The troubled bookstore has stopped taking orders on its website, as it seeks to raise money to see it through the Christmas period.

Take part in Adobe’s future of online customer experience survey and you’ll get a copy of the results — and the chance of winning an iPod Touch in our exclusive InternetRetailing.net prize draw.

In the spirit of Christmas, fun, charity – not to mention a level of post-conference ‘therapy’, we’re pleased to announce (drumroll) the inaugural InternetRetailing/ BeringerTame eCommerce Charity Pub Quiz.

An eBay seller survey has found that 79% of the respondents who have a bricks-and-mortar presence as well as an online sales function say the introduction of online retailing has saved their business rather than hampered it.

The online offy has won a drinks industry award for it’s home-grown age verification and anti-fraud measures.

A third of internet retailers have seen visitor numbers drop by an average of 24% since the Royal Mail strikes began and two-thirds have seen a fall in revenues averaging nearly 30%.

Videos of the presentations made during the Internet Retailing 09 conference are now available to view on the post-event website.

A new EU study has identified widespread problems with the refusal of orders from EU consumers trying to order goods online from another EU state.

Online sales grew by only 1.9% month-on-month in September, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, although sales are still up 7.6% on a year ago.

The fashion etailer grabbed four awards, including the peer-voted Online Gold Award, while Sainsburys and Ocado picked up two each.

The vast majority of online retailers believe postal strikes will discourage consumers from shopping online in the run up to Christmas, according to a membership poll by trade body IMRG.

To round off the conference season, Internet Retailing will be heading to Monaco next week for the EMOTA/Shop.org Global eCommerce Summit. Join us for our panel, and as an IR.net subscriber you can also get 33% off the price.

The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium show that sales were 11.9% higher in September 2009 compared to a year ago, compared to an overall retail sales increase of only 2.8%.

Delegates and visitors to Internet Retailing 09 tomorrow are invited to our not-to-be-missed after-show party — simply pop by the Bazaarvoice, Coremetrics, Endeca or Stibo stands to pick up your ticket.

With the threat of a strike by Royal Mail workers set to disrupt Christmas deliveries, 75% of UK businesses say they are considering dropping Royal Mail altogether— what are you planning to do?

With the looming threat of widespread industrial action at Royal Mail you may want to pay more attention than usual to delivery-related presentations and exhibits at Tuesday’s Internet Retailing 2009 conference and exhibition…

According to the latest Red Flag early warning system report from insolvency specialists Begbies Trainer, a strong online offer could make all the difference to surviving the recession.

Amongst the 45 companies taking part in the Internet Retailing 09 exhibition next Tuesday there will be new product launches from HookLogic and AT Internet plus new research findings from RightNow Technologies and Webloyalty.

Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have all agreed to take the platform at this year’s a4uexpo London event, representing the first time they have collectively talked to the UK’s £4bn affiliate community.

Alongside the Internet Retailing conference (to be held in London on October 13 — you have put it in your diary, haven’t you?) there are also nine workshops which are free to attend — but you need to register beforehand to be sure to get in. Here we look at how three of them might help you…