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Ecommerce growth to continue

April 12th, 2008 ·

Via Preston Blog, the National Retail Association is forecasting 17% growth in 2008 for the Internet sector - with sales ranking in at $204 billion.  While the rest of the retail industry is expecting flat sales, it makes sense that growth will continue online.  As the economy depresses, more people will look to the web for [...]

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Tags: business · ecommerce · shopping

The Rugged Geek - Why you need a headlamp

April 12th, 2008 ·

A few years ago I bought a headlamp for hiking, camping, night bicycle riding, and other rough-and-tumble activities. What I never expected was that it would become an invaluable tool that I’d rely on nearly every day in modern life.

You see, my girlfriend generally likes to go to sleep at a time that is [...]

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Tags: shopping

Shopzilla Wordpress Plugin

April 11th, 2008 ·

Yan Bezugliy at ProBargainHunter.com created a Shopzilla Wordpress Plugin that makes price comparison integration within a blog post insanely easy. Users just need to provide their own Publisher ID and API key to use it (those can be attained by registering for the Shopzilla Publisher Program).
Here’s an example of the plugin in action, comparing [...]

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Tags: shopping · technology