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Start the weekend early: major retailers are offering Memorial Day deals right now.

This week we learned that E-Commerce Retail Sales growth slowed in the first quarter of 2013 compared to Q4 of 2012.

The idea is to verify that customers are actually who they say they are so companies have some assurance that discounts aren't going to fraudsters posing as members of the military community.

The Paris-based telecommunications firm, which has offices in the United States, claimed the two online retailers infringed upon its patents for functions such as web site drop-down boxes, text boxes, site search and tools that correct consumer misspellings and other errors.

Overstock.com is a price play, and we all know how enticing low prices can be. It's nectar to the price-conscious shopper.

A bill that would enable states to collect sales taxes due for online purchases sailed through the U.S. Senate last week in a 69-27 vote.

The Senate approved legislation last week to expand the ability of states to collect state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the Internet.

In new study, Facebook's science team says the company killed automatic sharing on "Offers" because the science said active sharing works better.

The idea is to verify that customers are actually who they say they are so companies have some assurance that discounts aren't going to fraudsters posing as members of the military community.

Stockholders re-elected Joseph J. Tabacco and elected Jonathan E. Johnson III to the company's board for terms of three years each.

Chicago-based Groupon Inc. is slated on Wednesday to release its first earnings report since the board ousted CEO Andrew Mason and replaced him with directors Ted Leonsis and Eric Lefkofsky as interim co-chiefs. So what should we look for from the first quarter, which was split between the end of the Mason Era and the beginning of the ... (more)

The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana joins several BBB's across the U.S. dealing with a rash of complaints about websites claiming to offer great bargains on a variety of items.

The days of shopping at major online retailers like Amazon.com without paying sales tax could soon be history.

The U.S. Senate voted Monday afternoon 70-24 to require online businesses to collect sales taxes on nearly all purchases.

The Senate on Monday is likely to pass an Internet sales tax bill that would end tax-free online shopping and require online retailers to collect sales tax on products sold in states other than the ones they have a presence in.

The Senate is expected to vote on legislation next week that would allow the 45 states that charge sales tax to require online retailers to collect taxes on purchases made by their residents.

A customer comes into his Crystal Lake store, looks around, maybe tries out the wares, and then heads home to buy the same product online.

Two tried and true sayings apply to The Tribune's April 26 editorial on the Marketplace Fairness Act.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 28--Ever since online businesses arrived in the 1990s, the collection of sales tax has been a sore spot of contention between brick-and-mortar retail stores and their Internet counterparts.

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