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Local Onliner

Mar 9
2012

Milo.com Positions Itself as Anchor for EBay Local

Inventory hasn’t yet emerged as a “must have” for merchants, but the strategic importance of tracking store inventory remains undiminished. Merchants will potentially use inventory levels to drive users to specific locations, build promotions to get rid of overage (or remove promotions when supplies are running low). While far from universal, many national retailers are …continue reading »

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Apr 11
2011

Wishpond Adds Local, Social Elements to Retail Inventory

Retail inventory has been revving up as a new, highly mobile-oriented tool for retailers to highlight stock on hand and steer consumers to store locations. It is an important lead-generating feature on new shopping portals, such as FindnSave. Research by JiWire shows that 62 percent of consumers seek product availability when researching goods online. The …continue reading »

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Mar 24
2011

ILM East: eBay’s Milo and PaperG on Local Retail Solutions

Retailers are gravitating in a major way to online solutions that complement their other marketing, according to panelists participating on the retail panel at ILM East in Boston. Jack Abraham, who founded Milo.com, which was acquired last year by eBay, predicted that every store will need to participate in cross channel shopping in order to …continue reading »

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Nov 23
2010

Local Sites Prep for Black Friday, SMB Saturday, Cyber Monday

The hordes of shoppers who still enjoy standing in lines and fighting for parking spaces, on the “Black Friday” after Thanksgiving is an offline event. Or is it? Local sites are prepping shoppers who want to see what’s available at the stores, including The Deal Map, Milo.com, Local.com and SuperPages. Other local media companies, including …continue reading »

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Apr 22
2010

Milo.com, Retail Product Searcher, Adds SMB Shops

Milo.com, an online service which points consumers to stores that carry retail products and keeps track of their availability and inventory levels, has now expanded beyond its initial focus on big box stores such as Best Buy, Frys and Nordstroms, and will now also work with small retailers. The service, which broadly competes with Krillion, …continue reading »

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