Travel is already a mature online sector in the US and digital sales will continue to rise at a healthy clip, even as travel’s share of total ecommerce sales begins to decline, according to a new eMaketer report. Mobile will be a big part of the continued growth story.

The biggest challenge that online store owners face is increasing traffic to their ecommerce store. Knowing where to start and how to stand out from the thousands of other shops that are competing for the same traffic is a daunting challenge. The explosion of growth in the ecommerce world has only made it tougher for [...]

Social media promotions are one surefire way to get your followers up on Twitter or boost those likes on Facebook. You can boost engagement and get your brand out there. If you’re offering something good (Apple products like iPads are a very popular social media giveaway), you can see huge numbers of people getting involved. [...]

If passed by the House, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which aims to level the playing field between online retailers and brick-and-mortar businesses, coul.

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As Walmart was reporting its first same-store sales drop in seven quarters along with a barely increasing profit on Thursday (May 16), it also detailed its impressive IT and e-commerce growth. Quarterly online sales soared more than 30 percent as the chain kept boosting its number of self-checkout POS units (a 38 percent boost in [...]

Ecommerce continues to take a bigger share of retail sales, according to government data released today. Learn more about the trend.

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According to research, UK book sales in 2012 were up 4% year over year. But while sales of physical books actually declined by 1%, sales of ebooks more than doubled. Ereaders continue to be popular in the UK, but tablet uptake is the main driver behind this growth.

Research finds lift across a variety of brand metrics for mobile ad campaigns. The greatest US mobile spend is going to mobile web and apps, with investments in mobile returning substantial overall sales.

There seems to be at least one thing that Democrats and Republicans agree on: all merchants should collect sales tax, regardless if they sell through a traditional brick-and-mortar store or exclusively online. In fact, the …

Scrapbook.com retailer, McKane Davis, weighs in: “I own and run an ecommerce company like many of you. And just like many of you, we will be crippled by the (ironically titled) Marketplace Fairness Act if it becomes law. I worry that some of you are unaware at just how bad this will be for your [...]

While some have been unsuccessful in their venture – there are a few who show that social commerce has a huge potential to make a profit – for companies who use it correctly. A focus for businesses using social media …

“Marketplace Fairness Act – Online businesses will be required to collect sales tax for all states. They say it is “Simple”. What is not described is time and the penalty of non-intentional errors. The Senate passed its version; the House is working on theirs. From a business side, I am a biased. I believe the [...]

Online shopping continues to evolve and the new trend for businesses is to use social networking to engage customers and encourage them to share favorite products with each other. Facebook offers one such avenue, but there are others cropping up as well. OpenSky recently launched its marketplace, which gives small merchants their own stores on [...]

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The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes.

Lets First Describe The term E-commerce , E-commerce Stands For Electronic commerce Provides Online Business Facility for selling product or service online and accepting the payment for same. Some Benefits Coming …

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When Amazon’s and Overstock’s efforts to avoid sales tax were slapped down last week by New York state’s highest court, the judges took an unusual path. Going beyond the normal arguments of nexus — essentially, whether the online operation has any people or operations based in the state — the judges focused more on what [...]

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Mobile shoppers are making an outsize impact on the ecommerce world, contributing to an increasing share of US retail ecommerce sales and exerting more influence on the overall retail market, according to new estimates from eMarketer.

Online Sales Tax by State: The Complete Online Sales Tax Guide Jump straight to State by State Online Sales Tax Info Online stores and ecommerce retailers have an obvious leg up on their brick-and-mortar counterparts: they’re not always forced to charge online sales tax. Historically, online businesses have only been required to collect online sales tax from customers if [...]

NEW YORK, NY (April 24, 2013)—Mobile shopping—particularly on tablet devices—is having an outsize impact on the ecommerce world, contributing to an increasing share of US retail ecommerce sales and exerting [...]

Online sales taxes are marching toward reality much faster than anyone would have expected even a month ago. The “Marketplace Fairness Act,” which would allow states to collect sales taxes through online retailers even if the merchants don’t have physical operations in those states, is being debated in the U.S. Senate this week after being [...]

A mix of larger and smaller online product categories will post the highest CAGRs from 2012 to 2017.

Computer and consumer electronics, as well as apparel and accessories, account for the bulk of US retail eCommerce sales.

Despite the positive outlook, only 6% of US retail sales came from ecommerce in 2012, according to eMarketer calculations.

In 2013, eMarketer estimates US retail ecommerce sales will total $259 billion, a 14.8% annual increase over 2012's $225.5 billion.

We cover a lot of different products and services and methods for marketing your businesses and products. But are these offerings and techniques that are available out there meeting your needs? According to a new survey by BtoB Magazine of business-to-business marketers across the US, the answer is no. Sales cycles are getting longer, and [...]

Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Emotiva Audio is an audio equipment developer and manufacturer that has been in business for over ten years. In that time, they’ve seen a lot changes in the industry and consumer’s needs. Emotiva Audio has managed to maintain a strong relationship with their core customers, who use and advocate their products, by establishing [...]

A bill aimed at simplifying the U.S. states' requirements for collecting sales tax on online transactions moved closer to passage Monday.