/ Marketing

Q4 e-mail delivery rate rises to nearly 97%, Digital Impact says

E-mail messages sent by retailers hit their targeted inboxes 96.7% of the time in the fourth quarter, leading all industry segments, Digital Impact reports.

Posted 04/15/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Consumers embrace speedier web access, but ISPs disgaree on what fast means

The number of home users accessing the Internet through broadband has increased 9% in six months, comScore reports. But the speed of access varies by as much as threefold.

Posted 04/28/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment

From free to gone: Kmart wants to sell its BlueLight ISP to United Online

Kmart Corp. announced that United Online Inc. has agreed to pay $8.4 million for Kmart’s BlueLight Internet access service. The sale is subject to federal bankruptcy court approval.

Posted 10/11/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

Kmart’s BlueLight.com says its ISP service generates profits, subscribers

BlueLight says it tripled the number of subscribers to its ISP service this week with a single ad in a Kmart printed circular. Its ease of building subscribers is generating profits and cross-marketing opportunities, BlueLight says.

Posted 08/23/2002Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

BlueLight.com beefs up its ISP offering

With no increase in monthly fees, BlueLight.com is doubling the mailbox size for users of its Internet access service and upgrading its support of e-mail programs.

Posted 04/30/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

BlueLight improves ISP registration with phone bill option

BlueLight’s ISP is helping to drive even more customers to the service and onto the web site by offering a new option to allow payment via phone bill.

Posted 11/09/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

BlueLight and Kmart launch new ISP, drop former free service

BlueLight Unlimited cuts monthly rates and offers points toward service with purchases at BlueLight.com.

Posted 07/30/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Fingerhut hopes to lure buyers with low-cost Internet access

Fingerhut is hoping to increase its online sales by making low-cost high-quality Internet access available to its customers.

Posted 04/03/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment