Via the WebWord mailing list is this comparison of Sears.com and Dell.
The focus of the article is on “seducuble moments&rdquo, which the author describes as opportunities for offering the customer additional products. There are no big surprises, but I found it interesting nonetheless:
If someone were coming to the site interested in buying a refrigerator, what would they [sic] most likely want to do first: (1) apply for credit or (2) find the right refrigerator? It struck us as odd that there was a way to apply for the financing, but no way to explore if the right refrigerator was on the site. […]