| Lessons From 2007 E-Commerce Debacles
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Visit Florida beefs up Web site to handle added tourists
Tourism is up in Florida. Through the third quarter of 2007, visitation increased by 4.8 percent from the same period in 2006. The 21.1 million tourists generated $65 billion in tourism-related expenditures, according to a study by Visit Florida, the state's official tourism marketing corporation. Visit Florida recently launched its enhanced consumer Web site, visitflorida.com. It now includes blogs, image and video sharing, and consumer comments, and it allows visitors to plan trips around the state. Among its features are real-time weather updates, events calendars, Florida travel videos, a personalized trip planner, e-magazines and travel guides. There are special sections in German, Spanish, French and Portuguese. .
Nurun Reports Continued Growth in Q3 2007
Continuing its steady growth of the past four years, Nurun recorded revenues of $19.1 million in the third quarter of 2007, an increase of $1.9 million or 10.9% from $17.2 million in the same period of 2006. The revenue increase was essentially due to internal growth. An 11.2% rise in Canadian revenues was driven by the recruitment of new customers and increased volume from existing customers. Revenues from Europe and Asia grew by 24.1% during the quarter and accounted for 38.1% of sales. The U.S. was the only market in which projected growth levels were not achieved. Year-to-date revenues were up $8.0 million or 14.9% to $61.9 million, compared with $53.9 million in the same period of 2006.
In absolute value, Nurun's operating income was stable at $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2007, compared with the same quarter of 2006.
Williams steps up Harper attack
No chance and we'll likely see the man packing after the next election to go and foam in some U.S. think tank of his political colour. It is the land he so admires as he so holds this one in disdain.
Go Williams go! Don't undermine the power of Williams. He is revered across the country for having balls that so many in politics are lacking. Posted 14/01/08 at 12:21 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Online shoppers get savvy in run-up to Xmas
The vast majority (86 per cent) of online consumers suffer some sort of difficulty in making their purchase. A survey of more than 2,000 UK consumers, aged 16 or older, showed 37 per cent of those who experience problems with an online transaction prefer to abandon it altogether. Two in five said they would never go back to a retailer if they received poor customer service from its call centre when calling about a website problem. silicon.com Retail & Leisure Get the latest retail and leisure news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the R&L newsletter today! The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive for customer service software specialist Tealeaf, also found 88 per cent of online shoppers expect to get the same level of service on a retailer's website as they would in the store.
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