Online Jewelry Store

Objectware Inc, a custom eCommerce and web development company, announces the release of a specialized eCommerce solution focused on affording small to medium sized businesses the same quality and reliability that was once available only to large players in the online shopping cart arena. In addition to the release of the small-business shopping cart core package, several high tech value-added module s are also available, enhancing functionality without breaking the bank.

This solution was designed specifically for small to medium sized business owners attempting to take their business online and sell their products and services to an online audience. Retailers searching for a shopping cart that will offer an efficient system to manage and promote products online, integrate seamlessly with the look and feel of their existing website, provide secure online transactions and maintain stability in a high-traffic environment can now turn to Objectware for an affordable solution.

Diana O'Connell the fifth girl sent home from The CW's 'Top Model 8'

The nine remaining runway wannabes competing on the eighth season of The CW's America's Next Top Model were transformed into men for their photo shoot during the sixth episode of the series. When it was over, Diana Zalewski, a 21-year-old college student from Garfield, NJ who was one of two "plus-sized" models in the competition, was the fifth finalist eliminated. .

Cancer and cosmetics

Without a trace of makeup, her blond hair usually cinched in a ponytail, the former organic farmer and health-food store clerk from Vancouver scrupulously avoids preservatives and pesticides in her food. She was also tested last year by researchers collecting proof of toxic chemicals in the body. But what she discovered shocked her -- her clean-living body was distressingly polluted with heavy metals and PCBs. .

SHOPPING: Magazine compares Sam's Club, Costco

Consumer Reports examined the nation's two biggest warehouse clubs -- Sam's Club and Costco -- to determine which one best deserves consumers' membership dollars.

The magazine's findings -- based on data from reader surveys, expert interviews, its own shopping at both clubs, and price comparisons with competitors -- revealed higher overall scores to Costco for groceries, electronics, small appliances and eyeglasses.

Sam's Club's return policies for electronics are rated more generous; at Sam's, customers have six months to return a computer and can return anything else anytime. At Costco, customers have 90 days to return most electronics and can return anything else anytime. Club membership can pay off. Among the tips offered in the May 2007 issue of Consumer Reports: Stick to a list and compare club prices for big-ticket items to those of other retailers by going online.

Mobile Phones and Designer Clothing Brands Top First Quarter 2007 ...

OZtion, Australia's second largest online auction site (http://www.oztion.com.au), has today announced record results for the first quarter of 2007, with more than 1.4 million Australian visitors in March 2007.

The top five product categories by sales revenue for March 2007 were: 1) women's clothing and accessories, 2) jewellery and watches, 3) mobile phones, 4) crafts, and 5) homeware and garden items.

It's the convenience, stupid

Every month 61 per cent of the population or nearly two thirds of us visit a Tesco store, Clubcards a-flashing. Yet Tesco's supremacy, total though it may seem, is a recent phenomenon. It is only twelve years ago, in 1995, that Tesco surged past its traditional rival Sainsbury to become Britain's leading supermarket group by market share. Tesco's pre-tax profits were then well below £1bn, a figure it hit for the first time in 2000, but since then growth has taken off exponentially helped by rapid expansion overseas and into non-food, online shopping, banking and insurance. Last year Tesco made profits of £2.5bn and TNS research shows its market share as more than 31 per cent, nearly double that of its nearest competitors, Sainsbury and Asda.

So how has it been done? Tesco's magic ingredient is a closely knit team of executives led by Sir Terry Leahy who in 1993 dedicated themselves to one simple thought - listen to the customers and give them what they want.