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Ambition, Chinese-style: eyeing 110million 'non-customers'

We become inured to large numbers in etail, but occasionally the sheer size of the Chinese market makes one draw breath. In an interesting blog piece we hear from the CEO of Alibaba.com - refreshingly not complacent with his 27million registered users, but eyeing the opportunity from the remaining 110million further customers

"Drapers" leaps into the 21st century with Drapersblog

From serious weekly for the fashion trade, to an interactive blogging business - props to Drapers for the launch of drapersblog.com "the forum for everyone in the fashion community to discuss the key issues of the day".

Blogs' impact on retailers: Hitwise Blog

Heather Hopkins, in her blog on Hitwise, posts her reflections on e-consultancy's "Blogging for Business" conference. She says "Retailers may think they are not part of the conversation on blogs - but they are. Brands are mentioned on blogs every day and 6.3% of downstream visits from blogs go to Shopping & Classifieds websites."

Blogging drives one-seventh of sales - Find out how

Retailers are obsessed with traffic - traffic, in all its forms: feet and clicks are all welcome. For this reason, a niche American toy retailer, Steve Spangler Science, started a blog. In a few short years, it accounts for one-seventh of all sales, the firm says. Why is that? Carry on reading and visit the Blogging4Business conference on 4 April to find out more...

IR's Weekend Web Crawl: Take part in this week's tour of the latest ecommerce sites of interest

Join in with Internet Retailing's first ever Weekend Web Crawl, a chance to look around the latest sites that have been given a new look and, perhaps, find some inspiration...