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Proximic Seals Deal With Yahoo, Shopping.com

Although you may not have heard of it, Proximic has made some friends.  Also, regardless of Proximic's status, you'll definitely recognize its new pals: Yahoo's Shopping Network and eBay's Shopping.com.

UK Shoppers Get Busy On Boxing Day

The U.S. doesn't even celebrate Boxing Day, but in the U.K., it's quite a big deal; December 26th is often treated as a sort of second Christmas in terms of food-eating and gift-giving.  There are also huge sales, and Robin Goad reports that, as a result, Boxing Day was the U.K.'s busiest online shopping day in all of 2007.

Online Holiday Shoppers Spending $25 Billion

Economic, housing market, and energy cost concerns aside, consumers continue to hand out the cash at e-commerce sites.

Ideeli Luxury Shopping Site Attracts $3.8 Million

Christmas is coming, and at any given company, "cash" is likely to be high on the corporate wish list.  So Ideeli is doing quite well, having received $3.8 million as something of an early holiday present.

34% Do Holiday Shopping Online

About one in three shoppers (34%), in the UK will do the majority of their shopping online, according to comparison-shopping Web site Savebuckets.

Convenience Drives Online Holiday Shopping

A new report form Nielsen Online examines the reasons shoppers turn to the Internet during the holiday season.

Retailer Adds Virtual Shopping Option

Online shoppers looking for a new experience can now visit a virtual 3-dimensional store.

Cyber Monday Spending Hit $733 Million

Merchants affected by Yahoo's system outage on Monday have more reasons to be upset, as US consumers parted with $733 million online for the day.

Yahoo Apologizes For Merchant Outage

The Monday after Thanksgiving contained a hellish several hours for Yahoo and merchants on its order fulfillment platform.

Survey: Online Shopping Is Easier

The ability to shop in your underwear, not necessarily get a better deal, is what's driving most people to do 25-50 percent of their holiday shopping online. No malls, no traffic, no crowds, no all-day outings. And that sounds good to me, too. That's not justification to raise prices. E-tailers still need to compete with other e-tailers.