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Tech briefs: New Clinipace exec; Pfizer picks Biologics; Bronto marketing whitepaper; new Telit deal; ChannelAdvisor client win; Mariner training

ChannelAdvisor ecommerce webinar; Precision BioSciences patents; Sales Performance to China; Argos drug update

Local tech briefs: ChannelAdvisor to host ecommerce webinar; Precision secures two more patents; Charlotte-based SPI expands to China; Argos touts drug progress.

Will RTP-based ChannelAdvisor go public? They're thinking

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Scot Wingo says action on Wall Street such as Facebook's IPO plans give his ecommerce services firm fodder for thought. But for now the mission remains driving growth.

Business booms for Scot Wingo

ChannelAdvisor coins 'New Commerce' to capture changing online market

The Morrisville-based provider of various ecommerce services to some of the world's major retailers develops the new term that serves as the theme for its annual industry conference. Its Catalyst eventis also being moved to Las Vegas.

ChannelAdvisor's new look

Facebook vs. Google IPO: Which deal ranks better?

Google, says Scot Wingo, the founder and chief executive officer of ecommerce services provider ChannelAdvisor who likes to play in the market.

Wall Street

Cisco restructures engineers; GSK expands vaccine alliance; Red Hat share target rises; RIM shares tumble

Online buying binge continues, ChannelAdvisor reports

As Christmas nears, people are counting to buy gifts online at substantially higher numbers than a year ago, the ecommerce services provider says.

CyberMonday sales jump 25%; Amazon surges 52%

New data from e-commerce services provider ChannelAdvisor shows big improvements as well for search shopping, eBay and comparison shopping engine deals. Across five-day weekend, sales strong in many areas.

Tracking deals over CyberFive weekend

CyberMonday a smash with shoppers - sales soar 37%

With Amazon leading the way, e-commerce sales soared on CyberMonday even three hours before the day ended, ChannelAdvisor data shows.

Amazon sales soar 58% even before Cyber Monday rush

Overall e-Commerce same-store sales started with 17 percent growth on Thanksgiving Day followed by 20% growth on Black Friday, 21% growth on Saturday and 27% growth on Sunday

Tracking Amazon sales

CyberSunday sales spike 27% from 2010, ChannelAdvisor data shows

Through the first four days of the holiday weekend, e-commerce sales are surging with Amazon setting the pace. Search business, eBay and comparison shop engine transactions also climb.

2011 holiday sales soaring

CyberSaturday sales up 20% from 2010, ChannelAdvisor data shows

Through the first three days of the holiday weekend, e-commerce sales are surging with Amazon setting the pace.

Tablets, social media, mobile buying, bargains = e-commerce rush

Tablets will be "hot," check out retailers' social media sites for additional bargains, retailers are gearing up for more mobile buyers, and online buying is already surging, says ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo.

Holiday season looks like record setter for e-commerce

"Couch commerce" and buying with mobile devices are expected to surge this "Black Friday" and holiday season. Triangle-based ChannelAdvisor is helping facilitate the e-commerce boom.

eMarketer projects growing online sales

Online holiday shopping - or 'couch commerce' - to set records, reports say

More consumers than ever will be searching for bargains online, using their smartphones, iPads or PCs at home with e-commerce expected to generate more than 5 percent of overall sales. ChannelAdvisor, a Triangle-based company, is helping fuel that growth by supporting numerous major retailers such as Amazon, Victoria's Secret, Saks Fifth Avenue, Office Depot and Dell.