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Ignite for Oracle Helps E-commerce Platform Provider Meet its Stringent SLAs
White Paper Before Thanksgiving 2005, GSI Commerce noticed that a nightly process it used to update its merchandise databases was not performing as needed. GSI Commerce is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions that enable retailers, branded manufacturers... [12 Dec 2007]
Microsoft Project 2007: Breaking Work Into Task-Sized Chunks
White Paper That new product may make a profit only if one keeps costs below $100,000 and get it on the shelves before Thanksgiving. When a person organizes a simple activity like seeing a movie with friends, he or she probably doesn't bother writing out the... [24 Oct 2007]
Zune not even close to snatching Apple's crown
News The study surveyed sales from the day after Thanksgiving to the end of the calendar year. Although Microsoft's Zune captured a decent slice of the hard-drive-based audio player market at large US retail stores, it failed to crack into the top 10... [05 Jan 2007]
Merry e-Christmas on the way?
News Retailers could be heading for a very merry e-Christmas this year, as online shopping jumped more than 32 per cent year-over-year in the two days following the US Thanksgiving holiday. While ecommerce accounted for 7.7 per cent of all transactions... [29 Nov 2005]
Christmas 2004 a merry one for online retailers
News VeriSign's data measured the total volume of sales between Thanksgiving (25 November) and 27 December. Sales of goods on the internet during the holiday season jumped to $8.8bn in the US, a 24 per cent increase over last year, according to internet... [31 Dec 2004]
PeopleSoft shareholders say yes to Ellison bid
News With the deadline falling on Thanksgiving Day, Oracle has just three business days left to name its candidates. The shareholder vote of confidence keeps the $9.2bn bid on the table, but it far from seals the deal because PeopleSoft, which has... [22 Nov 2004]
Comdex: Over - and out?
News Computer industry analysts, marketers and journalists are now facing their first pre-Thanksgiving week in a quarter century without the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Comdex organiser MediaLive International announced earlier this year that it was... [17 Nov 2004]
Online tills set for $21bn rush
News However, Forrester defines the holiday season as between Thanksgiving and Christmas, while Jupiter's holiday projections cover the whole of November and December. Online retail sales will reach $21.6bn this holiday season, according to US... [02 Nov 2004]
Gateway moo-ves in two new execs
News Despite reasonably positive holiday sales for other PC makers, Gateway was not able to measure up through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the US, which led into the traditional bumper sales period of Christmas. [07 Jan 2003]
Level 3 puts $242m on the table for Genuity
News A conference call on Monday, after US Thanksgiving holiday celebrations, should shed further light on the deal. Level 3 is to buy internet hosting and IP networking company Genuity for $242m in cash. Genuity will go into voluntary Chapter 11... [28 Nov 2002]
E-tail: the state we're in
Comment Investors in Amazon.com must have been demolishing their Thanksgiving turkey with extra relish last weekend. NetRatings agreed and reported that online shopping traffic surged 22 per cent the day before Thanksgiving and 20 per cent the day after... [27 Nov 2001]
HP gives thanks for November PC boost
News HP has reported a seasonal boost in sales following a bumper Thanksgiving weekend. The peak for the Thanksgiving weekend reflected an overall increase in November sales though analysts and vendors are keeping their feet firmly on the ground. [27 Nov 2001]
Amazon leaps as seasonal cheer kicks in
News Amazon's share price hit a four-month high of $12.21 overnight after promising trading during the Thanksgiving weekend. The pioneering e-tailer gained 35 per cent or $3.13 with trading volumes hitting 51 million shares. [27 Nov 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Apple crumbles, realistic CRM, and more sex on the net
Comment At the end of November, Gateway reported it was lowering its expectations by $500m because sales over Thanksgiving were 30 per cent lower than forecast - a problem that has been experienced by all PC suppliers. [11 Dec 2000]
Amazon crashes on busiest shopping day of the year
News Amazon.com customers, hoping to shop on the site were greeted by a message which stated 'We'll be right back', which remained during the 30 minute period the site was out of action. In the second of two major outages by the online retailer, Amazon... [27 Nov 2000]
