Tumblr (3.0; @michaelslevy)http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/ebay-forays-into-physical-retail-and.html">ebay forays into physical retail and private sales</a>: <p>eBay announced plans to open <a href="http://www.ebayholiday.com/" target="_blank">“pop-up” boutiques</a> in 12 cities across the USA in an effort to service holiday shopping.<br/><br/>Pop-up retail is <a href="http://trendwatching.com/trends/POPUP_RETAIL.htm" target="_blank">IT</a> right now…<br/><br/>Its first ephemeral store popped up on…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258738555http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258738555Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:41:53 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/ebay-forays-into-physical-retail-and.html">ebay forays into physical retail and private sales</a>: <p>eBay announced plans to open <a href="http://www.ebayholiday.com/" target="_blank">“pop-up” boutiques</a> in 12 cities across the USA in an effort to service holiday shopping.<br/><br/>Pop-up retail is <a href="http://trendwatching.com/trends/POPUP_RETAIL.htm" target="_blank">IT</a> right now…<br/><br/>Its first ephemeral store popped up on…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258694350http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258694350Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:52:57 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/cool-e-commerce-social-commerce-info.html">Cool e-commerce & social commerce info this week</a>: <p>Argh. Can’t bring myself to post all this info I found this week…<br/>So here’s my very own weekly review of things worth noting:<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanksgiving / Black Friday: US online retail picking up?</span><br/><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mint_data_shows_online_retail_rebounding.php" target="_blank">…</a></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258396891http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258396891Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:45:14 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/cool-e-commerce-social-commerce-info.html">Cool e-commerce & social commerce info this week</a>: <p>Argh. Can’t bring myself to post all this info I found this week…<br/>So here’s my very own weekly review of things worth noting:<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanksgiving / Black Friday: US online retail picking up?</span><br/><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mint_data_shows_online_retail_rebounding.php" target="_blank">…</a></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258354962http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/258354962Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:00:40 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-internet-trends-of-2000-2009-e.html">Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: E-commerce - Via ReadWriteWeb</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3007393167_5076a28fbe_m.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 99px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3007393167_5076a28fbe_m.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>In <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/e-commerce_top_internet_trends_of_2000-2009.php" target="_blank">this post</a>, <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/" target="_blank">ReadWriteWeb</a> reviews the past decade of e-commerce and the key trends:<br/>- Advances in recommendations technology,<br/>- The explosive growth of social media and social commerce<br/>-…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/254467520http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/254467520Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:33:38 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-internet-trends-of-2000-2009-e.html">Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: E-commerce - Via ReadWriteWeb</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3007393167_5076a28fbe_m.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 99px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3007393167_5076a28fbe_m.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>In <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/e-commerce_top_internet_trends_of_2000-2009.php" target="_blank">this post</a>, <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/" target="_blank">ReadWriteWeb</a> reviews the past decade of e-commerce and the key trends:<br/>- Advances in recommendations technology,<br/>- The explosive growth of social media and social commerce<br/>-…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/254452993http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/254452993Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:15:53 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/social-media-roi-socialnomics.html">Social Media ROI: Socialnomics</a>: <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypmfs3z8esI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypmfs3z8esI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-2640987354250058222?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/249611459http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/249611459Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:19 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/11/social-media-roi-socialnomics.html">Social Media ROI: Socialnomics</a>: <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypmfs3z8esI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypmfs3z8esI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-2640987354250058222?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com" alt=""/></div></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/249538350http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/249538350Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:11:38 +0100<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/gilt-groupe-ceo-susan-lyne-interview-at.html">Gilt Groupe CEO Susan Lyne Interview at Shop.org</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.shop.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Lyne-193x300.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 161px;" src="http://blog.shop.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Lyne-193x300.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>A very interesting interview of the CEO of one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the US, based on the private sale model <a href="http://www.vente-privee.com/" target="_blank">born in France</a>, during the Shop.org annual summit which…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/197484004http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/197484004Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:08:45 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/average-e-commerce-conversion-rates-in.html">Average e-commerce conversion rates in the UK</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/images/top-retailers-conversion-rate.GIF" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 363px;" src="http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/images/top-retailers-conversion-rate.GIF" alt="" border="0"/></a>Here’s a very nice article on average e-commerce conversion rates in the UK on <a href="http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/average-ecommerce-conversion-rates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=average-ecommerce-conversion-rates" target="_blank">blogstorm</a>.<br/><br/>We learn that:<br/><br/>- the <span style="font-weight: bold;">average conversion rate</span> across all industries in the UK is <span style="font-weight: bold;">3.04%</span> with…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/196513018http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/196513018Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:50:43 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/us-online-retail-figures-from-forrester.html">US online retail figures from Forrester...</a>: <p>Forrester pegged total online retail sales at $156.1 billion last year and projected growth to $229.1 billion, or 8% of total retail sales, by 2013. But fewer than a third of online consumers…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/184089110http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/184089110Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:17 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-wootcoms-traffic-new-big-mac-index.html">Is woot.com's traffic the new Big Mac Index?</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://userlogos.org/files/logos/euphonicnight/OrangeWoot_0.png" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 78px;" src="http://userlogos.org/files/logos/euphonicnight/OrangeWoot_0.png" alt="" border="0"/></a>“<a href="http://www.woot.com/" target="_blank">Woot</a>’s ability to predict a financial rebound should not be dismissed and that trend is going up.” -Read John Biggs’ treatise <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/09/woot-traffic-as-an-indicator-of-financial-stability-a-treatise/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-3184673263215584391?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com"/></div>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/184089106http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/184089106Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:17 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/2008-state-of-e-commerce-fraud-in.html">State of e-commerce fraud in France</a>: <p>A white paper by <a href="http://www.FIA-NET.fr" target="_blank">FIA-NET</a><br/><br/><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=livreblancfraude20091-090908034808-phpapp01&stripped_title=fianets-2008-state-of-ecommerce-fraud"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=livreblancfraude20091-090908034808-phpapp01&stripped_title=fianets-2008-state-of-ecommerce-fraud" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-5877736066568996366?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/182999845http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/182999845Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:48:12 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/09/entertainment-shopping-on-your-iphone.html">"Entertainment Shopping" on your iPhone</a>: <p>Check out the <a href="http://www.sevensnap.com" target="_blank">SevenSnap</a> app!<br/><br/>Demo video:<br/><br/><object width="600" height="345"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6222654&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6222654&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="600" height="345"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-7593006702611374050?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com"/></div></p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/178078875http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/178078875Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:24:49 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/top-10-web-20-activities-for-ecommerce.html">Top 10 Web 2.0 Activities for Ecommerce | via GetElastic</a>: <p>“Retailers often wonder what Web 2.0 / social media activities to be involved with, so this post ranks what I believe are <a href="http://www.getelastic.com/top-ten-2-dot-0/" target="_blank">the top 10 Web 2.0 activities for ecommerce based on their business impact</a>…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/166520401http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/166520401Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:28:41 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/music-industry-is-dying-visualization.html">The Music Industry Is Dying: a Visualization.</a>: <p>No comment.<br/><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/opinion/01blow.html?_r=3" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></span></span><br/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/01/opinion/musicforweb2.gif" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 1100px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/08/01/opinion/musicforweb2.gif" alt="" border="0"/></a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19925319-132487706689452076?l=michaelslevy.blogspot.com"/></div>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/164831014http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/164831014Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:59:25 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/geolocalized-mobile-shopping-app-drives.html">Geolocalized mobile shopping app drives sales to stores</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z1JWz_auXlI/SoLVXKr-AlI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wB4N8HLbC6c/s1600-h/seventeenfashionfinder-iphone-59706.320x480.1250033724.71944.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z1JWz_auXlI/SoLVXKr-AlI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wB4N8HLbC6c/s400/seventeenfashionfinder-iphone-59706.320x480.1250033724.71944.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369088299761533522" border="0"/></a><a href="http://www.nearbynow.com/" target="_blank">NearbyNow</a>, the website that helps you find the products you want to purchase that are available in stores nearest to your physical location, has released a white-label iPhone App Platform,…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/161495986http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/161495986Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:22:21 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/gm-ebay-to-test-online-new-car-sales.html">GM, eBay to Test Online NEW Car Sales | via Reuters</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z1JWz_auXlI/SoGVqoX9zxI/AAAAAAAAAJc/KvKj8p-rODw/s1600-h/GMebay.png" target="_blank"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 649px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_z1JWz_auXlI/SoGVqoX9zxI/AAAAAAAAAJc/KvKj8p-rODw/s400/GMebay.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368736790427324178" border="0"/></a><br/><br/>The venture, accessible at <a href="http://gm.ebay.com/" target="_blank">gm.ebay.com</a>, “currently limited to California, lets shoppers scroll through about 20,000 vehicles sitting on the lots of 225 of GM’s 250 dealers in the state….</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/160638734http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/160638734Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:21:37 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/retailers-shift-focus-to-e-commerce.html">Retailers shift focus to e-commerce... where retail still has a pulse.</a>: <p>According to the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124966204168614785.html" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>, US retail powerhouse <a href="http://www.target.com/" target="_blank">Target</a> won’t renew its contract with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> when it expires in 2011. Target had been outsourcing its e-commerce operations (software,…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/160018231http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/160018231Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:38:38 +0200<a href="http://michaelslevy.blogspot.com/2009/08/breaking-publicis-groupe-buys-razorfish.html">Breaking: Publicis buys Razorfish</a>: <p>Paris-based advertising group <a href="http://www.publicisgroupe.com/" target="_blank">Publicis</a> has confirmed 1 hour ago that it has purchased <a href="http://www.razorfish.com/" target="_blank">Razorfish</a>, the digital agencies network, from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> for 530 million dollars, in cash and shares (this…</p>http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/159228846http://michaelslevy.tumblr.com/post/159228846Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:30:02 +0200