress Release: SlideShare Goes Pro for Professional, Small Business and Enterprise Social Media
Pin ItSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SlideShare today announced tiered PRO plans for the popular presentation sharing site. With the new PRO plans, professionals, businesses and enterprises can enjoy advanced features while users with more basic needs can continue using the free version. PRO plans are immediately available on a subscription basis, starting at $19 per month: https://slideshare.net/business/premium/plans. SlideShare PRO lets users measure, monitor and engage their community with all their content (presentations, documents & videos). Features include: (a)...
read morePress Release: Is eBay Beginning To Take Fashion Seriously?!?
Pin ItSAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), the world’s largest online marketplace and global m-commerce leader, today announced that retail apparel veteran and accomplished e-commerce entrepreneur Miriam Lahage is joining the company in the newly created role of General Manager, eBay Fashion, responsible for growing and driving innovation across the company’s multibillion-dollar fashion category.“Miriam’s deep retail experience and entrepreneurial vision for fashion e-commerce will be a great asset to eBay as we drive shopping innovation and extend our...
read morePress Release: ChannelAdvisor and Bongo Partner for International Shipping for Retailers Online
Pin It ChannelAdvisor and Bongo International Partner to Extend International Shipping to Online Retailers New offering creates additional revenue opportunity for ChannelAdvisor customers Research Triangle Park, NC – July 13, 2010 – ChannelAdvisor, a solution provider that enables online retailers to improve efficiency and increase revenue, today announced a partnership with Bongo International that enables international shipping for ChannelAdvisor’s online retailer customers, effectively opening up the global marketplace. ChannelAdvisor Webstore customers can now add...
read morePress Release: Bongo Focusing on International Growth for Online Retailers
Pin ItA focus on international growth strategy is a must for online retailers looking to expand their market and keep up with the competition. Very few companies are able to work through the complexities of going global on their own. One avenue to international growth and development is to join forces with a trusted company that has facilitated international expansion for hundreds of merchants. This can allow you to identify and prioritize potential markets, instead of spending a great deal of time dealing with the headaches that can typically be associated with international orders. Greg...
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