TrendWatching.com: LA-based SilverJewelryClub give away many of their jewelry pieces to spread the word about the quality and craftsmanship of their designs. Customers just have to pay for shipping. The club’s homepage displays four pieces at a time and visitors have 15 minutes to order each piece, after which a new product takes its place. In their own words: “Giving […]
Free Jewelry, Anyone?
Revolutionizing Shopping with MediaCart
MediaCart® is revolutionizing shopping with a computerized shopping cart which assists shoppers, delivers targeted communications at the point of purchase and streamlines store operations. One of the highlights for retailers here is the Use Scan and Bag to Accelerate Checkouts, Reduce Labor Costs. The MediaCart® System allows shoppers to scan and total all of their items, providing valuable displays while […]
Surfing Indoors?
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Ordering Take-out
The idea of take-out has taken off. The emergent trend of buying online, picking-up in-store (‘bopi’ for these purposes) was listed as eMarketer’s #7 Key Online Predictions for 2008 and NearbyNow’s #4. While seemingly inherent that companies would diversify their distribution efforts, many are still 1-pronged. Yet with benefits like bigger shopping carts (27% of bopi customers make additional purchases […]
p.i.n.k. SPIRITS
Business Wire: With over six months in development, The p.i.n.k. Spirits Company announced today the launch of a new website that incorporates a level of design and functionality that has yet to be seen in the distilled spirits category. The website, www.pinkspirits.com, enables the visitor to participate in the excitement that is inherent in the p.i.n.k. Spirits Brand by providing […]
ClayValet Shops For You
ClayValet is a Seattle-based startup on a mission to simplify the way people find products online. It is a free personal shopping service that uses real people to find items that best satisfy customers’ individual needs. Internet giants like Amazon and Ebay offer endless product choices but cannot respond to lengthy queries. Many people experience frustration when they cannot communicate […]
Invoke Nvohk
Nvohk is a community-managed, eco-friendly, surf-inspired clothing company. Nvohk is now recruiting members via www.projectnvohk.com. Pronounced ‘invoke’, the company combines the best of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding business models to develop and launch a new lifestyle brand that blends social responsibility and financial performance. Nvohk is recruiting 20,000 – 40,000 members to contribute $50 a year to develop and shape the […]
Favourite Sock-Knitting Granny
Springwise: Swiss Netgranny is a collective of 15 grannies who knit socks on demand and sell them online. Customers can choose their favourite granny from a gallery of ‘Grosis’, which includes information on why the women knit (‘not for money, just to pass the time’) or about their professional credentials (‘at age 6, I taught my 4 year-old sister to […]
Grand Opening: DRV-IN
The Cool Hunter: Back in May this year, we told you about a little shop in New York called Pong. A tiny table tennis parlor that you could hire out and film your slide into sporting greatness. What we also mentioned was after three months, Pong would be gone in favor of something else. And the time has come for […]
CouponCowgirl
New coupon aggregator site CouponCowgirl.com launched last week and is generating praise for its design, personality and user-friendliness. The site targets popular apparel, consumer electronic and flower and gift brands, serving consumers by compiling online discounts for hundreds of retailers in one location. The site launch was more successful than anticipated. ”The response we’ve received so far from consumers and […]