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Business
Lessons Learned: Atamaii.com Founder Finds Success Selling Anime Toys
September 17, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Two tours as a Navy officer in Japan introduced Stu Carter to website development and the anime toy market. In 1999, he took his combined experiences and launched the online toy store Atamaii.com. In 2008, the company's revenue peaked at $350,000, and 2009 revenue is expected to be arou...
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Business
Lessons Learned: William Villiers of Select Wallpaper
September 9, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Lessons Learned is a biweekly series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment we interviewed William Villiers of Select Wallpaper, an online ...
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Business
Lessons Learned: Patricia Brown of LordsArt.com
September 3, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Lessons Learned is a biweekly series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Patricia Brown of LordsArt.com. Based in Ozone Park, N.Y., the site sells Christian art and gifts. A school teacher by day and ecommer...
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Business
Profile: The Trick Shop Is eCommerce Magic
August 26, 2009 • John W. Dawe
In a time when traditional magic shops were going out of business, Sam Blankenship wanted to prove that a new magic shop could thrive. So he launched The Trick Shop in 2004 with a physical, brick and mortar store; he then launched the web component, TrickShopMagic.com, in 2005. Revenu...
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Business
Lessons Learned: TheShopFittingsStore.com Supplies U.K. Brick-and-Mortar Stores
August 20, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Lessons Learned is a biweekly series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Jonathon Hall, business development manager for TheShopFittingsStore.com, an Essex, U.K.-based online retailer of retail shop fittings,...
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Business
EcoMowers.com Founder Stresses Sense of Community
August 12, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Andy Humphrey started Ecomowers.com in 2006 with the goal of refining the niche “green” market even further. The store sells environmentally friendly lawn mowers and lawn equipment from its headquarters in Traverse City, Mich. Humphrey says the company's total revenue is "under $1 milli...
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Business
Lessons Learned: Brides’ Village Owner Achieves Success On Own Terms
August 6, 2009 • John W. Dawe
"Lessons Learned" is a series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we visited with Cathy Ward, owner of Brides' Village, a Pennsylvania-based retailer of wedding accessories. When Ward’s son was born in 1998, she sold her b...
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Business
CurrySimple Founder Tastes Success with Specialty Sauces
July 30, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Michael Moran was working in a Thai restaurant when he realized that customers frequently complained about the difficulty of preparing Thai food at home. This was in 2004, in Atlanta. He went to work developing the concept of ready-to-heat Thai sauces that became, by 2006, CurrySimple, ...
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Business
Lessons Learned: CuddleWorks Stresses Social Media, Satisfied Customers
July 24, 2009 • John W. Dawe
"Lessons Learned" is a series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Jim Richardson and Dave McCormick who launched CuddleWorks.com in Tigard, Ore. in 2007 with a combined 20 years of web design and ecommerce ex...
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Business
Merchant Profile: Home Decor Retailer Relies on Outsourcing
July 21, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Vance Selin founded Countrytradedays.com in 2003 to sell a variety of unique home decor items. The site was modeled after The McKinney (Texas) Third Monday Trade Days, a monthly fair hosting more than 300 vendors. Since its inception, Selin’s website has experienced steady growth, with ...
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Business
Lessons Learned: AllThingsJeep.com Owner Stresses Innnovation
July 15, 2009 • John W. Dawe
"Lessons Learned" is a series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Jean Wnuk, co-owner of AllThingsJeep.com, headquartered in Shirley, Mass. AllThingsJeep.com sells unique gift items for the Jeep enthusiast, ...
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Business
BabyAge.com Co-founder Cites 10 Guiding Principles
July 3, 2009 • John W. Dawe
When BabyAge.com co-founder Jack Kiefer worked for one of the first video conferencing companies in the early '90s, he thought commerce online had possibilities. By 1999, Kiefer had co-founded BabyAge.com. He is now its CEO. Fast forward to 2008 and BabyAge's gross revenue reached $30 ...
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Business
Lessons Learned: Online Stores Inc. Co-founder Kevin Hickey
June 25, 2009 • John W. Dawe
"Lessons Learned" is a series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Kevin Hickey, vice president and co-founder of Online Stores Inc., headquartered in New Stanton, Pa. Online Stores currently includes eight ...
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Business
Lessons Learned: WineChateau CEO Offers Spirited Advice
June 18, 2009 • John W. Dawe
"Lessons Learned" is a biweekly series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Saurabh Abrol, president and CEO of WineChateau.com. Driven, competitive, focused, innovative, tight-fisted, and as sweet as the dess...
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Business
Profile: Danny Flamberg is the “Manhattan Marketing Maven”
June 10, 2009 • John W. Dawe
Danny Flamberg is known as the "Manhattan Marketing Maven," and he has more than 25 years experience as online marketing strategist. He has helped start-ups become important players in their markets and helped leading global brands extend their reach, market share and relationships with...
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Business
Profile: BlairCandy.com Stresses Pay-per-click Advertising, Social Media
June 3, 2009 • John W. Dawe
When Pam Macharola wanted to take her family’s business online in 2000, her brothers were skeptical. Founded by their grandfather in 1938 as a newsstand, Blair Candy Company had grown to a successful full-service wholesale candy, tobacco, paper supply, and small games distributor -- all...