We’ve recently posted two more interviews on the Ecommerce Podcast site: One with Patrick Colletta of PC Universe and one with Raj Lahoti of Online Guru.

PC Universe are an online store with a large catalog (tens of thousands of products). This brings their own set of challenges. Patrick gives us a background on the company, the technologies they’re using and talks about the difficulties of maintaining accurate product descriptions for tens of thousands of products.

Online Guru’s main site is DMV.org - the unofficial guide to the DMV. In the interview with Rajhe talks about how he started the company with his brother and how they’ve grown it to be one of the most popular sites in the US. It’s a fascinating story of a young entrepreneur who has a wealth of opportunities ahead of him.

This week SLI Systems will be visiting Miami, FL and Boston, MA as the last two cities in the ExactTarget Route 1 to 1 seminar series.

For more information on this event and to register visit the Route 1 to 1 site.

I spotted a new customer of ours, Central Vacuum Stores, blogging about their powerful new search. I’m always pleased to see a happy customer.

This week SLI is exhibiting at the New Zealand Retailers Association eCommerce Seminar Series being held in Christchurch on July 2nd and Auckland on July 3rd.

This week SLI Systems will be visiting Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA as part of the ExactTarget Route 1 to 1 seminar series.

For more information on the various cities and to register visit the Route 1 to 1 site.

We had a great time at the Internet Retailer Conference last week in Chicago. It is very stimulating talking to so many people, including online retailers, industry experts, and the other vendors. SLI sponsored the opening reception on the Monday night and we gave away a MacBook Air (from our Cupertino neighbor, Apple) - this created a lot of interest. The winner was Shirley Tan of American Bridal. Conincidentally Shirley is an existing customer of SLI Systems. She was very happy to win the laptop.

This week SLI Systems will be visiting the OC, Orange Country, CA as part of the ExactTarget Route 1 to 1 seminar series.

For more information on the various cities and to register visit the Route 1 to 1 site.

Next week we’re traveling to Chicago for the Internet Retailer Conference. We’re exhibiting at booth #655 (near the front of the exhibit hall).

We’re also hosting a series of presentations with our partners - CORESense, PowerReviews, WebLinc, ExactTarget, Trinity Insight, and DMinSite will demonstrate how their leading technologies along with SLI Systems advanced site search and navigation solutions can help your ecommerce site jump to the next level.

If you would like to find out more or to request a meeting please visit our Partner Solution Zone page.

Today we’re announcing that Spencer’s and its sister company, costume retailer Spirit Halloween are using our Learning Search and Site Champion services. Spencer’s sells humorous gifts and Spirit Halloween sells costumes.

The two e-commerce sites (the company also operates brick-and-mortar locations around the country) see their biggest traffic around Halloween and Christmas. It’s important that we are able to handle these seasonal spikes to ensure that their customers can always find just the right products.

Jay Greenberg, director of ecommerce for Spencer’s, had been an SLI customer at his previous position at Franklin Electronics, and was so happy with our service that he advocated using us at his new company. We’ve seen this several times - when individuals move companies. For me this underscores the importance of ensuring that our customers receive the best service that they can.

You can read more details about Spencer’s and its choice of SLI here: Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween Improve Customer Experience on the Web Using Learning Search and Site Champion From SLI Systems.

This week SLI Systems will be visiting Toronto, ON and Minneapolis, MN as part of the ExactTarget Route 1 to 1 seminar series.

For more information on the various cities and to register visit the Route 1 to 1 site.