Archive for November 27th, 2006
Irish Entrepreneur Hits Pay Dirt
GlobeandMail.com: When an Irish businessman named Alan Jenkins visited the Irish Cultural Center in Queens last year exploring the possibility of shipping Irish earth to nostalgic expatriates in the United States, Father Colm Campbell gave Mr. Jenkins his hearty endorsement. “It’s an Irish tradition to sprinkle a little of the auld sod on the casket,” [...]
80% Of U.S. Web Users To Buy Gifts Online
Digital Trends News: A new poll conducted by AOL Shopping and Zogby International finds that ome 80 percent of U.S. Web users plan to do some of their holiday shopping online this year, while nearly a quarter of the (24 percent) plan to spent most of their holiday budget online. Looking at the top 20 [...]
Florida Mulls How To Regulate Ebay Businesses
Associated Press: The eBay community is thriving, and so are the businesses that sell stuff for people on the popular auction Web site. Now add Florida to the growing list of states deciding how to classify and regulate those enterprises. No one can seem to agree whether they are auctioneers, pawnbrokers, secondhand shops or something [...]
Web Catalog Offers Prison-Made Products
Associated Press: Internet shopping knows no boundaries, not even for products made behind bars. Maryland Correctional Enterprises, the manufacturing division of the state Division of Correction, has put its 182-page catalog online. Now anyone can see, if not buy, hundreds of items the agency offers for sale to government agencies and Maryland nonprofit organizations. The [...]
Web Sites Taking Place Of Teen Mags
The Mercury News: Ellegirl is just one in a line of major teen magazines that have recently closed. Celebrity-focused Teen People stopped publishing with its September issue and YM stopped printing in 2005. Do these closures reflect a shift in the way teens are getting the scoop on fashion and celebrities? “They get it instantly,” [...]
eBay Releases Results For Black Friday
eBay released data on how certain popular items fared on eBay.com on “Black Friday,” traditionally one of the busiest retail shopping days in the U.S. eBay said 2,537 TMX Elmo dolls sold for an average price of $70.10 each, and 73 Furreal Butterscotch Pony toys sold for an average price of $350.48 each. Four Samsung [...]
Companies Unsure How To Secure Skype
Enterprises are facing increased security and compliance risks due to the unmanaged use of Skype on corporate networks, according to a recent survey conducted by Akonix Systems, Inc., provider of the most deployed instant messaging (IM) security and compliance products in the world. In a September 2006 survey, nearly 43% of respondents claimed that Skype [...]
Google’s Checkout Expands for Holiday’s
Google on Monday launched a holiday site featuring retailers that use its Checkout payment service and unveiled money-back promotions to lure customers. Similar to eBay’s popular PayPal service, Google Checkout, which launched in June, provides a single avenue for making purchases on multiple retail sites, rather than inputting shipping addresses, credit card numbers, and other [...]
This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up at Digital Solid.
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
Notoriety Helps Product Take Off
Startup Journal: In September, the fortunes of Spirit Partners Inc. looked bleak. Sales of its only product — a device that vaporizes liquor, allowing it to be inhaled rather than drunk — had slowed nearly to a halt. And the company had no marketing budget. Then news broke of a Kentucky legislator’s effort to ban [...]
Community Outreach Through NationalSOS
Work at Home Chuck: Hey, do you market anything that ties in with your community somehow? Maybe you sell cellular phones, CB radios, or GPS systems. Perhaps you sell “family emergency kits�. Possibly you sell nutritional products and just want a punblic service project to get you city wide, county wide, or area wide free [...]
