Mercent Retail – Press Releases - Profit from Amazon, eBay Large Merchant Services, CSE, and Affiliate Network Product Feeds
March 9, 2010 Mercent Launches eCommerce Price Optimization Engine; Expands Retailer Control of Product Pricing and Merchandising on Amazon and Online Marketplaces
Mercent announces our newest product launch - the Mercent Retail™ Price Optimization Engine. Mercent is the first online channel management provider to offer this product capability. It’s a key strategic tool for online retailers to control product pricing and merchandising on online marketplaces.
March 8, 2010 Mercent Featured at 2010 Montgomery Technology Conference; CEO Eric Best Highlights Growth and Profits, Marquis Clients, New Technology
Mercent attending the 7th Annual Montgomery Technology Conference. CEO Eric Best will highlight Mercent’s growth and profits, Marquis clients, and new technology.
February 25, 2010 Meet Mercent at Omniture Summit, NRF Retail Innovation and Marketing Conference, and SMX West March 2-5, 2010; Connecting with Online Retailers for Strategic Success
Mercent announces our attendance at the 2010 Omniture Summit, NRF Retail Innovation and Marketing Conference, and SMX West next week- March 2nd-5th.
February 18, 2010 Mercent at eTail West February 22-25, 2010; Engaging Retailers for Online Success in 2010
Mercent announces attendance at eTail West 2010 from February 22nd-25th in Palm Desert, California.
February 11, 2010 Retailers See New Opportunity in High-Growth Social Shopping; Mercent Launches eCommerce Tools for Facebook, Twitter, and More
With Mercent Retail Social, online retailers can expand customer outreach to market and sell to millions of consumers communicating and buying through an extensive network of social shopping sites.
February 2, 2010 Mercent reported FY2009 financial results with record consolidated revenues up 87% over FY2008.
The company also announced 50% growth in enterprise retailer customer count in FY2009 and GAAP profitability.
February 2, 2010 Mercent Declared "Technology Enabler of the Year" by AlwaysOn
There were more than 500 digital media companies nominated for the “Technology Enablers” category, which also served as the largest category in the AlwaysOn awards program. A total of 21 companies were nominated to the shortlist with Mercent named as the overall winner.
January 28, 2010 Mercent OnMedia Top 100 Winner; CEO Presenting at 2010 OnMedia NYC Conference February 2, 2010
Being named as an OnMedia 100 winner reflects Mercent's industry leadership, market-leading business approach, and disruptive data-driven retail product marketing technology. Mercent was judged and selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and a team of global industry experts based on Mercent's technology, commercialization success, broad base of Tier 1 retail clients, stakeholder value, and media and analyst coverage.
January 14, 2010 Continued eCommerce Industry Recovery in Q409 Reports Mercent; Mercent eCommerce Performance Index Indicates Strong Online Retail Growth in 2010
According to Mercent’s Q409 Mercent eCommerce Index™, same-seller GMV for retailers selling online through Mercent Retail™ continued to accelerate through the end of FY2009, growing a 31.9% record-breaking pace relative to the same period in 2008. This represents a 186% increase from 11.4% growth reported in the Q309 Mercent eCommerce Index.
January 12, 2010 Mercent Customer Sees 400% Increase in Amazon.com Sales: Retail Case Study Now Available on Mercent.com
FootSmart online sales performance results supported by Mercent Retail™ were exceptionally above average, increasing year-over-year sales by more than 400% despite the broad and difficult retail downturn. FootSmart also reported a 100% increase in buyable inventory with gross profits rising substantially.
December 1, 2009 Cyber Monday Online Retail Sales Grow 33% over 2008, In-line with Black Friday Results Mercent Reports; Mercent eCommerce Index Indicates Strong Online Holiday Sales
November 28, 2009 Black Friday 2009 Online Retail Sales Grow 41% Over 2008 Reports Mercent; Mercent eCommerce Index Signals Strong Online Holiday Sales.
Mercent data indicates Black Friday holiday eCommerce retail sales are markedly better than the same period in 2008, further confirming our belief the retail industry, especially online, is in a measured recovery.
November 5, 2009 Mercent Supports Google Commerce Search™; First Online Channel Management Solutions Provider To Offer Turnkey Integration With Google’s New Site Search Technology
Mercent is the first online channel management solutions provider to announce data feed support for Google Commerce Search -- a powerful search solution that enables online retailers to provide online shoppers with fast, accurate and highly relevant product search results Google is known for, directly through their own eCommerce websites.
October 27, 2009 Mercent Reports 550% Q3 Retail Sales Growth On Microsoft Bing™ Shopping & Bing™ Cashback; Anticipates Comparable Fourth Quarter Growth
Mercent retail clients selling through the Microsoft Bing™ Shopping and popular Microsoft Bing™ Cashback program increased their gross merchandise value by 550% in Q3 relative to the second quarter of 2009 – a testament to Mercent continued market leadership and focus on helping its clients exceed their stated sales forecasts through new and innovative channels.
October 22, 2009 Mercent Marks eCommerce Recovery; Q309 Mercent eCommerce Index Shows 11.4% YOY Increase in Aggregate Online Retail Sales
The 11.4% year-over-year sales growth in Q3 represents the first increasing growth quarter Mercent retail clients have seen in the last four quarters. Although some broad softness remains in the market, our historical Index data and trending indicate the 5.9% second quarter growth marked the bottom of the eCommerce downturn and beginning of a measured recovery.
September 23, 2009 Mercent Launches Support for Amazon.com’s 'Checkout by Amazon' Payments Program; Extends Services for Amazon.com Third-Party Marketplace Sellers
As one of Amazon’s leading marketplace partners, Mercent has fully integrated its Mercent Retail™ shopping feed management platform with the Checkout by Amazon program, giving retail clients the ability to reach, target and sell merchandise directly to Amazon’s 95 million active buyers, and process online purchases through the convenient and familiar Amazon checkout experience.
September 22, 2009 Mercent Signs Fossil, Orvis, BlueFly, National Business Furniture, and Others; Doubles Tier 1 Customer Count and Fuels Sales across Online Retail Channels
According to Eric Best, CEO of Mercent, "Our newest Mercent Retail™ implementations with marquee retailers like Fossil, Bluefly, Orvis and others, reflect the strong demand for Mercent’s proven online retail advertising solutions. Mercent enables retailers to exceed their online sales, profit margin, and return-on-advertising-spend (ROAS) targets. Today’s announcement is a testament to Mercent’s market-leading solution and established track record of success among the tier one retail community. We’re extremely pleased to add this latest round of customers to our client roster."
September 9, 2009 Mercent Showcasing Award-Winning Mercent Retail Platform at the SHOP.ORG 2009 Annual Summit
Attendees interested in scheduling time to meet with the Mercent team at the Shop.org Annual Summit at Booth #618 or learning more about Mercent should contact Mercent at 206-832-3924 or email info@mercent.com.
August 25, 2009 Mercent Webinar: Retailers Increase Your Online Revenue and Profit – Intelligently!
In a complementary, one-hour Mercent Webinar, technology veteran Jim Stull, and online retail performance evangelist Cory Nielsen, will discuss the shift in today’s eCommerce landscape and provide attendees with proven, actionable and value-driven ways to increase customer wallet share, online revenues, and profit through intelligent online channel marketing programs.
July 23, 2009 Mercent Releases Q209 Mercent Ecommerce Index Results for Amazon.com; Company Sees 42% YOY Increase in Same Seller Sales
"The Mercent eCommerce Index data clearly shows consumers are more frequently finding and buying from third-party retailers selling on Amazon.com. This is terrific news for Amazon and for our retail clients for whom selling on Amazon through Mercent Retail delivers growth rates that significantly outpace eCommerce analyst expectations and reported industry results." said Eric Best, CEO of Mercent.
July 22, 2009 Mercent First Online Retail Marketing Solutions Provider to Support MultiVariation Product Listings on eBay
"We are delighted to be working with Mercent and others who understand the value of supporting eBay Large Merchant Services APIs and related features of our platform, including multi-variation product listings," said Stephanie Tilenius, Senior Vice President and General Manager eBay North America.
June 25, 2009 Mercent Expands Support of Buy.com Marketplace
"Mercent has been a long-term trusted partner of Buy.com and we’ve found their focus and commitment in delivering high-value retail solutions to our sellers and buyers to be relentless," said Neel Grover, CEO and President of Buy.com.
June 17, 2009 Mercent Honored as Top eBay Technology Innovator at eBay Developers Conference 2009
According to Kumar Kandaswamy, Senior Manager of Platforms at eBay "Third party partners like Mercent are instrumental to eBay’s growing success. We depend upon developers for early product feedback on new API platform products that help to drive innovation and create tools that drive consumer usage across eBay properties. We’re extremely pleased to recognize Mercent as a top award winner for its strong contributions."
June 15, 2009 Mercent Surpasses 100 Customer Mark as Retailers Embrace Company's Online Retail Marketing Platform
Approximately 60% of Mercent’s customers signed in 2009 rank within the top 250 retailers on the Internet Retailer Top 500 list. This includes leading brands Petco, Sur La Table, Abt Electronics and others.
June 11, 2009 Mercent and Shop.org to Sponsor Exclusive Dinner During the 2009 Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition in Boston
In partnership with Shop.org, Mercent will kick-off the event by co-hosting an exclusive networking dinner for enterprise retailers attending IRCE, following IRCE's registration and reception. The cocktail reception and dinner will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 15th.
May 27, 2009 Mercent Announces Native Support for Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Launches New Merchants on Mercent Retail and FBA
"Mercent is pleased to be the first Amazon Certified Integrator to launch complete and turnkey support for the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "Mercent now improves online sales and profits for more than 100 of the world’s largest and most successful retailers, including a growing stable of luxury brands."
March 24, 2009 Mercent Named eBay Certified Provider, Expands Support for eBay Large Merchant Services
"By partnering with Mercent, the extension of Altrec.com’s e-commerce presence onto eBay was predictable and efficient, and we’ve seen promising results," said Kevin Bauer, VP of Business and Product Development for Altrec.com. "Our product pricing, inventory, and merchandising offers are all automatically updated on eBay, resulting in a high-performance eBay presence."
March 5, 2009 Brookstone Selects Mercent for Data-Driven Online Marketing, Generates 20% Holiday Revenue Growth Through the Mercent Shopping Network
"The Mercent team has created a high-performance online marketing solution built on a deep understanding of ecommerce best-practices," said Steve August, Operational Vice-President of Customer Marketing. "The tools and insight provided by the Mercent Retail platform have enhanced Brookstone's performance across several online shopping channels and delivered material performance improvements."
March 3, 2009 Performics Selects Mercent Retail Hosted Software to Increase Client ROI
"Performics has powered comparison shopping engine and marketplace advertising programs for clients for six years, and we expect this partnership with Mercent will provide our clients with even more value and performance-based opportunities," said Doug Kofoid, senior vice president of business services at Performics.
February 3, 2009 Mercent Named to 2009 AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 List
"Mercent is proud to be designated a member of the OnMedia 100 for 2009," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "We've seen great success working with search and interactive marketing agencies to serve the retail vertical. We're always on the lookout for distribution opportunities with new agency partners, and OnMedia NYC is the perfect venue to make those connections."
November 25, 2008 Mercent Launches Enterprise Seller Tools for eBay and PayPal
"We’re extremely pleased with Mercent’s eBay seller tools," said Mark McWeeny, EVP and GM of SmartBargains.com "It’s apparent through our partnership that Mercent has applied the best features and practices of their longstanding retail marketing platform to this exciting new channel."
November 11, 2008 Retail Marketers: Maximize Your 2008 Holiday Results from Online Marketplaces and Shopping Channels
The Mercent Guide helps retailers optimize holiday campaigns across Amazon.com, BizRate, Google Product Search, Microsoft Live Search Cashback, NexTag, PriceGrabber, Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Yahoo! Search Submit Pro, Yahoo! Shopping, and many other online shopping destinations.
October 23, 2008 Bidz.com Selects Mercent to Optimize Online Advertising for Buyz.com Branded Site
"With Mercent Retail, we’ve been able to ramp our number of transactions per day and revenue generated on Buyz.com in only six months of operation," said Leon Kuperman, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Business Development for Bidz.com. "Mercent’s technology provides us additional insight and control necessary to achieve substantial ROI from comparison shopping engines sooner than we expected."
September 30, 2008 L’Occitane USA Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
"Mercent offers L’Occitane industry-leading expertise in building successful ecommerce programs through online marketplaces like Amazon.com," said Matt Kritzer, Director of eCommerce at L’Occitane. "In addition, Mercent’s technology allows L’Occitane to manage and grow our online sales through comparison shopping engines and other shopping destinations."
September 23, 2008 Mercent and YourAmigo Partner to Accelerate E-Commerce Sales for Online Retailers
Mercent announces a strategic partnership with world-leading Organic Search Solutions specialist, YourAmigo, to apply the companies’ complementary online marketing platforms towards helping online businesses attract new traffic and new sales through coordinated organic search and paid online advertising campaigns.
September 15, 2008 Mercent Expands SaaS Application Suite, Integrates Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
"Amazon Web Services helps Mercent provide our retail merchants with a reliable and scalable SaaS offering while minimizing IT operating costs," said Chadwick Hill, Mercent Director of IT Operations. "By securely offloading historical advertising campaign data to Amazon S3, Mercent offers clients and our in-house performance marketing team faster, more efficient campaign performance reporting."
August 6, 2008 Mercent Adds Google Checkout Support to Mercent Retail
"Google Checkout is an important element of our retail clients’ demand generation programs," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "Mercent is pleased to offer our customers expanded insight into and control over online ad campaigns that increase the revenues, profits, and product inventory processed through Google Checkout."
July 24, 2008 Mercent Launches Mercent Retail Paid Inclusion
"Altrec.com selected Mercent Retail Paid Inclusion to gain insight into and control over our paid inclusion programs," said Derek Kershner, Search Marketing Analyst at Altrec.com. "Mercent helps Altrec.com more effectively manage our Yahoo! Search Submit Pro relationship based on the retail metrics that matter most."
April 15, 2008 Mercent Joins Google Product Search Partner Program
"By combining Mercent’s merchandising platform and tools with Google Product Search, we're giving retailers a significant new channel to efficiently drive online sales and brand awareness," says Todd Sherman, VP of Business Development for Mercent.
March 6, 2008 Mercent CEO to Present at Montgomery Technology Conference
"As a hosted advertising service for retail merchants, Mercent operates at the epicenter of software-as-a-service, online advertising, and e-commerce," states Best. "Demonstrated double-digit CAGR* in each of these sectors means Mercent is ideally positioned for high growth."
February 26, 2008 Mercent Joins Coremetrics Connect™ to Optimize Online Marketing Performance
"Mercent's certification as a Coremetrics Connect partner builds upon our successful history working with Coremetrics to serve the online marketing needs of leading retailers," said Todd Sherman, Mercent VP Business Development. "Mercent ensures that merchants' offers are visible and competitive everywhere that shoppers evaluate and purchase products online."
February 5, 2008 1-800-FLOWERS.COM® Picks Mercent
"Mercent demonstrated superior technology and industry-leading talent during our product feed management vendor selection process," said Michael Kildale, Director of Interactive Marketing at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. "We closely evaluated alternatives in the online product marketing space, but Mercent’s capabilities made our decision easy."
January 16, 2008 Mercent Raises $6.5 Million in Series B Financing
The financing was led by TVC Capital and included existing investors Madrona Venture Group and an affiliate of The Hillman Company. In connection with the financing, TVC Capital’s managing partner Steve Hamerslag will join Mercent’s board of directors.
December 4, 2007 Mercent Serves One Billion Targeted Retail Product Ads through the Mercent Shopping Network
The company has successfully delivered more than one billion online retail product ads through the Mercent Shopping Network on behalf of retail merchant clients.
October 24, 2007 Redcats USA Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
Active in 28 different countries, Redcats Group has some thirty catalogues, over one hundred specialty stores and over sixty e-commerce sites. The company has 31 million active customers and generated €4.332 billion Sales in 2006, with 32.1% of sales occurring on line.
September 19, 2007 Mercent Launches Full-Service Performance Marketing Agency for Retail Merchants, Signs GUESS, Inc.
With the addition of advertising spend management and billing services, Mercent Performance now provides retailers a single-contract, single-invoice option for managing ad insertions and billing across more than 50 leading online shopping feed channels.
September 18, 2007 Omniture and Mercent Announce Genesis Integration, Joint Customers
Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMTR) and Mercent have announced Mercent’s integration with the Omniture Genesis Network, helping retail merchants gain and apply more actionable data to advertising campaigns across multiple online channels.
September 17, 2007 Mercent Announces Support for Shopping.com® Cart Program, eBay Express
Mercent is the first shopping channel solution provider to announce full support of Shopping.com’s Cart program, including product syndication through eBay Express. Merchants only pay CPA fees for successful sales processed by the Shopping.com Cart.
September 13, 2007 Buy.com Recognizes Mercent as First Gold Certified Marketplace Integrator
Mercent and Buy.com have announced that Mercent has been certified to provide end-to-end data integration on behalf of Buy.com Marketplace sellers. Mercent is the first company to achieve Gold Certification as a Buy.com Marketplace Platform Integrator.
June 5, 2007 Mercent Announces Mercent Retail Express™, Free Shopping Feed Integration and Validation Services
Data Feed Marketing Program Eliminates Setup Fees, Connects Merchants with Leading Online Shopping Portals
May 23, 2007 Mercent Announces 914% Average Merchant ROAS Through Online Shopping Portals and Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs)
For the period beginning January 1 and ending March 31, 2007, Mercent Performance customers recognized an average return-on-ad-spend (ROAS) of 914% through Cost-per-Click (CPC) shopping portals and comparison shopping engines, increasing by 129% over Q3, 2006 and outperforming the retail industry averages by 247%.
May 8, 2007 Mercent Announces Performance Marketing Services for Shopping Feed Optimization
Leading Retail Merchants Increase Online Revenues, Profit Margins, and Return on Advertising Spend with Mercent Performance.
April 25, 2007 Mercent Announces TrueAttribute™ Technology for Optimizing Product Attributes in Shopping Feeds
Included with the new version of Mercent Retail is Mercent TrueAttribute™ technology, providing retail merchants with simple and powerful tools for optimizing the performance of attribute-based product search across online shopping channels.
March 20, 2007 REI’s Online Performance Climbs with Mercent Retail
In 2007, REI has seen a 38 percent decrease in cost per order (CPO) and a 50 percent increase in return on ad spend (ROAS) using Mercent.
February 21, 2007 Mercent and Coremetrics Announce Strategic OEM Partnership and Joint Customers
Bass Pro Shops Increases Revenues, Profits, and Return on Advertising Spend Through Online Shopping Engines Using Coremetrics Marketplace Powered by Mercent
November 20, 2006 Amazon Veteran Joins Mercent to Drive Service Delivery for Mercent Retail
Brozovich will be instrumental in driving the rapid integration of merchants' line of business systems with the Mercent Retail platform.
October 23, 2006 Levenger Selects Mercent to Increase Online Sales
High-End Retailer Gains Greater Marketing Efficiencies and Complete Integration With Back-End Retail Systems
October 13, 2006 High Growth Online Merchants Select Mercent and OrderMotion to Increase Revenue and Profits
Astral Brands, NIMLI, and World of Bags Join Growing List of Shared Customers
October 2, 2006 Mercent Offers New Retail Content Management Capabilities with Hosted Software Service
Retailers Can Now Make Smarter and Faster Marketing Decisions on Product Offers and Promotions across Multiple Online Channels
September 25, 2006 CommercialWare and Mercent Join Forces To Create Integrated Platform for Profitable Retail Performance Marketing
CommercialWare announced the availability of a joint technology offering that helps merchants generate, capture, and manage consumer demand through online marketing channels.
September 18, 2006 Twenty Five Leading Retailers Partner with Mercent to Maximize Revenues and Profits through Online Marketing Channels
Cutter & Buck, FLAX art & design, and The Right Start Adopt Mercent Retail
May 24, 2006 Mercent Introduces the Retail Industry's First Search Engine Marketing Service to Quantify Keyword Performance by Key Business Metrics
Mercent Retail Analytics Tracks Per-SKU Profitability and Inventory Impact of Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, and Microsoft adCenter Campaigns.
April 18, 2006 Mercent Launches Free Retail Analytics Services for Online Merchants
On-demand Solution Tracks Profitability and Inventory Impact of Online Marketing Channels for Retail Advertisers
April 11, 2006 Mercent Announces Enhanced Retail Software for Pay-For-Performance Online Data Feed Marketing
Mercent Retail helps online merchants maximize product visibility across multiple shopping portals and marketplaces while minimizing advertising costs
April 3, 2006 SHOP.COM Certifies Mercent as Data Integration Provider to Its Marketplace
Mercent First to Achieve Full Certification to Support Merchants in SHOP.COM Marketplace
February 23, 2006 PetSmart Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
February 23, 2006 OrderMotion and Mercent Announce Amazon-Certified Solution to Help Merchants Maximize Sales and Profits from Selling on Amazon
Companies Announce New Retail Clients on the Integrated Platform
September 12, 2005 Celebrate Express Selects Mercent Retail to Promote the Right Products with the Right Merchandising Offers in the Right Online Channels
Leading Online Retailer Taps 100 Million Online Shoppers with Mercent's Merchandising Platform
August 2, 2005 Mercent Announces On-Demand Solution for Online Retail Merchandising
Mercent Retail Helps Brand-Driven Retailers Maximize Sales, Boost Gross Margins, and Increase Merchandising Control through Online Marketing Channels
August 2, 2005 Venda Merchants Tap into 100 Million Shoppers with Mercent Retail Merchandising Solution
Leaders in On-Demand eCommerce and Online Retail Merchandising Offer Integrated Solution to Maximize Sales
July 28, 2005 Specialty Online Retailers Gain Access to Millions of New Online Shoppers through Mercent's Merchandising Platform
HomeCenter.com, FurnitureFind and Football Fanatics See Increased Sales and Merchandising Control in New Online Channels
July 19, 2005 SmartBargains Utilizes Mercent's Online Merchandising Platform to Expand Online Presence
Leading Online Retailer Sees 100 Percent Return on Mercent Investment Within Two Months
February 9, 2005 Mercent Announces Key Customer Wins in Fastest Growing Online Shopping Categories
Online Retailing Solution Connects Merchants with Leading Internet Marketing Channels
January 19, 2005 E-commerce Software Company Mercent Announces Series A Financing
Massive Growth in Online Marketplace Retailing Attracts Madrona Venture Group as Lead Investor
November 8, 2004 GUESS? Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
Leading Global Retailer Selects Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Sales through Amazon.com and Leading Online Shopping Portals
October 13, 2004 Mercent Enables Retailers to Reach New Customers During Highly Anticipated 2004 Holiday Shopping Season
Holiday Promotion Offers Free Merchandising Services and Complimentary Software Upgrade to New Customers
October 5, 2004 Crabtree & Evelyn Selects Mercent to Maximize Online Sales at Amazon.com
Leading National Retailer Deploys Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Online Sales in Rapidly Growing Beauty Category
September 16, 2004 Car Toys Amplifies Online Sales using Mercent Software
Leading National Retailer Selects Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Sales through Amazon.com and Leading Online Shopping Portals
August 3, 2004 Mercent Announces Support for Ten Leading Online Marketplaces
Mercent Commerce System Now Enables Retailers to Reach 100 Million Monthly Shoppers at Amazon.com, AOL Shopping, Shopping.com, Yahoo! Shopping, MSN Shopping, BizRate.com, PriceGrabber.com, NexTag, mySimon, and Froogle
August 25, 2009 Mercent Webinar: Retailers Increase Your Online Revenue and Profit – Intelligently!
In a complementary, one-hour Mercent Webinar, technology veteran Jim Stull, and online retail performance evangelist Cory Nielsen, will discuss the shift in today’s eCommerce landscape and provide attendees with proven, actionable and value-driven ways to increase customer wallet share, online revenues, and profit through intelligent online channel marketing programs.
July 23, 2009 Mercent Releases Q209 Mercent Ecommerce Index Results for Amazon.com; Company Sees 42% YOY Increase in Same Seller Sales
"The Mercent eCommerce Index data clearly shows consumers are more frequently finding and buying from third-party retailers selling on Amazon.com. This is terrific news for Amazon and for our retail clients for whom selling on Amazon through Mercent Retail delivers growth rates that significantly outpace eCommerce analyst expectations and reported industry results." said Eric Best, CEO of Mercent.
July 22, 2009 Mercent First Online Retail Marketing Solutions Provider to Support MultiVariation Product Listings on eBay
"We are delighted to be working with Mercent and others who understand the value of supporting eBay Large Merchant Services APIs and related features of our platform, including multi-variation product listings," said Stephanie Tilenius, Senior Vice President and General Manager eBay North America.
June 25, 2009 Mercent Expands Support of Buy.com Marketplace
"Mercent has been a long-term trusted partner of Buy.com and we’ve found their focus and commitment in delivering high-value retail solutions to our sellers and buyers to be relentless," said Neel Grover, CEO and President of Buy.com.
June 17, 2009 Mercent Honored as Top eBay Technology Innovator at eBay Developers Conference 2009
According to Kumar Kandaswamy, Senior Manager of Platforms at eBay "Third party partners like Mercent are instrumental to eBay’s growing success. We depend upon developers for early product feedback on new API platform products that help to drive innovation and create tools that drive consumer usage across eBay properties. We’re extremely pleased to recognize Mercent as a top award winner for its strong contributions."
June 15, 2009 Mercent Surpasses 100 Customer Mark as Retailers Embrace Company's Online Retail Marketing Platform
Approximately 60% of Mercent’s customers signed in 2009 rank within the top 250 retailers on the Internet Retailer Top 500 list. This includes leading brands Petco, Sur La Table, Abt Electronics and others.
June 11, 2009 Mercent and Shop.org to Sponsor Exclusive Dinner During the 2009 Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition in Boston
In partnership with Shop.org, Mercent will kick-off the event by co-hosting an exclusive networking dinner for enterprise retailers attending IRCE, following IRCE's registration and reception. The cocktail reception and dinner will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 15th.
May 27, 2009 Mercent Announces Native Support for Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Launches New Merchants on Mercent Retail and FBA
"Mercent is pleased to be the first Amazon Certified Integrator to launch complete and turnkey support for the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) program," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "Mercent now improves online sales and profits for more than 100 of the world’s largest and most successful retailers, including a growing stable of luxury brands."
March 24, 2009 Mercent Named eBay Certified Provider, Expands Support for eBay Large Merchant Services
"By partnering with Mercent, the extension of Altrec.com’s e-commerce presence onto eBay was predictable and efficient, and we’ve seen promising results," said Kevin Bauer, VP of Business and Product Development for Altrec.com. "Our product pricing, inventory, and merchandising offers are all automatically updated on eBay, resulting in a high-performance eBay presence."
March 5, 2009 Brookstone Selects Mercent for Data-Driven Online Marketing, Generates 20% Holiday Revenue Growth Through the Mercent Shopping Network
"The Mercent team has created a high-performance online marketing solution built on a deep understanding of ecommerce best-practices," said Steve August, Operational Vice-President of Customer Marketing. "The tools and insight provided by the Mercent Retail platform have enhanced Brookstone's performance across several online shopping channels and delivered material performance improvements."
March 3, 2009 Performics Selects Mercent Retail Hosted Software to Increase Client ROI
"Performics has powered comparison shopping engine and marketplace advertising programs for clients for six years, and we expect this partnership with Mercent will provide our clients with even more value and performance-based opportunities," said Doug Kofoid, senior vice president of business services at Performics.
February 3, 2009 Mercent Named to 2009 AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 List
"Mercent is proud to be designated a member of the OnMedia 100 for 2009," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "We've seen great success working with search and interactive marketing agencies to serve the retail vertical. We're always on the lookout for distribution opportunities with new agency partners, and OnMedia NYC is the perfect venue to make those connections."
November 25, 2008 Mercent Launches Enterprise Seller Tools for eBay and PayPal
"We’re extremely pleased with Mercent’s eBay seller tools," said Mark McWeeny, EVP and GM of SmartBargains.com "It’s apparent through our partnership that Mercent has applied the best features and practices of their longstanding retail marketing platform to this exciting new channel."
November 11, 2008 Retail Marketers: Maximize Your 2008 Holiday Results from Online Marketplaces and Shopping Channels
The Mercent Guide helps retailers optimize holiday campaigns across Amazon.com, BizRate, Google Product Search, Microsoft Live Search Cashback, NexTag, PriceGrabber, Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Yahoo! Search Submit Pro, Yahoo! Shopping, and many other online shopping destinations.
October 23, 2008 Bidz.com Selects Mercent to Optimize Online Advertising for Buyz.com Branded Site
"With Mercent Retail, we’ve been able to ramp our number of transactions per day and revenue generated on Buyz.com in only six months of operation," said Leon Kuperman, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Business Development for Bidz.com. "Mercent’s technology provides us additional insight and control necessary to achieve substantial ROI from comparison shopping engines sooner than we expected."
September 30, 2008 L’Occitane USA Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
"Mercent offers L’Occitane industry-leading expertise in building successful ecommerce programs through online marketplaces like Amazon.com," said Matt Kritzer, Director of eCommerce at L’Occitane. "In addition, Mercent’s technology allows L’Occitane to manage and grow our online sales through comparison shopping engines and other shopping destinations."
September 23, 2008 Mercent and YourAmigo Partner to Accelerate E-Commerce Sales for Online Retailers
Mercent announces a strategic partnership with world-leading Organic Search Solutions specialist, YourAmigo, to apply the companies’ complementary online marketing platforms towards helping online businesses attract new traffic and new sales through coordinated organic search and paid online advertising campaigns.
September 15, 2008 Mercent Expands SaaS Application Suite, Integrates Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
"Amazon Web Services helps Mercent provide our retail merchants with a reliable and scalable SaaS offering while minimizing IT operating costs," said Chadwick Hill, Mercent Director of IT Operations. "By securely offloading historical advertising campaign data to Amazon S3, Mercent offers clients and our in-house performance marketing team faster, more efficient campaign performance reporting."
August 6, 2008 Mercent Adds Google Checkout Support to Mercent Retail
"Google Checkout is an important element of our retail clients’ demand generation programs," said Mercent CEO Eric Best. "Mercent is pleased to offer our customers expanded insight into and control over online ad campaigns that increase the revenues, profits, and product inventory processed through Google Checkout."
July 24, 2008 Mercent Launches Mercent Retail Paid Inclusion
"Altrec.com selected Mercent Retail Paid Inclusion to gain insight into and control over our paid inclusion programs," said Derek Kershner, Search Marketing Analyst at Altrec.com. "Mercent helps Altrec.com more effectively manage our Yahoo! Search Submit Pro relationship based on the retail metrics that matter most."
April 15, 2008 Mercent Joins Google Product Search Partner Program
"By combining Mercent’s merchandising platform and tools with Google Product Search, we're giving retailers a significant new channel to efficiently drive online sales and brand awareness," says Todd Sherman, VP of Business Development for Mercent.
March 6, 2008 Mercent CEO to Present at Montgomery Technology Conference
"As a hosted advertising service for retail merchants, Mercent operates at the epicenter of software-as-a-service, online advertising, and e-commerce," states Best. "Demonstrated double-digit CAGR* in each of these sectors means Mercent is ideally positioned for high growth."
February 26, 2008 Mercent Joins Coremetrics Connect™ to Optimize Online Marketing Performance
"Mercent's certification as a Coremetrics Connect partner builds upon our successful history working with Coremetrics to serve the online marketing needs of leading retailers," said Todd Sherman, Mercent VP Business Development. "Mercent ensures that merchants' offers are visible and competitive everywhere that shoppers evaluate and purchase products online."
February 5, 2008 1-800-FLOWERS.COM® Picks Mercent
"Mercent demonstrated superior technology and industry-leading talent during our product feed management vendor selection process," said Michael Kildale, Director of Interactive Marketing at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. "We closely evaluated alternatives in the online product marketing space, but Mercent’s capabilities made our decision easy."
January 16, 2008 Mercent Raises $6.5 Million in Series B Financing
The financing was led by TVC Capital and included existing investors Madrona Venture Group and an affiliate of The Hillman Company. In connection with the financing, TVC Capital’s managing partner Steve Hamerslag will join Mercent’s board of directors.
December 4, 2007 Mercent Serves One Billion Targeted Retail Product Ads through the Mercent Shopping Network
The company has successfully delivered more than one billion online retail product ads through the Mercent Shopping Network on behalf of retail merchant clients.
October 24, 2007 Redcats USA Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
Active in 28 different countries, Redcats Group has some thirty catalogues, over one hundred specialty stores and over sixty e-commerce sites. The company has 31 million active customers and generated €4.332 billion Sales in 2006, with 32.1% of sales occurring on line.
September 19, 2007 Mercent Launches Full-Service Performance Marketing Agency for Retail Merchants, Signs GUESS, Inc.
With the addition of advertising spend management and billing services, Mercent Performance now provides retailers a single-contract, single-invoice option for managing ad insertions and billing across more than 50 leading online shopping feed channels.
September 18, 2007 Omniture and Mercent Announce Genesis Integration, Joint Customers
Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMTR) and Mercent have announced Mercent’s integration with the Omniture Genesis Network, helping retail merchants gain and apply more actionable data to advertising campaigns across multiple online channels.
September 17, 2007 Mercent Announces Support for Shopping.com® Cart Program, eBay Express
Mercent is the first shopping channel solution provider to announce full support of Shopping.com’s Cart program, including product syndication through eBay Express. Merchants only pay CPA fees for successful sales processed by the Shopping.com Cart.
September 13, 2007 Buy.com Recognizes Mercent as First Gold Certified Marketplace Integrator
Mercent and Buy.com have announced that Mercent has been certified to provide end-to-end data integration on behalf of Buy.com Marketplace sellers. Mercent is the first company to achieve Gold Certification as a Buy.com Marketplace Platform Integrator.
June 5, 2007 Mercent Announces Mercent Retail Express™, Free Shopping Feed Integration and Validation Services
Data Feed Marketing Program Eliminates Setup Fees, Connects Merchants with Leading Online Shopping Portals
May 23, 2007 Mercent Announces 914% Average Merchant ROAS Through Online Shopping Portals and Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs)
For the period beginning January 1 and ending March 31, 2007, Mercent Performance customers recognized an average return-on-ad-spend (ROAS) of 914% through Cost-per-Click (CPC) shopping portals and comparison shopping engines, increasing by 129% over Q3, 2006 and outperforming the retail industry averages by 247%.
May 8, 2007 Mercent Announces Performance Marketing Services for Shopping Feed Optimization
Leading Retail Merchants Increase Online Revenues, Profit Margins, and Return on Advertising Spend with Mercent Performance.
April 25, 2007 Mercent Announces TrueAttribute™ Technology for Optimizing Product Attributes in Shopping Feeds
Included with the new version of Mercent Retail is Mercent TrueAttribute™ technology, providing retail merchants with simple and powerful tools for optimizing the performance of attribute-based product search across online shopping channels.
March 20, 2007 REI’s Online Performance Climbs with Mercent Retail
In 2007, REI has seen a 38 percent decrease in cost per order (CPO) and a 50 percent increase in return on ad spend (ROAS) using Mercent.
February 21, 2007 Mercent and Coremetrics Announce Strategic OEM Partnership and Joint Customers
Bass Pro Shops Increases Revenues, Profits, and Return on Advertising Spend Through Online Shopping Engines Using Coremetrics Marketplace Powered by Mercent
November 20, 2006 Amazon Veteran Joins Mercent to Drive Service Delivery for Mercent Retail
Brozovich will be instrumental in driving the rapid integration of merchants' line of business systems with the Mercent Retail platform.
October 23, 2006 Levenger Selects Mercent to Increase Online Sales
High-End Retailer Gains Greater Marketing Efficiencies and Complete Integration With Back-End Retail Systems
October 13, 2006 High Growth Online Merchants Select Mercent and OrderMotion to Increase Revenue and Profits
Astral Brands, NIMLI, and World of Bags Join Growing List of Shared Customers
October 2, 2006 Mercent Offers New Retail Content Management Capabilities with Hosted Software Service
Retailers Can Now Make Smarter and Faster Marketing Decisions on Product Offers and Promotions across Multiple Online Channels
September 25, 2006 CommercialWare and Mercent Join Forces To Create Integrated Platform for Profitable Retail Performance Marketing
CommercialWare announced the availability of a joint technology offering that helps merchants generate, capture, and manage consumer demand through online marketing channels.
September 18, 2006 Twenty Five Leading Retailers Partner with Mercent to Maximize Revenues and Profits through Online Marketing Channels
Cutter & Buck, FLAX art & design, and The Right Start Adopt Mercent Retail
May 24, 2006 Mercent Introduces the Retail Industry's First Search Engine Marketing Service to Quantify Keyword Performance by Key Business Metrics
Mercent Retail Analytics Tracks Per-SKU Profitability and Inventory Impact of Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, and Microsoft adCenter Campaigns.
April 18, 2006 Mercent Launches Free Retail Analytics Services for Online Merchants
On-demand Solution Tracks Profitability and Inventory Impact of Online Marketing Channels for Retail Advertisers
April 11, 2006 Mercent Announces Enhanced Retail Software for Pay-For-Performance Online Data Feed Marketing
Mercent Retail helps online merchants maximize product visibility across multiple shopping portals and marketplaces while minimizing advertising costs
April 3, 2006 SHOP.COM Certifies Mercent as Data Integration Provider to Its Marketplace
Mercent First to Achieve Full Certification to Support Merchants in SHOP.COM Marketplace
February 23, 2006 PetSmart Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
February 23, 2006 OrderMotion and Mercent Announce Amazon-Certified Solution to Help Merchants Maximize Sales and Profits from Selling on Amazon
Companies Announce New Retail Clients on the Integrated Platform
September 12, 2005 Celebrate Express Selects Mercent Retail to Promote the Right Products with the Right Merchandising Offers in the Right Online Channels
Leading Online Retailer Taps 100 Million Online Shoppers with Mercent's Merchandising Platform
August 2, 2005 Mercent Announces On-Demand Solution for Online Retail Merchandising
Mercent Retail Helps Brand-Driven Retailers Maximize Sales, Boost Gross Margins, and Increase Merchandising Control through Online Marketing Channels
August 2, 2005 Venda Merchants Tap into 100 Million Shoppers with Mercent Retail Merchandising Solution
Leaders in On-Demand eCommerce and Online Retail Merchandising Offer Integrated Solution to Maximize Sales
July 28, 2005 Specialty Online Retailers Gain Access to Millions of New Online Shoppers through Mercent's Merchandising Platform
HomeCenter.com, FurnitureFind and Football Fanatics See Increased Sales and Merchandising Control in New Online Channels
July 19, 2005 SmartBargains Utilizes Mercent's Online Merchandising Platform to Expand Online Presence
Leading Online Retailer Sees 100 Percent Return on Mercent Investment Within Two Months
February 9, 2005 Mercent Announces Key Customer Wins in Fastest Growing Online Shopping Categories
Online Retailing Solution Connects Merchants with Leading Internet Marketing Channels
January 19, 2005 E-commerce Software Company Mercent Announces Series A Financing
Massive Growth in Online Marketplace Retailing Attracts Madrona Venture Group as Lead Investor
November 8, 2004 GUESS? Selects Mercent to Expand Online Sales
Leading Global Retailer Selects Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Sales through Amazon.com and Leading Online Shopping Portals
October 13, 2004 Mercent Enables Retailers to Reach New Customers During Highly Anticipated 2004 Holiday Shopping Season
Holiday Promotion Offers Free Merchandising Services and Complimentary Software Upgrade to New Customers
October 5, 2004 Crabtree & Evelyn Selects Mercent to Maximize Online Sales at Amazon.com
Leading National Retailer Deploys Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Online Sales in Rapidly Growing Beauty Category
September 16, 2004 Car Toys Amplifies Online Sales using Mercent Software
Leading National Retailer Selects Mercent Commerce System to Maximize Sales through Amazon.com and Leading Online Shopping Portals
August 3, 2004 Mercent Announces Support for Ten Leading Online Marketplaces
Mercent Commerce System Now Enables Retailers to Reach 100 Million Monthly Shoppers at Amazon.com, AOL Shopping, Shopping.com, Yahoo! Shopping, MSN Shopping, BizRate.com, PriceGrabber.com, NexTag, mySimon, and Froogle