/ E-Retailers

American Greetings outlines its future plans for PhotoWorks

American Greetings Corp. expects to close its acquisition of PhotoWorks Inc. by the end of January. When the deal is complete, PhotoWorks will become a part of AG Interactive. American Greetings will acquire PhotoWorks for approximately $26.5 million.

Posted 12/28/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

American Greetings buys Webshots online photo service for $45 million

Multi-channel greetings card retailer and manufacturer American Greetings Corp. is adding to its stable of online retail sites with the acquisition of the photo-sharing and shopping site Webshots from CNET Networks Inc.

Posted 10/26/2007Don DavisPost a comment

/ Marketing

Online shopping portal Ebates gets a new head of sales and marketing

Markus Mullarkey has joined Ebates as senior vice president of sales and marketing. Ebates is the 9th largest online shopping portal, according to traffic rankings from comScore Networks.

Posted 07/18/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

A behind-the-scenes data decision drives web sales at Micro Warehouse

MicroWarehouse.com has expanded product offerings from 30,000 SKUs to 130,000 in the last four months, one result of expansion of an agreement with CNET Channel to provide product data for the additional SKUs.

Posted 07/30/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

BestBuy.com seeks to become the entertainment content king

Taking the approach that the more information a shopper has the more likely that shopper is to buy, BestBuy.com has launched Best Buy Entertainment that provides entertainment and game content to visitors to the web store.

Posted 10/17/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Peapod Mulls Takeover

Troubled Internet grocer Peapod, Skokie, Ill., is weighing takeover offers from United Parcel Service, rival HomeGrocer.com and Netherlands-based Royal Ahold, according to CNET news. Earlier this month, Peapod suffered a one-two punch when investors withdrew an anticipated $120 million in funding after CEO William Mallory resigned for undisclosed health reasons. Peapod, which has steadily lost money since its 1989 startup despite building a...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Digging out Content

Product info is gold to retailers, but finding it is challenging

Posted 09/30/2003Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Press Release

CNET Channel Distributes Windows Vista Product Information to Aid Online Retailers in Maximizing Sales

CNET Channel delivers essential product information about Windows Vista Certified products to Online Retailers Aug. 22, 2007 -- CNET Channel in collaboration with Microsoft provides a program for online retailers, which enables their consumers to quickly identify Windows Vista compatible products. With two distinct logos, products are identified as “Certified with Windows Vista” and “Works with Windows Vista”. The CNET Channel Windows Vista Logo...

Posted 08/30/2007