/ E-Retailers

E.W. Scripps eyes alternatives for Shop At Home Network

After a poor financial performance in 2005, Scripps is exploring strategic alternatives for Shop At Home Network, its TV and web retailing unit.

Posted 02/03/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

AmericanGreetings.com acquires BlueMountain.com

Cleveland-based American Greetings Corp.’s online subsidiary AmericanGreetings.com has acquired BlueMountain.com from Excite@Home for $35 million in cash.

Posted 09/14/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

Upromise names George Bell as CEO

Former Excite@Home chairman and CEO joins rebate company that features more than 70 online retailers in its network.

Posted 06/25/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

FairMarket launches web outlet center

FairMarket Inc. is launching a new Outlet Center service to spread discount, clearance, auction and other dynamic pricing offerings by retailers on the web.

Posted 02/26/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Technology

Discover Card and Excite@Home launch a one-stop e-commerce solution for merchants

Discover Business Services, a division of Discover Financial Services Inc., today announced a partnership with Excite@Home to launch DiscoverEstores, a one-stop e-commerce and payment processing solution for merchants. Discover Business Services will market this end-to-end solution to its more than 3.6 million merchant locations to enable them to establish an Internet presence and begin accepting and processing online payments in as little as 24...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

/ Technology

Exciting Freetailer Debuts

Excite@Home, Redwood City, Calif., has unveiled Freetailer, an e-commerce storefront service that enables users to create and manage a fully functioning store on the Internet at no cost. Through a "straightforward" interface that requires no upfront investment, Freetailer allows its customers to leverage the benefits of Excite's shopping services. Freetailer's features include 25 megabytes of storage space, which enables placement of thousands of...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Toysrus.com hits $23 million in third quarter

Toysrus.com reported net sales of $23 million for the third quarter compared with $5 million for the same period last year. "Our new co-branded Toysrus.com/Amazon.com web site is up and running well in time for the Holiday season, and we feel more confident than ever that combining our brand name and merchandising expertise with Amazon's proven Internet expertise and distribution capability will make us the long-term global leader for toys,...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

FindWhat.com and Excite@Home provide promotional and affiliate services to Excite Freetailer merchants

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment