/ E-Retailers

Borders.com sells a disappointing $11.9 million in its first full quarter

Technical glitches and lower-than-expected traffic contributed to the shortfall. Borders no longer expects the e-commerce unit to break even this year, but says the site has been stabilized and kiosks tied to Borders.com have been rolled out to stores.

Posted 11/26/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

RealNetworks tallies game deals with Mattel, King.com and Lifetime TV

RealNetworks has inked online casual and skilled games development and marketing deals with Mattel, Lifetime Television and King.com. The parent of RealArcade also is offering access to Sodoku.com, the popular sequential number brainteaser.

Posted 07/25/2007Bill BriggsPost a comment

Social networking raises stakes of the game business for Big Fish Games

By offering its My Game Space social networking site as a way for customers to interact with other online gamers and earn cash rewards, e-retailer Big Fish Games Inc. has attracted more than a half million new customers since September, Big Fish says.

Posted 02/09/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

New effort designed for shoppers to treasure Amazon

Amazon.com has launched a new marketing effort, an international “online treasure hunt,” which it hopes will introduce its tens of millions of customers to some of the newer shopping experiences on the web site.

Posted 08/02/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Sharper Image’s web sales slip 4% in June while total sales fall 9%

Sharper Image’s Internet sales in June were down 4% from June 2004 to $6.7 compared to $7 million. Total company sales for the month were down 9% to $46.1 million compared to $50.8 million in the previous year.

Posted 07/07/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

U.S. Auto Parts Network launches redesigned site

Order status and revised access to its product catalog at PartsTrain.com are among the new features in a redesigned USAutoParts.com, U.S. Auto Parts Network said today.

Posted 04/20/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment