Online Jewelry Sales Rose 20 Percent In 2006

Online jewelry sales in the U.S. market hit $2.45 billion in 2006, an increase of 20 percent from 2005, according to data from IDEX Online Research. Online sales comprised 3.9 percent of all jewelry sales of $63.0 billion in 2006. The conventional wisdom at the start of e-commerce was that online sales of jewelry would never be a major factor. Online shoppers now buy a…

RIAA: eCommerce Public Enemy #1

With the future of industries such as online radio and peer-to-peer networking hanging in the balance, the pendulum of power is shifting from the hands of the suits at the RIAA into the hands of the public. Those who feel they have been wronged by the organization are collectively beginning to fight back.

Far-Off Googlers Spin Wheels, Americans Sit Idle

Google wants to protect the environment; it also wants its employees to stay happy and healthy.  So, to address both issues at once, the search engine company is giving away around 2,000 free bicycles.  Ironically, the bikes will not be offered to Google’s American employees, who (statistically speaking) are probably most in need of some exercise.

NYT Loves The Cocaine?

And we have yet another example of the distance contextual advertising has to go. When a New York Times advertisement pops up above a guide to the Big Apple's cocaine scene, there is clearly more work to be done – unless the NYT would actually endorse such a thing. The ad is covered in a thick layer of irony, informing its target market that the…

Broadband Users Not Fans Of Mobile Internet

When it comes to a preference of devices for US broadband users the PC is by far the most popular choice with 94 percent favoring their desktop, while 40 percent use their laptop and only 5 percent use the mobile Internet according to Media-Screen. Mobile users can be broken down into three categories: those who access the Internet from mobile devices (5%), those who have…