http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/news.asp Ecommerce Tips, Shopping Cart News & Internet Marketing Tips Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EDT en The final six weeks of the year — Thanksgiving through Dec. 31 — are the most important for retailers, as robust sales can result in many closing their books in the black. For those who depend on an e-commerce site to deliver added holiday revenue throughout the season, ensuring that your site continues to operate effectively is of the utmost importance. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:03:49 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=44 With just over a week until the present-ripping feeding frenzy of Christmas morning, merchants online and off are pushing last minute sales, re-stocking shelves and tweaking ad campaigns. Is it working? Seven days, so far, have pushing the $1 billion mark for online sales according to comScore, and there is still time to increase sales. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:59:30 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=43 Consumers have loosened their purse strings this holiday shopping season in spite of any ongoing concerns over the economy. The online channel, in particular, is enjoying record-breaking sales activity. That's in part due to more retailers luring customers through free shipping. Mobile access and social networking are also playing important roles, letting customers research products, compare prices, and place orders on the go. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:34:56 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=42 Following the implementation of these best practices, retailers should monitor the performance of their sites on a routine basis in order to identify any issues that are abnormal and remedy them swiftly. If retailers spend the extra time to adjust their sites now for maximum performance, they will certainly yield dividends come year end. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:43:14 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=41 Practical Ecommerce interviewed Dydacomp CEO Fred Lizza to discuss the selling of retail products across multiple online channels and the back office reality of managing it all. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:52:43 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=40 Busy ecommerce merchants, those that process many orders per day, understand the importance of automating order fulfillment. It doesn’t take much time, these merchants know, to simply print an email confirmation of an online order. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=33 Selling through its own web site and catalog as well as through expensive restaurants and retailers including Williams-Sonoma and Neiman Marcus, Artisanal Cheese LLC is reworking its brand around a luxury image, the retailer says. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=32 When David George took over International Greenhouse Co. as president in 2001, the company was still processing its orders via a paper system. "I knew we had to find something automated in order to survive and keep pace with our customers' needs," George said. George discovered Dydacomp's Mail Order Manager (M.O.M.) and implemented it in Jan of 2003. Since then, IGC's sales have risen 310% with an overall increase in staff from five in 2003 to a dozen today. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:00:59 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=15 Multi-channel retailers are under pressure to fulfill orders in customer-pleasing ways, whether that means a small retailer providing a FedEx tracking number or a big retail chain enabling customers to order online and pick up in the store. That pressure is creating growing demand for order management systems that let retailers satisfy every whim of the increasingly demanding cross-channel customer. Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=34 Technology is no longer an idea of the future. Consumers today can go to any store, check out items, pay for their goods and bag it all up, without even talking to a single sales associate (or human being, for that matter). This seemed like a dream years ago, but the reality has finally sunk in: we must put our human pride aside, say "domo arigato" to Mr. Roboto, and admit that technology in health food stores is revolutionizing the way retailers do business in today's market. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:13:40 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=35 Elusive Disc, Inc.(www.elusivedisc.com) has been using Dydacomp's Mail Order Manager to push about 9,000 products to Froogle. Though shopping site sales represent a small portion of the company's revenues, James Bantz, IT manager at Elusive Disc, said the company will continue to push products to additional sales channels. Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=30 As the holiday season approaches you're no doubt battening down the hatches for the season that is both the bane and blessing of every business. According to the National Retail Federation, one-fifth of all U.S. retail sales are holiday sales and with a 5 percent increase expected in 2006, it's sure to be a busy time for any catalog business. Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=29 Is your specialty food business ready to meet the demand of holiday sales and have the advantage when it comes to offering convenient purchase options via phone, mail and web? To get ready for the holiday rush, take a look at 10 ways Dydacomp's Mail Order Manager can help. Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=28 With the eCheck.Net service recently integrated into its Mail Order Manager order management system, Dydacomp figures e-checks will account for about a fifth of payments for its participating merchants, Dydacomp president Robert Coon tells InternetRetailer.com. Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=27 Catalogers that receive tens or hundreds of thousands of orders a day, such as Lands' End and L.L. Bean, have long had a dedicated Internet connection to their banks for the processing of credit-card orders. But catalogers processing fewer than 10,000 orders a day generally found it unfeasible to shell out $1,000 or more a month for a direct connection to their bank. Instead, they've had to use slower, less reliable dial-up modems. Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=26 Overlooking the beautiful scenic river and the maritime museum in downtown Manitowoc, WI, Cook's Corner, the largest kitchen store in the United States, lies on 20,000 square feet of land. Customers sit in the store café sipping lattés and gourmet coffee as they gaze outside at the World War II submarine docked in the river. In addition to relaxing with coffee and dessert, customers also can choose from thousands of kitchen items and spend all day looking at the store's 135-foot gadget wall, covered with orange peelers, cork screws and everything in between. Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=25 Dydacomp kicked off a business-to-business direct mail campaign this week to promote its Mail Order Manager version 4.0 to executives across all departments of mail-order companies. The campaign targets the 26,000 mail-order businesses in the United States, said Rob Coon, vice president of sales and marketing at Dydacomp, though he would not disclose the mailing size or cost. The company also markets its catalog management software to retailers, wholesalers and distributors. Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=24 HARRELL FARMS IS A QUIET PLACE, off the beaten path in Meggett, S.C. The 200-acre, family-owned pecan farm, processing plant, and mail-order house has a bucolic feel to it. Owners Bob and Charlotte Harrell like it that way. "That's one of our strong selling points," says Bob Harrell. "We're a family-run operation. Our trees were planted by my wife and myself, our children, and our grandchildren. We actually put them in the ground. That's all part of what we're about." Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=23 You’ve heard the hype: E-commerce is the easiest way to boost your company’s bottom line. World Wide Web addresses for companies are all around you, on the radio, television, billboards, and even buses. Creating a Web site for your company gives your advertisers a potential audience of millions of consumers, with more pouring in daily. It gives someone across the ocean access to your goods and services as easily as someone across the hall. All you have to do is post information to your Web site, and, theoretically, the world will find a path to your door. Sat, 9 Jan 1999 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=22 If your catalog’s computer system is not yet Y2K-compliant, you may have missed the deadline. With little more than 12 months remaining before the year 2000, many software vendors and consultants expect a mob of business – including catalogers – to be racing to beat the deadline, creating a backlog of software installations that may make it impossible for everyone to become Y2K-compliant in time. Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=21 Until last year, the Baltimore Orioles were one of only two major league ball teams without a mail-order catalog. By early summer 1997, the Orioles were in first place, and newspapers and talk shows were abuzz with excitement over what was possibly the greatest Orioles lineup in team history including the legendary Cal Ripken. Orioles Retail Outlets Manager John Greeley was convinced that it was the year to try a catalog. "Everybody had baseball on their mind. If it was not going to work now, it was never going to work," he says. Tue, 6 Jan 1998 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=19 Pro baseball and hockey fans appear to have an insatiable appetite for licensed merchandise. Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League maintain Web site supported catalogs with products from every team, yet individual franchises are finding a niche for catalogs of their own. Mon, 5 Jan 1998 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=18 "Using SiteLINK, Power Technology Group was able to create a Web site and begin selling products over the Internet. I wear too many hats keeping this business growing to take on programming in my job description," says Gail Coopersmith, Director of Marketing for Power Technology Group, a Georgia-based VAR/distributor of uninterruptible power supplies. Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:00:00 EDT http://www.dydacomp.com/newsandevents/article.asp?i=17