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| Online Retail Trends |  |  | | | Companies in the News | | | | - App Store paying big dividends for Apple
The iPhone's App Store has elicited about 10,000 applications from developers, some of whom are reaping windfalls from the vast popularity of the downloads that have totaled about 300 million -- most of them free -- since Apple released the 3G upgrade model in July. But while Apple earns 30% of the revenue from the downloads, the company hopes the App Store will help make the iPhone the dominant mobile-computing platform. The Washington Post (12/30)  | Interactive Advertising | | | | - "Heckle-U" Web series will have P&G product integration
CBS Interactive is launching a Web series called "Heckle-U" in February, timed to coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The 10-episode series, starring Tom Arnold and Owen Benjamin, will have product integration from Procter & Gamble and will be distributed across the CBS Audience Network. The Hollywood Reporter (12/30) - Ad industry to get back to basics in 2009
 Less could become more in 2009, as a marketing culture awash in social-networking groups, instant messages, applications and widgets might be driven by economic realities to make a return to the fundamentals, focusing on such basics as reforging a sense of intimacy with consumers, according to Pete Blackshaw, executive vice president of Nielsen Online Digital Strategic Services. Advertising Age (12/16) | Shop.org Spotlight | | | | - Shop.org membership community benefits
Shop.org membership offers a number of resources to help digital and multichannel retailers implement best practices. Our strong community gives our members the guidance and influence they need to innovate and move their Internet retail businesses forward. From message boards, mentoring, blogs, social-networking groups and much more, check out the benefits of being a member. Learn more. - ARTS to display ninth annual Standards Pavilion during NRF's BIG Show
The Association for Retail Technology Standards will display its ninth annual Standards Pavilion during the National Retail Federation's Annual Convention & EXPO, being held Jan. 11 to 14 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The pavilion will showcase standards-based applications that meet the high ROI threshold of today's business climate. NRF's EXPO floor is open from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12, and Tuesday, Jan. 13. Read the press release.
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Nearly two-thirds of 84 companies reported that their sales increased compared with the previous holiday season, according to the Shop.org-Forrester survey of holiday-season results. Multichannel retailers, along with medium- and larger-sized retailers, fared the best. 
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