Feed Editor Lite 27 May 2009 18:53:05 GMT en Minutes from MSA’s Florida and South Atlantic Chapters’ spring meetings have been posted to MuseumStoreAssociation.org. Go to the chapter home page and select your chapter from the pull-down menu to read them. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:34 GMT http://www.museumstoreassociation.org/chapters/chapters.cfm 4D515042-2C47-4C02-8C95-0F94D019D01E One new position has been posted to Job Source – MSA’s online resource for the most up-to-date job listings in the cultural commerce industry. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:34 GMT http://www.museumstoreassociation.org/JSClass/jsearch.cfm 042CFCB8-9DA9-4067-96D5-8D8F3752C460 Let's talk about four trends that we see shaping innovation in the near term, and how you should respond. The rules of the game are changing quickly, and companies that take advantage of these trends give themselves an almost unfair advantage over the slow-footed or unaware. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:34 GMT http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/jun2009/ca2009062_631431.htm C69C44F0-BD16-4C4E-9305-575F91A18B6C With a day of events planned and more than 2,000 guests expected, the National World War II Museum 900 miles away in New Orleans simultaneously celebrated its own anniversary. Opened in 2000 as a D-Day museum, a year before the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, the museum now operates on an $10.8 million annual operating budget and has plans for a $300 million expansion. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:34 GMT http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/new_orleans_world_war_ii_museum_finds_tourism_niche/16599/ E7FC6D31-A1FE-4C33-BAF0-C576FE494986 With the new credit card bill potentially making plastic an option for fewer people — including those under age 21 and those without good credit — e-commerce retailers are offering more alternative payment methods, which are becoming more and more attractive when shopping online. There are a wide variety of options available, from online cash payment and billing services to prepaid cards, including eBillMe, Bill Me Later, PayPal, Bill2Phone and GreenDot. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:33 GMT http://www.dmnews.com/Top-Tips-Make-alternative-payments-work-for-your-e-commerce-site/article/138078/ 718D147A-D418-4BF5-A129-523C6FA6C8CF CSS, Flash, jQuery, and an arsenal of other powerful Web techniques and technologies have unbound Web site design, creating the opportunity to develop either exceptional user interfaces or really frustrating ones. Furthermore, the growth of "cookie-cutter" e-commerce templates (i.e., “insert your logo here”) has quelled site concepts with great potential and made some e-commerce pages as bland and tasteless as a paper-mâché popsicle. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:33 GMT http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1131-Web-Design-Tips-The-Laws-of-Ecommerce-Navigation-Design 23037EA5-F069-49C0-AF5F-EF6892E37E63 Retailers send more e-mail than almost any other industry, according to Forrester Research Inc., but to get the most out of marketing e-mail, they need to drill down into why different consumers subscribe, and craft campaigns accordingly. According to Forrester's report, "Why consumers subscribe to retail e-mails," most consumers now have a long history of receiving e-mails—seven years, on average—and they expect more from them than before. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:33 GMT http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=30676 B7479A6D-EFFA-4CDC-BC7A-1E8DA49705AC The biggest challenge confronting marketers is how to deal with the Meineke mind-set consumers have adopted as a result of the recession. The syndrome is named after the discounter that for years ran a campaign featuring fed-up car owners declaring, "I'm not going to pay a lot for this muffler!" What was an annoying slogan has morphed into a mantra as shoppers insist now they are not going to pay a lot for (insert product here, from soup to soap to shoes). 10 Jun 2009 19:42:33 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/business/media/03adco.html?_r=2&ref=business E665A38F-F708-4D2F-B8F8-2261496B7C89 U.S. consumer spending fell in April from March, despite personal income posting the largest increase in 11 months, a government report said on Monday, showing activity in the second quarter getting off to a slow start. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:32 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/pressReleasesMolt/idUSTRE5502TE20090601 715827DD-2E53-473A-B91F-EF3D40CB6783 After just a few months of relief at the pump, cheap gasoline is disappearing. Gas prices have risen 41 days in a row, to a national average of almost $2.62 a gallon. That is a sharp increase from the low of $1.62 a gallon that prevailed at the end of last year. The national jump in prices, far larger than the normal seasonal increase, is pulling billions of dollars from the pockets of drivers. It threatens to curtail a modest recovery in consumer spending on items like apparel and electronics. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:32 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/business/09gas.html?_r=3&ref=business 8441725C-C94F-4E1E-951B-028EF1E2D7C6 Retailers routinely post customers’ product reviews online, hoping that favorable comments will boost sales. But there’s a more powerful influence on shoppers that retailers have yet to harness: the advice of friends. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:32 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204038304574149191666838018.html FD5D96EB-45AA-4C32-A347-399BED2B11FC Merchants and retailers would be able to negotiate with banks to reduce costs associated with credit card purchases, according to legislation introduced on by lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:32 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5536NJ20090604 2C4F13C9-6A20-472D-A74B-987ABF56A718 As students study for final exams, the retail industry is gearing up for its biggest test so far this year -- the back-to-school shopping season. After cutting costs to cope with slack consumer demand during the recession, retailers hope the economy will start to recover in the second half of the year. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:31 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE55711P20090608 7120BA27-78DE-43BC-B3FC-038FC81F610B President Obama is now two-for-two in making somewhat unorthodox choices for the top spots in the agencies that help set and fund the nation's cultural agenda. After recently tapping Rocco Landesman, a Broadway producer and theater owner, to head the National Endowment for the Arts, Obama picked a longtime former Republican congressman, Jim Leach of Iowa, to head the National Endowment for the Humanities. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:31 GMT http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/06/obama-humanities-appointment.html 63D51EBA-7870-4168-9E6F-816A6FBF4ACD The work of one of the most famous architects in history is coming to the masses -- in miniature. Lego is introducing two new building sets that are models of Frank Lloyd Wright works. Adam Reed Tucker is the Lego designer. 10 Jun 2009 19:42:31 GMT http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/wright.lego.sets.2.1031074.html BD16BBF0-7A5F-4D06-A021-A89CB40CC0FE 27 May 2009 18:53:05 GMT 2510081D-7805-4083-BEE1-65FAC590D69A