The newspaper industry posted the slowest decline in ad revenue since 2007 in the last year, that’s according to an Associated Press report discussed on Star News Online. The news, however is mixed. Newspaper ad revenue dropped 10% in the Q1 2010 from the previous year. Incredibly, that’s the smallest…
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Newspaper Ad Revenues See Smaller Decline, Finally
Written by on May 31, 2010 in Uncategorized .
Cyber Monday 2?
Written by on Dec. 10, 2009 in Uncategorized .
Internet Retailer posted an article on Tuesday discussing what has become Cyber Monday II or Second Chance Monday by various e-tailers. The reason for this recent distinction is that many sites, on December 7th, offered sales virtually identifcal to those on Cyber Monday. But not only could a number of…
(read more...)Holiday Season Spending on the Rise
Written by on Dec. 8, 2009 in Uncategorized .
According to a recent study by Bloomberg, U.S. retail sales rose for the 13th straight week in early December as deep discounts and holiday promotions encouraged consumers to spend. Stores which have been open for at least a year witnessed a 2.6 percent increase in sales from a year ago, ...
(read more...)10 Questions with Yahoo! Shopping's Greg Hintz
Written by on Nov. 25, 2009 in Interviews .
1. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you made it into your current role at Yahoo! Shopping? Greg Hintz: My background is more financial than technical as I have a degree in Economics, am a Chartered Financial Analysis charter holder, and began my working career…
(read more...)10 Questions with Zappos COO/CFO, Alfred Lin
Written by on Oct. 29, 2009 in Interviews .
One. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got to the position of COO/CFO of Zappos.com? Alfred Lin: I met Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) during our college days. He was the consummate entrepreneur. He and Sanjay Madan, one of Tony’s roommates, took over the…
(read more...)The Banner Ad Turns 15
Written by on Oct. 28, 2009 in Uncategorized .
An article written by Nicholas Carlson was featured on BusinessInsider.com yesterday, marking 15 years since the debut of banner ads as we know them. The banner ad, “born” on October 27, 1994, first premiered on Hotwired.com featuring offers from Volvo, AT&T, MCI, Club Med, Zima and 1–800 collect. Frank D’Angelo, ...
(read more...)Google and Bing to Include Tweets in Search Results
Written by on Oct. 27, 2009 in Uncategorized .
Michael Learmonth at Adage wrote an article last week indicating Google and Bing’s plans to integrate Twitter’s real-time updates into search results – a deal that will inevitably increase non-micro-blogger exposure to the site. Although neither side disclosed inancial details of the deal, it may turn out to be a…
(read more...)Good Times Ahead, According to Mary Meeker
Written by on Oct. 22, 2009 in Current .
MG Siegler at TechCrunch recently published a post about Mary Meeker (Morgan Stanley’s Managing Director)‘s recent presentation at the Web 2.0 in San Francisco. The main focus of her presentation, was that, according to recent market analysis, the economy is showing many good signs of recovery. To Meeker, stock markets…
(read more...)Holiday Forecasting and Price Comparison
Written by on Oct. 21, 2009 in Current .
InternetRetailer.com recently featured a condensed forecast of what the online shopping industry can expect to see this holiday season. The primary source of this forecast, is a recent PriceGrabber 2009 Holiday Report, which argues that 70% of online shoppers will visit price comparison sites, up from 38% just a year…
(read more...)Is Droid Verizon's Answer to the iPhone?
Written by on Oct. 20, 2009 in Current .
Arik Hesseldahl recently published an article at BusinessWeek’s Apple blog, Byte of the Apple, featuring the recent TV spot for the forthcoming Motorola Droid smart phone. The Droid runs Google’s ‘Android’ operating system and is an obvious competitor of the iPhone, especially given that it is coming soon to Verizon. ...
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