Monday, December 15, 2003

Online shopping rocks! British Twins Test Online vs. Offline Xmas Shopping. A British ecommerce trade organization conducted an unscientific study, pitting two Christmas shopping twins against one another: one using the Internet and the other tippling out to High Street to do her shopping the old fashioned way. Not surprisingly, the net-enabled twin took about one-eighth the amount of time to complete shopping. The unfortunate bricks and mortar twin suffered parking jams, sore feet and a pulse rate that almost doubled (Her sister's pulse raised only from 66 to 67. We suspect a pop-up ad.) Interestingly, the trade group declined to report on the relative spending the two twins did, which may indicate the online stores succeeded in getting more of their quid. Internet Retailer reports. [summary] [MarketingWonk - The single source for no-nonsense Internet marketing news] 10:14:11 PM

Be careful about the words you use. Let's See, Roborace? Roborally?. The United States Olympic Committee says it and it alone can use the word 'olympics' to describe an athletic competition, which miffs the organizers of the Robolympics. By Xeni Jardin. [Wired News] 10:11:23 PM

Be careful what you link to. Studio Warns Kung Fu Site. The operator of a fan site for Kung Fu films gets a cease-and-desist letter from Miramax, demanding he stop selling movies for which the studio owns distribution rights. Trouble is, the site doesn't sell any films. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] 10:09:27 PM

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