Feb 18
A few months ago on a Sunday morning, I was looking through my emails when I discovered a bunch of new Google Alerts in my inbox. For all of you who are unfamiliar with Google Alerts, Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. As an online shop owner, I keep track of the competition for all of my main keywords using Google Alerts which tells me when new websites are indexed that pertain to my industry.
Once a week (or whenever Google sends me email), I do a cursory scan of the wedding linens competitive landscape.
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Feb 15
PROVIDENCE – The long-running dispute between workers at The Westin Providence and the hotel’s management group may end Tuesday.
Members from the union Unite Here! Local 217 are voting Tuesday on an contract with The Procaccianti Group, which operates the hotel. The union said it planned to release the results of the vote and details of the contract during a news conference scheduled for Tuesday evening.
The union committee has unanimously recommended approval of the agreement, said Francis Engler, a union organizer working with Local 217.
The union and The Procaccianti Group have been locked in a bitter battle since the union’s contract ended in October 2009. Tempe
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Feb 14
Nokia and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership that sees the Finnish device maker adopt the software giant’s Windows Phone operating system as its “principal” smartphone platform.
Announced in London this morning, the partnership will also involve joint marketing initiatives and the integration of each supplier’s search, advertising and mapping services.
Nokia also announced a new corporate structure, dividing its business into two segments: ‘smart devices’ and ‘mobile phones’.
The company that said that as a result of the partnership, it expects sales of its devices to grow “faster than the market”.
According t
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Feb 13
After looking at hundreds of online shops and providing critiques for many shopowners, I see the same mistakes being made over and over again. And what’s frustrating is that most of these mistakes have to do with either being too cheap, greedy or lazy.
For example, most newbie webmasters simply use the out of the box shopping cart installation without any modification which results in a sub optimal shopping experience for their customers.
To be successful, you have to take the time to make your store unique and attractive. Y Read more…
Feb 13
Shop insurance holders plead for a Budget that will bring benefits to the retail-sector, it has been claimed.
The need for a retail-friendly Budget has been exemplified after the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported that the numbers of shops lying empty in the UK are soaring.
Retailers need the Budget on their side since new figures from The Local Data Company show that more than 1 in 7 retail stores across the UK are empty.
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Feb 12
As Indias automobile industry continues to grow at incredible rates, its car manufacturers could influence the global climate and related transportation policies in similar manner as the U.S., warned the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). On the other side of the story, the almost humorous speed of Indian railways hinders the growth of public transport development.
The chairman of the IPCC an organization that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 made a speech during an interaction with three other Nobel Laureates at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2011.
In the U.S., special interest groups who have been dominating and dictating the countrys climate policy have been arguing in their own interests, said the 2001 Nobel Prize winner. Read more…