Brick-and-mortar retail sales declined 3.1 percent last week as pre-winter storms put the kibosh on late Christmas shopping, according to market research firm ShopperTrak. The bad weather, combined with a deluge of last-minute online ...
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Brick-and-mortar retail sales declined 3.1 percent last week as pre-winter storms put the kibosh on pre-Christmas shopping. According to market research firm ShopperTrak,the bad weather kept shoppers away in droves,with foot traffic ...
Tags: ShopperTrak, Retail Forecast, brick-and-mortar retail sales
Until I tried one, I never understood the appeal of e-book readers, given that tablets can do much more. The e-reader's ease and comfort became apparent as I raced to finish the second "Hunger Games" book before the movie came out. I blew ...
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Last week was the last chance for procrastinators to finish last-minute holiday shopping, but the weather prevented many from getting to the stores. ShopperTrak, which analyzes retail shopper traffic, reported that for the week of Dec. 16 ...
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A word of warning to local chambers of commerce, Rotary Clubs, United Ways and other groups and organizations that care about and work on behalf of local communities: Internet pureplays are stealing money from your city’s coffers. ...
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Google is paying $17 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia to make amends for the Internet search leader's snooping on millions of people using Safari Web browsers in 2011 and 2012. The settlement announced Monday stems from a ...
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How the social bookmarking service can be defined? It is defined as one of the finest methods which will aid you in saving and sharing all your discoveries within the world of web. You can quite easily tag or even save all your favorite ...
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They may be awash in metrics, but are most newsrooms really getting the right read on who their readers are? Some experts question whether media companies are properly analyzing the troves of Web analytics readily at their fingertips. ...
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Kaspersky Lab has revealed research results that show an increase in malware in the Middle East. The data, provided by Kaspersky Security Network, reveals that The UAE had the highest rate of attacks in the region, suffering 34% of all ...
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True Fit, a big data technology company that provides leading fit personalization software to the world’s top retailers, announced that True Fit’s platform has become the world’s largest collection of footwear, apparel and ...
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They may be awash in metrics, but are most newsrooms really getting the right read on who their readers are? Some experts question whether media companies are properly analyzing the troves of Web analytics readily at their fingertips. ...
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Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...
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Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 0700) will see stake in Sogou.com, the search engine unit of Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), rise to about 40 percent in the near future. It co-announced with Sohu.com. and Sogou.com in ...
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Oracle added a feature in Java that lets companies control what specific Java applets are allowed to run on their endpoint computers, which could help them better manage Java security risks. The new feature is called the "Deployment Rule ...
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Adobe released security updates for Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Shockwave Player on Tuesday to address critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of systems running vulnerable versions of those programs. The ...
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