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Kindle fire selling well … possibly

Amazon may have already sold millions of units of its new Kindle Fire tablet. However, no one knows for sure, and despite asserting that the Kindle Fire is the best-selling item on Amazon.com, the retail giant is keeping quiet about the number of units it’s actually sold. “Even before the busy holiday shopping weekend, we’ve already sold millions of the new Kindle family and the Kindle Fire was the bestselling product across all of Amazon.com,” Kindle VP Dave Limp said in a press release . “Black Friday was the best ever for the Kindle family – customers purchased 4x as many Kindle devices as they did last Black Friday – and last year was a great year. “In addition, we’re seeing a lot of customers buying multiple Kindles – one for themselves and others as gifts.” In the absence of information, market researcher eData Source has been tracking sales of the new iPad rival and has released an estimate of how well the tablet is selling

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Retailers deck their iPad apps for Christmas

As the holiday season approaches, stores are looking to deck more than just their halls. With more and more people buying their gifts online, retailers are commissioning redesigned tablet apps in time for the holidays in the hopes of giving shoppers a similar experience to going into the actual shop. Many stores offer a unique ambience. When a shopper walks into Anthropologie, for example, they are met with the feeling they’ve entered someone’s artsy and bohemian home. At least, that’s what the store’s designers are hoping people will think. Their e-commerce site, however, is less imaginative – offering simple pictures of things to buy and clothes worn by wooden mannequins. “There’s always been a little disappointment with the online experience, because the Web site needs to be practical and doesn’t engage the customers as well as the store experience and the catalogue,” said Chris Love, director of portfolio management at Anthropologie. “We’re thinking about the iPad as a new channel that needs to be treated differently.” According to Forrester Research, just 8 per cent of online shoppers own tablet devices, and retailers have previously spent just a paltry $14,000 (

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Mercent Engages Search Engine E-Commerce Solution

Search solutions specialist, YourAmigo, will partner with Retail marketing technology firm, Mercent, in order to apply the companies’ online marketing platforms towards new sales and web traffic.

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Mercent Engages Search Engine E-Commerce Solution

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Search Engine Report, Issued by Truveo

Truveo provides the most comprehensive results of any major search engine online, according to an extensive study conducted by its search engine team.

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Search Engine Report, Issued by Truveo

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National Retail Federation Budget Study Released

The Fourth Annual Retail IT Budget Study, indicating that increased efficiency will drop IT operational expenses by 4% in 2007, has been released by The AMR Research and National Retail Federation.

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National Retail Federation Budget Study Released