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EasyAsk Tops Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Online Retail Report On Online Conversions for 14 Straight Months

The average online conversion rates for EasyAsk customers according to the Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Online Retail report are significantly higher than the average conversion rates of competitive search and merchandising products. Online conversion occurs when a Website visitor becomes a buyer. EasyAsk customers have topped the report for online conversions for the last fourteen months. Five of the top ten retailers representing the industry's highest online conversion rates use the advanced search and merchandising technology from EasyAsk. The high return on investment associated with increasing online conversion rates is driving retailers of all sizes to focus on EasyAsk technology.
 
Progress Introduces Fly-Over Navigation, Advanced SKU-Level Processing, and Enhanced Relevancy Tuning with Latest EasyAsk Product
The latest release of the Progress EasyAsk product includes more than 20 new features, such as Fly-Over Navigation, advanced SKU-level processing, and enhanced search and query relevancy tuning and management. These latest enhancements enable retailers to refine search capabilities of their online, in-store and catalog inventory, ensuring that customers can quickly find and purchase products and encouraging repeat visits. The Progress EasyAsk product enables online merchants to increase conversion rates for online sales and drive higher revenues throughout the year, including the peak holiday shopping season. Progress EasyAsk products provide natural language search and query capabilities that empower business and consumer users to quickly find and retrieve critical information from multiple enterprise data sources.
 
Progress EasyAsk Customers Lillian Vernon and Redcats USA Receive Retail Industry Recognition for Leadership in Search and online Conversion Rates
Progress EasyAsk Customers Receive Industry Recognition for Online Site Search. Lillian Vernon Wins the Prestigious eTail Award for Excellence in Site Search, and Four Redcats USA Sites Ranked Among Nielsen/NetRatings Top 10 in Online Conversion Rates
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Customer Spotlight
Redcats Expands International Deployment of Progress EasyAsk Advanced Search and Online Merchandising Technology to Deliver Consistent Multi-channel Customer Experience
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Leading Global Retailer Redcats to Standardize on Progress® EasyAsk® for Increased Efficiency and eCommerce Best Practices Across 21 Web Sites Worldwide
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Industry Updates
New Mid-Market Retail Customers Demonstrate that Improving Online Conversion Rates and Merchandising is within Reach of Companies of All Sizes
EasyAsk, the leading technology for search, navigation, and merchandising technology for eCommerce, added a number of new customers including customers that are small to mid-market businesses (SMB). These mid-market retailers are leveraging the EasyAsk search and merchandising technology to increase revenues and customer loyalty, and to help build their businesses.
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Progress Sponsors New Retail Industry Blog
Progress launched a new Weblog (blog) focused on issues, innovations, and commentary on the retail market. The new blog, located at www.retail-blog.com, is focused on both business and technical topics affecting the retail industry. In the new retail blog you will find opinions, industry events, new ideas and up-to-date information. Although the blog is sponsored by Progress it is designed to be an industry forum and portal. Thoughts, postings, and ideas expressed in the blog belong to the individual posters and do not represent the views or opinions of Progress Software.
 

Progress in the News
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Events
Visit Progress EasyAsk in booth #933 at Internet Retailer 2007 Conference and Exhibition June 4-7, 2007 San Jose, CA
See Why EasyAsk Customers Lead the Industry in Conversion Rates

 
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Progress in the News
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In this Issue
EasyAsk News
EasyAsk Tops Nielsen//NetRatings MegaView Online Retail Report On Online Conversions for 14 Straight Months
Progress Introduces Fly-Over Navigation, Advanced SKU-Level Processing, and Enhanced Relevancy Tuning with Latest EasyAsk Product
Progress EasyAsk Customers Lillian Vernon and Redcats USA Receive Retail Industry Recognition for Leadership in Search and online Conversion Rates
Customer Spotlight
Redcats Expands International Deployment of Progress EasyAsk Advanced Search and Online Merchandising Technology to Deliver Consistent Multi-channel Customer Experience
Industry Updates
New Mid-Market Retail Customers Demonstrate that Improving Online Conversion Rates and Merchandising is within Reach of Companies of All Sizes
Progress Sponsors New Retail Industry Blog


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