Etail Conferences
| Etail | |
|---|---|
| Genre | E-commerce |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Various |
| Inaugurated | 1999 |
| Patron(s) | Antony Welfare |
| Organised by | WBR |
| People | Antony Welfare |
| Member | Retail Potential |
| Website | |
| www.etailsuccess.com | |
| Ref: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Retail-Handbook-Helping-Potential/dp/190772236X | |
Etail Conferences is a series of several regional, annual business conferences organized by Worldwide Business Research (WBR) for e-commerce professionals. Etail events feature lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and meetings. Etail is a sub-category of eCommerce (electronic commerce) that deals with online retail. Etail is exclusively related to trading of physical goods through a website with storefront such as a marketplaces.[1]
Etail is any of several regional, annual business conferences organized by Worldwide Business Research (WBR) for e-commerce professionals. eTail events feature lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and meetings.
WBR hosted the first Etail conference in New York City in 1999. WBR, a subsidiary of the PLS Group, organizes business conferences internationally.
The attendance at the first eTail conference impelled WBR to start an eTail conference in the Western United States, as well as in six other countries: Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. The host city for each regional conference may change annually.
WBR did not coin the word e-tail or its variant, etail. E-tail is a portmanteau of the words electronic and retail (cf. email). The earliest documented use of this word as a common noun occurred in 1995.[2]
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The term "Etail" is derived from "Electronic Retail", but instead of calling it e-Retail, people tend to drop the R. Etail is a new word, not to be treated as an acronym.
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References
- ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Retail-Handbook-Helping-Potential/dp/190772236X
- ↑ "e-tail". m-w.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 12 August 2013.