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On this special day, people would love to gift something special to their fathers. I googled “Father’s Day Gift” and found several gift websites.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\" face\u003d\"arial\"\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eThe top 5 websites for this keyword are: (No.3 was a News Result. So I deliberately ignored it)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e    \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGift.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGourmetgiftbasket.com\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eIwantoneofthose.com\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eRedenvolope.com\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGettingpersonal.co.uk\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e      \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eTwo good things caught my attention in these websites. One, they all have a web page exclusively designed for this special occasion. Two, they have a clear and neatly designed banner in the home page that reminds visitors of this occasion. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e    \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003eThe No.1 site Gift.com’s Father’s Day gift page:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cspan style\u003d\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/?action\u003dview\u0026amp;current\u003dgiftcomspage.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/giftcomspage.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Photobucket\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGift.com’s home page:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/?action\u003dview\u0026amp;current\u003dgiftcomhomepage.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/giftcomhomepage.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Photobucket\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGift.com also allows shoppers to shop by personality. This feature will serve as a guide to get the perfect gift. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eExclusive father's day web page of Gourmetgiftbasket.com, the site ranked 2nd:\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/?action\u003dview\u0026amp;current\u003dgourmetgiftbasketcompage.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/gourmetgiftbasketcompage.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Photobucket\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eHome page of gourmetgiftbasket.com \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003ca href\u003d\"http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/?action\u003dview\u0026amp;current\u003dgourmetgiftbasketcomhomepage.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/gourmetgiftbasketcomhomepage.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Photobucket\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eI liked the way this website has merchandised the products in the home page. I am sure that visitors would definitely click this area because the banner is efficiently designed. It is also above the fold and occupies a big space in the website’s home page. This will definitely capture the attention of the reader. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eThe Father’s Day gift’s page of IWOOT’s (iwantoneofthose.com), ranked 3rd on the list:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003ca href\u003d\"http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/?action\u003dview\u0026amp;current\u003diwoot.jpg\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc183/mobius_photo/iwoot.jpg\" alt\u003d\"Photobucket\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eI also googled few other keywords related to gourmet chocolate and found out a few websites like \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.chocolatesource.com/home/index.asp\"\u003ehttp://www.chocolatesource.com/home/index.asp\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.chocolatecoveredcompany.com/\"\u003ehttp://www.chocolatecoveredcompany.com/\u003c/a\u003e which have no special promotion for Father’s Day. It seems like these retailers don’t want to take advantage of holiday shopping. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e    \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eNo matter how big or small this occasion, merchants who sell products under the following categories should not miss this opportunity. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eClothes and Accessories,\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eChocolates and Cookies,\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eE-Cards,\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eGadgets,\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003ePersonal Care Products, \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eSports Kit, (like golf kit) \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eWine,\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003eWatches, etc…\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\" style\u003d\"font-family: arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:10;\"\u003e \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7371662734465550695-1423025098576001663?l\u003dwww.retail-ecommerce.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2008/06/exclusive-fathers-day-web-pages.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/1423025098576001663"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/1423025098576001663"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2008/06/exclusive-fathers-day-web-pages.html","title":"Exclusive Father’s Day Web Pages"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Idris"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08662471303028726341"},"email":{"$t":"idris@mobiusservices.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"09682962941223380762"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371662734465550695.post-4061493675662161411"},"published":{"$t":"2008-02-18T05:11:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-11T21:38:05.180-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"eCommerce Website Review"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Top 100 internet retailer -- Category wise"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S7YJ_DejQZM/R7mEJC70zxI/AAAAAAAAAPU/nqM61P1cqII/s1600-h/Blog.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168307338325839634\" style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; 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float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlghruORuhI/R7Pzux-HvdI/AAAAAAAAADs/5E5uJMSJJBY/s320/top+websites.bmp\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166741182537514450\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eKeynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of Keynote Systems, came up with the U.S. Holiday Impact Study that monitored the technical performance and service levels of 26 leading retail Web sites during the 2007 holiday season. According to \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eBen Rushlo, senior consulting manager for Keynote’s competitive research group\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003e, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003ethere is an overall improvement in performance of sites across the retail industry as compared to last year.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eThe study included \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eleading sites across all major retail categories such as Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e    \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eCabelas, Barnes and Noble and Best Buy were sites that were highly available with little or no downtime over the 30 days study period. \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eVictoria’s Secret, Circuit City and Cabelas were the most responsive sites as they were fast in downloading pages and completing transactions for consumers. Cabelas and Best Buy shared the crown for best overall service levels as they towered over other sites in terms of both site reliability and responsiveness.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eThe best technical quality performance was rendered by the electronics and books and music retailers while the home improvement industry exhibited the worst performance.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:Verdana;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eAlmost 30% of all holiday shopping is done online, and that figure continues to increase, according to the National Retail Federation. Low performance is suicide for retail sites especially during holiday season when they can actually capitalize on sales. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eSome of the leading retail sites showed up to 400% slowdowns during peak shopping days, prompting consumers to abandon their product search.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003eThus, the time has come for web sites to invest their time and energy on web performance tuning.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;\"  \u003e \u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7371662734465550695-7976939112931034155?l\u003dwww.retail-ecommerce.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2008/02/25-retail-web-sites-and-their.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/7976939112931034155"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/7976939112931034155"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2008/02/25-retail-web-sites-and-their.html","title":"25+ Retail Web Sites and their Performance during the 2007 Holiday Season"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sheeja"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/04316139994620787836"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"14399732853070280645"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dlghruORuhI/R7Pzux-HvdI/AAAAAAAAADs/5E5uJMSJJBY/s72-c/top+websites.bmp","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7371662734465550695.post-6067955066366618647"},"published":{"$t":"2007-05-10T06:42:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-15T22:30:21.589-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"eCommerce Website Review"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"7 deadly sins of an apparel ecommerce retailer"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"line-height: 115%;font-family:Arial;\" \u003eA recent research conducted by Digital Solutions Agency outlined some of the key issues for apparel ecommerce retailers. Issues like how customers interact with retail sites, easy usage search, checkout etc… are dealt. Retail website(s) lacking in these areas will fail in quality and effectiveness.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs part of the site review, the study has taken various parameters of a typical online shopping experience into consideration, which has actually driven these retailers to think from online shopper’s point of view. Assessing what an user actually expects from a good apparel website, online retailers arrived at few parameters such as checkouts, number of pages it takes to the purchase stage, average task completion times, accessibility etc.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"line-height: 115%;font-family:Arial;\" \u003eFew findings from the Research are as follows:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"line-height: 115%; font-family: arial;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003c!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e    \u003cp class\u003d\"MsoNormal\" style\u003d\"line-height: 150%; font-family: arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"line-height: 150%;\"\u003e1. Complex Registration Process \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"line-height: 150%;font-size:100%;\"  lang\u003d\"EN-AU\"\u003e- 70 percent of participants in the study said that they were bothered by registration before buying and many felt they were being constricted for marketing information.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Poor Accessibility –\u003c/b\u003e Small text size on most of the sites resulted in poor readability and missing of information and consequently increased the error rates.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e3. Poor Shop Ability –\u003c/b\u003e The process of searching and adding the expected product by shoppers in to a shopping cart leads to difficulties in making their buying decision.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e4. Inappropriate Product Placement –\u003c/b\u003e Most of the product pages did not meet shopper’s expectation, as those pages were unstructured and cluttered with misplaced items.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Lack of Good Free Search Text Tools –\u003c/b\u003e explained the relative high average task completion times when participants were asked to search for information.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Poor Buy Ability –\u003c/b\u003e starts right away from the moment when an online shopper selects or picks up the products and puts them into their basket.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e7. Poor Checkout Process –\u003c/b\u003e depends upon various factors like long-winded and un-optimized text and complicated password requirements.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7371662734465550695-6067955066366618647?l\u003dwww.retail-ecommerce.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2007/05/apparels-retailers-fall-short-of.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/6067955066366618647"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7371662734465550695/posts/default/6067955066366618647"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.retail-ecommerce.com/2007/05/apparels-retailers-fall-short-of.html","title":"7 deadly sins of an apparel ecommerce retailer"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Idris"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08662471303028726341"},"email":{"$t":"idris@mobiusservices.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"09682962941223380762"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});