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RSS giftsTroops in Afghanistan to get gadget gifts
News These gifts will be funded by charitable donations to the Operational Welfare Fund. An MoD spokesman said: "The lads on the front line will be able to choose from the gifts and gadgets. Troops serving on... [15 Oct 2009]
Bottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News Nearly all sectors were affected, with only gifts (four per cent), footwear (three per cent) and electrical (1.2 per cent) showing a small monthly rise in spending. Online shopping continues to be a beacon of hope for... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook crushes spam apps as five more attack
News Five more of the apps appeared on Thursday, called "Friends", "Friends Gifts", "Matching", "Pok" and "Your Photos", according to an updated blog post by Trend Micro researcher Rik Ferguson. Facebook on Thursday said it... [21 Aug 2009]
Targeted Marketing Campaigns Result in e-Commerce Sales Spikes of Up to 500% for $450 Million Tommy Bahama
White Paper Tommy Bahama has 82 retail locations that offer upscale men's and women's apparel, accessories and gifts, as well as home furnishings. Tommy Bahama barely used its CRM (customer relationship management) module or the... [30 May 2009]
Facebook payments: Virtually here?
News The social site has been expanding the presence of its virtual currency, which Facebook debuted last November when it changed the monetary units for its Gifts product into "credits" rather than US dollars, with credits... [26 May 2009]
Expanding Gift Shop Needs Automation for Fast Sales, Stocktaking, Reports, and Graphs
White Paper Without knowing exact sales by item, they bought by intuition more than analysis, and had no way to know which customers preferred which of the store's 5,000 gifts and decorations. Planning their fourth location, Diane... [01 May 2009]
Bharat Petroleum Reduces Staff and Training Costs With Infrastructure Monitoring Service
White Paper Under the program, customers earn points when they buy petroleum products, which can be redeemed for gifts. In 2000, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) launched an innovative customer loyalty program called... [03 Apr 2009]
Booze and knickers back on top in Brits' web shopping
News Gifts and lingerie escaped the downward trend, however, thanks to the seasonal uplift in spending brought on by Valentine's Day. While sales growth is static on the high street, online shopping continues to expand -... [17 Mar 2009]
Credit crunch no match for January sales
News January's online sales growth for Christmas favourites including alcohol and gifts fell by more than 60 per cent month on month. The economic outlook may be grim but Brits haven't lost their thirst for the New Year sales. [17 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.01.09
Round-Up On the subject of presents, Father Christmas seems to have delivered rather too many dodgy gifts this year. TalkTalk's list of unwanted gifts include "motoring accessories" (presumably whatever could be... [09 Jan 2009]
Web sales fever hits as soon as the wrapping paper is off
News The rise in traffic this year was driven by consumers' hunt for post-Christmas bargains, with variants of 'Boxing Day sale' being one of the more popular search terms of the day and no frills supermarket Aldi seeing a 78 per cent rise in... [02 Jan 2009]
Alien hunting, Windows through the ages and Christmas gifts
Photo With Christmas just around the corner, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the hordes of people watching the horizon for signs of an otherworldly being are in fact watching for the arrival of Santa. Not so - it's aliens. [22 Dec 2008]
The Yearly Round-Up: 2008
Round-Up And even worse, that magical time of year (for high street retailers at least) is all but upon us - that time when it's too late for online retailers to deliver gifts in time for Christmas. So this is Christmas, and what... [19 Dec 2008]
Naked CIO: All I want for Christmas
Comment The following is a list that I intend to send to the North Pole in the hope that Mr Claus and his reindeer stop by on Christmas Eve, jump through my corporate chimney and leave me the gifts I need to run my business... [08 Dec 2008]
Photos: Xmas presents for the techie who has everything
Photo Check out silicon.com's suggestions for the perfect techie gifts. Still struggling to think of how to reward your hard-working tech team this festive season or just looking for a Christmas present for yourself? [04 Dec 2008]
