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Retail

F-Commerce: Is Facebook The New Shop Of The Future?

March 8, 2011

I have loved reading since I learned the skill at a place called school. I remember hiding under the blankets with my bedside lamp reading books about tropical island adventures and pirates as soon as the coast was clear after my parents had inflicted the “lights out” regime every night at the prescribed hour.

To enhance my [...]

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Are Online Stores Stealing Sales From Physical Stores?

December 21, 2010

I was contacted recently by the Federal government Treasury department about a post titled “Is Online Retail About to Explode in Australia” which I had written last year. The question I was asked was  about the source of the graph showing the growth and volume of overseas online transactions. I suspect the reason for the inquiry would have been [...]

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Online Retail Shopping Threatens Traditional Store Revenues

October 5, 2010

I was hanging out with a colleague of mine the other day and a courier knocked on the door with this huge box.
I signed for the parcel and noticed it was a suspension part weighing 25kg … I also noticed that it had been shipped from the UK for his high performance sports car that he likes [...]

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5 Ways To Humanize and Socialize Your Online Store

June 21, 2010

Your online store can be a bit of an impersonal place and the challenge with an ecommerce store is trying to make the experience online as close to the bricks and mortar in store experience as possible.
There are a few ways to provide a more social and humanized experience online that makes the online store and the brand [...]

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7 Ways To Grow Your Business With A Dynamic Website

May 31, 2010

 The challenge for each business whether it a start up or an existing enterprise is the challenge of continuing to grow. This ongoing challenge is repeated every day. It doesn’t matter if it is an online store or a bricks and mortar enterprise the principles remain the same.

Here are “Seven Ways To Grow Your Business” and some tips [...]

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Are You Ready To Take Your Business Online Or Is It A Dinosaur?

May 27, 2010

I was doing some research recently and I came upon a statistic that really jolted me. That information was that nearly half of all businesses (46% to be precise) don’t have a website. Did I hear someone saying.. “you have to be joking!” (I have just checked the calendar and I have verified by the way that it is 2010 [...]

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Why Would Your eCommerce Website Need 13 Blogs?

February 4, 2010

Zappos is an online shoe retailer that was recently sold to Amazon for $928 million. They are well known for using the latest technology including social media such as Twitter and online video to enhance their marketing and word of mouth. Part of their success comes down to their exceptional customer service. What caught my eye recently is that [...]

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Is Online Retail About To Explode In Australia?

December 2, 2009

Online retail in Australia has not kept up with the rest of the world in its implementation and takeup of ecommerce.
In the USA though, online retail is a $130 Billion a year industry and has grown at 21-26% since 2002. Online searches for online specials for the USA shopping days of “Black Friday” searches, [...]

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