Microsoft recently released a simple digital marketing assessment tool that includes access to a whitepaper.  The whitepaper provides a point-of-view on the intersection of enterprise technology and the need to create consumable digital experiences...

For those of you spending big dollars on SEO you are not alone.  Retailers for whom the search path is the most common way to attract eyeballs are spending an increasing share of their marketing and IT budgets on SEO.  A good free tool from...

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Good primer on seven game-changers in Retail IT: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/jan10/01-11FutureOfRetail.mspx

As we think about where the future of commerce experiences will lead us, I think it is important to understand that consumer entertainment paradigms will continue to intersect with opportunities for brands to transact with customers.  There are a...

An article on Digital Marketing (“Getting Personal”) appears in the Winter Edition of RetailSpeak.  RetailSpeak is a publication focused on technology for the retail and hospitality industries that I often contribute to.  The magazine can be...

http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=33012 Highlights :  Online retail sales this holiday season—Nov. 1-Dec. 24—totaled $27.12 billion, a 4.9% increase compared to $25.85 billion a year ago… 2009 had the heaviest online spending day in...