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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.

ChannelAdvisor CEO grades Kindle Fire an A-

Review from ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo, a self-proclaimed "gadget geek:": In summary, overall I would give the Fire a solid A-, and if they could improve the browser speed, I would get rid of that minus.

Kindle Fire

Newsmakers: SciQuest, ChannelAdvisor, LabCorp, Bayer CropScience, Red Hat

SciQuest wins Texas hospital business; ChannelAdvisor adds 26 auto dealers; LabCorp extends Orchid Cellmark offer; Bayer CropScience names new exec; Red Hat Summit seeks papers.

ChannelAdvisor reports 10% growth in customer count for third quarter

The provider of e-commerce solutions to retailers and other online sellers supports over 3,000 customers worldwide.

Victoria's Secret 'friends' still dominate Facebook commerce index

ChannelAdvisor data shows the number of Facebook fans utilizing ecommerce increases to 249 million in one month across more than 500 sites. Victoria's Secret is still No. 1.

Top 25 on ChannelAdvisor Facebook index

N.C. Technology Association narrows list for the state's top tech honors

Companies from across the state, large and small, are finalists for "21 Awards" from North Carolina's largest tech industry trade group.

Want to succeed in business? Try listening and hiring smart

At an entrepreneurial event for tech executives, a Wall Street analyst notes that the best CEOs are those who learn how to listen and who hire people as smart if not smarter than themselves. "No matter how brilliant you are," she says, "many brains are better than one."

NC 'Tech Exec of the Year' race is down to four finalists

SAS, Geomagic, goodmortgage, ChannelAdvisor executives are in the running for the annual award as picked by the North Carolina Technology Association. The winner will be decided by popular vote.

Groupon is changing the e-commerce game

Analysis: The daily special offer giant could quickly siphon $1 billion-plus out of the e-commerce market.

ChannelAdvisor receives a facelift with new logo, website, theme

'Be Seen' is the new tagline for the e-commerce services provider, which works with more than 3,000 clients worldwide.

ChannelAdvisor's new look

Software-as-a-service is focus for entrepreneur event

Southern Capitol Ventures' latest panel discussion features four Triangle success stories in the SaaS space as well as several national VCs and insight from a top Wall Street analyst.