Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that manages virtually every aspect of a company’s business can deliver huge productivity benefits and other efficiencies, but it’s well out of the reach of most small businesses — mainly because it’s too expensive and a bear to implement. However, small firms can reap many of the same benefits using all-in-one software-as-a-service (SaaS) products such as the solution COREsense, Inc. offers retailers.

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Online holiday sales growth is on track to be nearly four times higher than overall retail sales during the busiest time of the year.

Credit card company Visa USA lowered its forecast for overall holiday sales growth to 6.5% over last year from its earlier projected 7.5% gain, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Latest online figures from comScore Networks, meanwhile, show that online sales are expected to increase 25% to $24.6 billion.

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ParcelIndustry.com has made available Joe Loughran’s Annual Rate Analysis. This is considered the most comprehensive published analysis in the parcel industry. Joe painstakingly analyzes every UPS rate category, along with comparisons with DHL and FedEx, and the impact that will have on your bottom line and your transportation strategy.

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Nearly nine percent of holiday purchases will be returned, says the National Retail Federation. “Retailers know that returns are part of doing business,” said Dan Butler, NRF’s vice president of merchandising and retail operations. “They plan for it.”

How does this rate compared the the return levels you’re seeing?

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Boomers have a lot of money to spend, and quite frankly, their rock isn’t rollin’ quite the way it used to. They are having to adapt to some unpleasant physical changes–and so do those of us who provide goods and services to them.

Link to article Online Media Daily

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PPC has a tremendous amount to offer the small and midsize business owner or marketer. Keep these five guidelines in mind as you establish your PPC campaigns, and you’ll be turning clicks into profits in no time!

Link to Article at MarketingProfs.com

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