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| Groupon Files for $750 Million IPO |
| Pioneer of group coupon online services makes its move to go public |
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| Alliance Data Systems Acquires Aspen for $345 Million |
| Alliance Data's Epsilon division will grow analytics and marketing platform with Aspen buy. |
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| EBay Buys GSI Commerce for $2.4 Billion |
| Ebay aims to grows its business with acquisition of ecommerce vendor. |
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| IBM Helps Commerce Companies Get Smarter |
| Big Blue estimates that the market opportunity for its Smarter Commerce initiative could run as high as $70 billion. |
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| Facebook to Offer Online Group Discounts |
| The social networking site is rolling out tests of an online coupon service to be shared among friends. |
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| One Pass More Profitable for Publishers? |
| Google introduces new payment system for digital content that's less prohibitive than Apple's plan -- and is expected to be more profitable for publishers. |
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| Apple Issues iPad Content Subscription Terms |
| Publishers looking to offer magazine or newspaper subscriptions as well as video and music to Apple's App Store will have to pay help Apple a hefty commission.
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| eBay Sees ECommerce Everywhere, Opportunities Abound |
| Noting that the lines between online and bricks-and-mortar stores retail are blurred, eBay's John Donahoe looks to new platforms. |
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| Online Retail Explodes; Tops $43 Billion for Q4 |
| The latest sales figures from comScore show a big jump in online retail sales for the most recent quarter.
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| Google's Android Advance Plays to Bigger Tablets |
| A preview of the next version of Android shows a flashy new interface and handy widgets. Google also announced some key improvements to the Android Market.
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| Amazon Sales Surge Leaves Wall Street Cold |
| Better than expected earnings aren't enough to placate Wall Street, as retail giant posts record sales for the fourth quarter, but misses analysts' expectations.
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| Watch Out Groupon, Here Comes Google |
| It looks like the daily deal coupon space is about to get super-heated with Google getting ready to enter the fray.
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| Snow Helps Ecommerce End Holidays Strong |
| Web metrics firm comScore reports that online retailers posted record sales this year, offering cautious hope that the ecommerce sector is well on the road to recovery.
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| Holiday Season Ends With a Bang for E-tailers |
| Last big push for holiday shopping nets Internet retailers huge sales, with four days last week topping $900 million as consumers race to get orders in with free shipping.
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| Online Retailers Enjoying Brisk Holiday Season |
| While the shoddy economy has kept many shoppers from checking everything off on their list this holiday season, online retailers are still enjoying a double-digit improvement over last year.
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| Online Holiday Spending up 12 Percent |
| Propelled by free shipping offers, Internet retailers have been racking up strong sales through the early part of the holiday shopping season, according to comScore.
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| Groupon, LivingSocial Attract Big Tech Interest |
| LivingSocial just announced a $175 million investment by Amazon, but will Groupon soon have even bigger news?
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| Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week |
| The iPhone as the primary computing device at work, a once-in-a-generation technology breakthrough at SAP, do-not-track rules for online advertisers and more.
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| Top 50 iPad Apps for Online Shoppers |
| The popularity of Apple's iPad has naturally piqued the interest of developers looking to build the apps that users want and need most heading into the holiday shopping season. |
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| Strong Holiday Sales Bode Well for Cyber Monday |
| Thanks to a solid Black Friday and a surprise bonanza on Thanksgiving, online retailers are now gearing up for Cyber Monday and the rest of the holiday shopping crush.
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