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Online Shopping Market Leader - Ebay's Business

eBay is the world's premier (and the world's largest) online marketplace. Today eBay hosts retail and wholesale transactions on websites in 27 countries and serves buyers and sellers in many, many more around the globe, to the tune of tens of millions of transactions every day. eBay was founded in 1995 by a 28-year-old Internet entrepreneur named Pierre Omidyar. Today eBay is headed by CEO Meg Whitman, who came to eBay from FTD in 1998. Read

By: 40uk.com | 08/12/2008 | Online Business

Online Store Email Marketing Mistakes

With the holiday season here, email has been on my mind. And many folks just starting out ask about pitfalls to avoid for their email marketing and communications campaigns. So here we go: seven surefire ways you'll be emailing directly to a trashcan or spam filter. These are common mistakes in email marketing. They are not the Seven Deadly Sins, in which case we'd have a laundry list of illegalities for spamming and phishing. In fact, we'll cover that soon in another post. Read

By: 40uk.com | 04/12/2008 | Online Promotion

How to Increase Online Shopping Sales This Holiday Season

Black Friday is fast approaching in the U.S.—the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers truly can give thanks. Preparations and online marketing programs should have been launched weeks ago in time for online shoppers. Many eCommerce professionals get started in late October with their holiday email campaigns and dressing up their online shopping experience. Read

By: 40uk.com | 01/12/2008 | Business Opportunities

Chanel Jewellery History

The House of Chanel, more commonly known as Chanel, is a Parisian fashion house in France founded by Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel. According to Forbes, the privately held House of Chanel is jointly owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer who are the grandsons of the early Chanel partner Pierre Wertheimer. Read

By: 40uk.com | 18/11/2008 | Corporate