The announcement on Thursday follows the launch of NHS Direct Online earlier this week, which lets web users check medical symptoms and receive advice and boasted one and a half million hits in its first day of existence.
Fresh Direct, an online food delivery service, is encouraging its customers to place orders now.
For example, paying by direct debit with online bills would be cheaper than receiving a paper bill and paying by cheque.
Revenue over the Christmas and New Year selling season was 15% up on 2011-12, driven by a boost to its direct orders and online business.
Outlets, online, direct marketing, coupons and Groupon can all give a retailer a sense of excitement.
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Later, Mr. Lauzon and his CEO concluded that the business would benefit by shifting to an online, direct-to-consumer model.
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Sony, meanwhile, will automatically issue checks, while Google will direct customers to an online submission form where they can file a claim.
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Working with Omnicom agency BBDO, New York, Motorola Solutions will tap trade- and b2b-focused print, online and direct marketing to get its message out.
The campaign, created by gyro Cincinnati, includes print, online, direct mail and events, as well as an Apple iPad app for the Makino sales force.
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Microsoft is taking more direct control over the online gaming experience.
The traditional channel of selling insurance products through agents is also struggling as online and direct sales to customers become a more viable alternative for insurance companies.
Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, and Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, are considering more direct legislation to force online retailers to collect sales taxes, people familiar with the matter said.
Don't hold your breath for an all-online gift program direct from the plans, though.
Most are still spending the majority of their ad dollars the old-fashioned way, on direct mail and print and online directories.
Tickets for the game will be available through the club, either direct from the clubhouse or online from the club's site www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk.
Many spammers align with online pharmacies and direct those who click on links in junk mail to the pedlars of fake pills.
David Walkdon, General Manager of Halifax Direct, told BBC News online that only a "handful of people" had traded that day, and that it had been possible to reconstruct each "keystroke they made".
This change will allow us to direct limited production resources to other online projects.
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Online advertising and digital direct media are expected to outperform local media, according to the firm.
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Amazon's affiliates include blogs and other websites that direct shoppers to Amazon's online store, and collect commissions for sales.
Indeed, quite often the online paper has a direct link to it.
He told BBC News Online he felt NHS Direct nurses relied too heavily on a computer system to guide them as to what course of action is best for a patient.
Longtime rival Credit Suisse, aided by its acquisition of America's DLJ Direct, is offering both an online and a "personal banker" service, but its target market extends to slightly less prosperous customers.
So, anyone trying to buy lab equipment or the kits needed for biology experiments online from eBay or direct from equipment manufacturers, would have to show some proof of identification so they could be tracked.
With marrying editorial, advertising and direct retail done successfully in print and online, the next (re-)try is to do the same for TV.
The Northwest region is not much more promising, although a small new port at Prince Rupert in Canada (the most direct shot from Shanghai) is coming online.
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Drew Hilles, national director of audio for Google, points out that some of the company's radio ads won't be sold online but rather via a direct sales force focused on "relationship-based sales" with big clients, just as the company does already with some of its online ad sales.
Mr. Frankfort said the retailer continues to expand its Web presence: Online sales are its fastest-growing full-priced channel in the U.S. Direct-to-consumer sales, which are largely made up of online sales, grew 17% in the second quarter.
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