E-Commerce Giants Plumbworld Release Latest Web Venture with Chainsaw Shop

(PRWEB) July 07, 2011

It has today been announced that award winning and much talked about bathroom supplier Plumbworld have launched yet another website and e-commerce system to meet the needs of the market with the introduction of Chainsaw Shop.

Chainsaw Shop will offer their customers a straight forward, informative and exciting shopping experience with an easy to navigate and user friendly interface and provide the biggest brands in the business such as Makita, McCulloch, Hitachi and Bosch.

Scott Morris E-Commerce Manager of Plumbworld said: One of our main aims as a business is to offer our customers a positive approach and we believe the best way of doing that is to give them what they want in a manner that is easy to achieve. We are proud of our business model and whenever we launch a new venture we focus on usability and performance, this includes a keyword search facility that allows our customers to navigate to selected products quickly and untroubled, an easy to use checkout where customers do not have to sign up which is always a put off in the world of e-commerce and our use of high resolution images which allows us to display the images in a way that is saleable

The products themselves cover a wide range of specialist saws and accessories from electric and cordless chainsaws to the ever popular petrol chainsaws and saw horses. There is also a comprehensive range of chainsaw safety clothing, first aid and safety kits.

Lee Taylor General Manager of Chainsaw Shop commented: Back in the early days your choice of chainsaw was very simple however with the chainsaw now being an essential and affordable piece of equipment we felt it was time to build a site that was completely devoted to chainsaws. Our online knowledge, experience and a great team that think outside the box has made this a very exciting time for our company

As website after website is rolled off the Plumbworld conveyor belt, people in the industry are queuing up to guess what site they are going to come up with next.

Chainsaw Shop is the sister company of the ever expanding Plumbworld empire which now has an astonishing 35 different websites specializing in everything from bathrooms and power tools to wood burning stoves and barbecues.

Plumbworld was a pioneer of online trading and was started by James and Anita Hickman in 1999 and was later sold to the Grafton Group PLC in December 2006, Plumb world now employ more than 50 people in their purpose built warehouse and offices and has a turnover in excess of

Acquity Group Receives Two Online Retail Awards

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 29, 2011

Acquity Group LLC, a leading global brand eCommerce and digital marketing company, announced today that it has been named the recipient of two Highly Commended citations from the 2011 Online Retail Awards

Roozt.com Completes Seed Funding, Adds Cause-Directed Investment to E-Commerce Platform

El Segundo, CA (PRWEB) April 22, 2011

Roozt.com, a mainstream Internet platform designed to connect cause-conscious brands with Gen Y online customers, completes seed funding from undisclosed angel investors, raising approximately a quarter of a million dollars.

Roozt received additional strategic investment from Causecast, a leader in the cause-integration space for the last 3 years, representing clients such as Virgin Mobile, AARP, Toyota and Paramount, as well as powering the cause-related Impact section for The Huffington Post. Causecast's investment in Roozt bolsters the fast-growing trend of cause-commerce and delivering customers a more socially conscious shopping experience.

Founder Of Paperless Post to Discuss Evolving E-Commerce Strategies At Wharton BizTech Technology Conference

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

Alexa Hirschfeld, the Founder of Paperless Post and one of Fast Company magazine's most influential women in technology, will deliver a keynote address at the 2011 Wharton BizTech conference (http://www.whartonbiztech.com) on December 2.

Hirschfeld will join executives of other leading Internet companies at the conference, including Facebook, Groupon and Paypal, to discuss new e-commerce business models. The event is organized by MBA students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Participants will explore the development of social commerce, alternative currencies, social fundraising, flash sales, subscription-based selling and business models based on sharing. A decade and a half after the first rudimentary e-commerce websites began trading, these trends are reshaping how the Internet can be monetized.

The conference, which typically attracts almost 400 attendees, will also showcase technology and e-commerce companies founded by current University of Pennsylvania students at a start-up pavilion.

Other conference panelists will be drawn from some of the most innovative companies in e-commerce, including:

American Express's Membership Rewards loyalty program
Points.com, the website which allows consumers to manage points from multiple loyalty programs
Vente Privee, the members-only website which sells designer fashion in eight countries in partnership with American Express
Venmo, the mobile payments company
DonorsChoose, the charity fundraising engine
Storably, a Philadelphia-based market for parking and storage

The conference will be held at Philadelphia's Ritz-Carlton. Tickets are available for purchase on our website.

About BizTech@Wharton

BizTech@Wharton, now in its 16th year, consistently attracts top tech executives and thought leaders who wish to engage in lively, relevant conversations about the dynamic field of technology. The conference is organized by MBA students at The Wharton School and has featured notable keynote speakers including Stephen C. Savage, CIO, CA, Inc.; Stephen Elop, CEO, Nokia; Ahmed Mahmoud, CIO, AMD; and Glenn Britt, President and CEO, Time Warner Cable.

This year's conference is sponsored by Wharton's William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation, Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs, Groupon, Monetate, Polaris Software Lab, Shutterstock, Electronic Arts, Lo & Sons, and Yorn.

For more information and to register, visit BizTechs website. We're also on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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