HarperCollins has reached agreements with our e-retailers that are consistent with the final judgment.
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Many of the e-retailers surveyed will still rely on internal IT resources to see them through the season: 29% say they are hiring more IT staff.
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More and more customers use its big box stores as showrooms to look at goods, only to then use a smartphone to find a better price online at e-retailers like eBay and Amazon.com.
Most important, the agency pricing model levels the playing field for e-book retailers.
While more than 90% of retail is still in bricks-and-mortar storefronts, e-commerce retailers promise nearly unlimited inventory, fast delivery to customers' doors and lower prices.
Rather than take advantage of the Net's interactivity to enhance customer servic e, many retailers have used it to slash costs and are badly understaffed.
"Local governments are also keener to support e-commerce retailers, which contributes to higher employment and meaningful tax revenue for the city, " said Mr. Shen, adding that the company plans to expand further in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where it currently has a presence, and into second-tier cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu.
It will be available nationwide from retailers and e-tailers March 11.
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Both labels are using every channel necessary to push their labels in the global market: from being represented by showrooms in Paris and New York and presenting their wares at Fashion Week, to getting picked up by major international retailers and e-tailers and garnering press coverage in influential international media.
If Levi was of two minds about the promises of e-commerce, its retailers weren't.
Not all pre-tailers will become e-tailers just like not all e-tailers will become retailers.
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With GPS and location-based e-commerce services, retailers could send a quick coupon alert to the iWatch when a user passes through the store.
Policymakers may argue that 2012 could be the tipping point when our largest online retailers realize that e-commerce transactions deserve location-based taxation simply due to the volume and impact on our economy.
This fashion trend has been confirmed by recently reported retail sales where high-end retailers, i.e.
The country's five largest online retailers (often called e-tailers) were Amazon, Staples, Office Depot, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
Connor sources consumer products for over 60 clients that include global retailers, wholesalers, e-commerce firms and branded companies.
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This along with other Targus accessories can be purchased at Targus.com as well as through leading retailers, VARs, e-tailers, and direct marketers.
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While retail sales have remained a source of concern for most apparel retailers in 2011, e-commerce has been a major growth driver for the apparel sector.
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The company managed to capitalize on the all-important holiday season and surging volumes for e-commerce websites and online retailers such as Amazon.com and eBay.
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That territory belongs to Amazon and retailers known for their robust e-stores, such as Best Buy.
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In addition, the grocery-based model is not as threatening to grocers as the other retailers that are impacted by e-commerce sales.
And recall that not long ago the premium selling prices of prestigious retailers were immune to inroads from e-tailing.
Brick-and-mortar retailers are fighting back again such e-commerce trends, of course.
Get ready for hordes of shoppers to hit Best Buy and other discount electronics retailers, creating new mountains of e-waste as they upgrade to an HD format.
Dunn says that though the e-commerce model holds enormous promise, retailers of all stripes have yet to figure out how to marry the rapid growth of online sales while maintaining profitability.
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The categories range from "Pain Free", which tries to find who is making shopping online as straightforward as possible, to Best Family e-Business, which targets smaller online retailers such as hotel chain Elegant English Hotels and pharmacist Allcures.com.
The bill highlights the maturation of e-commerce into an increasing threat to established retailers like Wal-Mart.
Apple hasn't released the latest iPad in the Mideast, but retailers in the U.A.E. have said gray-market sales have been robust.
With the rise of Amazon.com ( AMZN) and other e-commerce sites, many of these electronic retailers have become merely showrooms for online firms.
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