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January 7, 2011

Positive Growth in Online Shopping in 2009

Filed under: Shopping — Tags: — Winson @ 7:26 AM

There are technology advancements in every field. The convenience and flexibility for people is increasing because of these technology advancements. Now customer can shop any where from his home with out visiting any physical stores, because of technology. Day by day the popularity of online shopping is increasing. People are giving more preference to shop online.

According to comScore, $29.1 billion amount of money was spent on online shopping from November to December in 2009. It was increased by 4 percent from the same period in the last year. Online holiday shopping season showed a positive growth in the 2009. There is 20 percent of total sales on jewelry and watches, and 15 percent of total sales on consumer electronics, 8 percent on event tickets, 7 percent on computer hardware, 6 percent on books and magazines.

There is an expectation that it will be increased in the next coming year. Online retailer promotions and guaranteed shopping, return policies and many advantages are enhancing the online shopping.

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Hyundai Launches Improved Version of i10 Model in India

Filed under: Automobile — Tags: — Winson @ 6:26 AM

The improved version of Hyundai i10 will be launched in India by Hyundai India, the Korean automobile manufacturer. This i10 will attract customers’ attention and it will come with different features and it will come with a new 1.2 L CVVT engine for higher power and better fuel efficiency and it is the top selling model from Hyundai. This model car wall is being sold over 11,000 cars in every month in the Korean auto market.

It is like, more new and revamped models are being offerd to customers this season and also every company vying to keep up with the competion. There were recent launches of revamped models by different companies, like Ford Figo and Polo are the revamped models which was launched by Volkswagen, Alto K10 was launched by Maruti Suzuki.

I10 model of Hyundai, which will get new looks and it has 18 km per litre fuel efficiency. It can be important factor for customer to take the decision to purchase. Fuel consumption is cut by the ISG system of the model in heavy traffic and constant stop-start motoring and it cuts the emissions, up to 15 percent. They redesigned the exteriors of the car with head lamps and front grill. Company says that a new feature – 1.0 litre engine with a CO2 emission of 99 grams per kilometer, has been included.

Hyundai company make i10 model ready to display at the Upcoming Paris Auto Show in the month of October in 2010 and later it will introduced in India.

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Using Barcode Technology in Transportation and Logistics Industry

Filed under: Business — Tags: , — Winson @ 2:38 AM

Way of businesses selling and tracking their assets have been totally changed by the barcode technology. This technology has been growing from many years. Most of the industries are using this barcode technology, transportable and logistics industry is one of them.

Many complicated tasks are involved in the transportation and logistics industry. Such tasks require 100 percent accuracy while maintaining the cost. In order to succeed in this business, it is important to have the most sophisticated technology like barcode technology. This technology can eliminate the human errors and speedup the work flow process.

In order to use this barcode technology, it is necessary to have the barcode printers and scanners. It is important in transportation and logistics industry to deliver the products on time and tracking and safety of the products as well. At different points of the flow of the goods from the point of the origin to the point of consumption, these barcodes are used. The important information like sender, receiver, product details etc must be recorded, because each and every time the products moves from one hand to other hand. Barcodes can help to record the details in quick and accurate manner.

Errors can be reduced and process can be made faster by eliminating the human intervention and by using barcode scanners in order to capture the information from the barcode on the pallet or carton in the transportation process. Barcodes on every pallet or carton are printed by barcode printer. Using barcode scanner can help in collecting the detailed information easily and it can be saved for further analysis.

You can encode all the crucial information like order number, items packed, final destination and more in barcodes. So it makes it easy for load management like verify the loads and handle the load sequencing and so on.

Thus barcode technology is very useful and effective for transportation and logistics industry.

January 4, 2011

Web Holdouts of Small Businesses are Unsearched, Unfound, Unfulfilled

Filed under: Small Business — Tags: , , , — Winson @ 4:50 AM

Web marketing plays a major part in company’s development by transferring messages, advertising goods and services, all over the Internet. It has high potential of reaching a large market effectively. But many small businesses in U.S are unable to make their business presence felt in internet. It is major drawback for the development of small business.

According to a survey conducted by Neilsen and Webvisible, in last November, though searching for local product or service in Internet by various search engines like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft’s live search, is the No.1 priority for both consumers and small business owners, a huge segment of customer population, is missing out by the small businesses. It is because small businesses spent less than 10% of their marketing budgets on advertising in Internet. It is to be kept in mind that, 44% consumers turn to Internet when looking for local products and services.

According to other data, 40% of consumers say that problem finding a local business exists, as only 44% of the small businesses have their own websites. Small businesses are very reluctant to change their traditional way of running a business, as they found web marketing to be very expensive.

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