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Online retailers offer Cyber Monday deals in bid to boost sales (Dallas Morning News) More e-commerce sites are using the made-up marketing term of Cyber Monday as a promotional event this year. Today is officially Cyber Monday, according to Shop.org, an industry trade group offshoot of the National Retail Federation, which represents brick-and-mortar retailers. Is Personalization a Bridge Too Far? (BillingWorld) Everything service providers need to do technically to remain an integral part of the value chain in the world of e-commerce and digital content already they can do. Fully committing to this role and getting the rest of the world to come along for the ride is a bigger challenge. Arrest made in Madison 'bike rage' case (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) An arrest has been made in the case of a Madison bicyclist who was beaten by another bicyclist after a confrontation Nov. 26, Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Held reports in his Off the Couch blog. Great Falls High senior starts e-commerce Web site (Billings Gazette) GREAT FALLS - Tait Hanson is just like any other teenager. He dreams of owning a 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 Super truck and perhaps a Harley. How to Build a Small-Business Web Site, Part 1: Nuts and Bolts (E-Commerce Times) When it comes to setting up your Web presence, entrepreneurs are surprisingly lax. Depending on who you talk to, about half of small businesses do not have a Web site. Most of those will tell you that it's just too complicated, time-consuming and expensive a job to take on. MV PEOPLE ON THE MOVE 12/1/2008 (Central New York Business Journal) Mary J. Wilson has joined D'Arcangelo & Co. as a staff accountant. Wilson is a 2004 graduate of Utica College and is currently pursuing her CPA designation. Gloria D. Lorenz has been hired as paraprofessional. Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) As part of The Ithaca Journal's coverage of Barack Obama's inauguration as president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009, we would like to involve area residents in our news coverage before and after the event. Tourism Efforts: Civil War Trumps Football Partnership (Leesburg Today) As concerns about the stagnating economy increase, the Board of Supervisors is stepping up talks on how to diversify the county's tax base and bring more economic development to Loudoun County. American Software Reports Preliminary Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) American Software, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, achieving 31 consecutive quarters of profitability. Cyber Monday: Sales bonanza or marketing hype? (The Columbus Dispatch) Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions yesterday to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to continue shopping. But after weeks of already-heavy discounting in stores and online, experts doubted that the day would give much of a lift to what is expected to be one of the weakest holiday seasons in years. Total ...
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