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Ritz Camera goes bankrupt, but it’s business as usual for Ritz Interactive

Ritz Camera Centers Inc. has filed for bankruptcy, but any impact on online retailer Ritz Interactive is minimal, says chief marketing officer Andre Brysha.

Posted 02/23/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Technology

Ritz speeds up page loads and reduces server load with web accelerator

Ritz Interactive wanted to make sure its web customers didn’t have to wait for pages to load, so it began using a web accelerator. The system has reduced Ritz’s server load by 50%, lowered bandwidth use by 20% to 50% and reduced download times by 20%.

Posted 07/08/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Integrated chat and e-mail at Ritz Interactive lifts service and sales

Ritz Interactive looks to InstantService to improve its response to customer queries – and gets a 50% sales increase to boot.

Posted 06/06/2008Bill BriggsPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Ritz Interactive snaps up a 30% increase in online revenue for Q1

Online sales at Ritz Interactive Inc. rose 30% to $25 million for the first quarter of 2008 from $19.3 million a year earlier as more consumers upgraded to more sophisticated digital cameras, the retailer says.

Posted 04/03/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Q4 online sales rise 22% at Ritz Interactive

Online merchandise sales at Ritz Interactive rose 12% year-over-year to $111 million in 2007, but Q4 sales rose 22% with help from a PayPal promotion. Ritz operates more than 15 retail sites serving photography, boating and fishing markets.

Posted 01/11/2008Don DavisPost a comment

/ Marketing

A tweak here and a tweak there boosted holiday sales for online merchants

A promotion with PayPal, adding a comparison shopping engine, a more focused search marketing campaign—such changes helped some online merchants post solid holiday sales gains. Now e-retailers focus on generating post-Christmas traffic.

Posted 12/27/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Niche e-retailers capitalize on innovation and market opportunities

Niche e-retailers take different routes to their specialties. NetShops.com started with one web site and built up to 150. Ritz Interactive was formed by a former Kodak film processing lab executive after the bottom dropped out of the photo industry.

Posted 06/07/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Ritz e-commerce sales grow 32% in Q3

For the quarter, Ritz reported e-commerce revenue of $19.9 million vs. $15.1 million in Q3 2005. Camera buyers moving up to more expensive models helped to account for the increase in sales, the company says.

Posted 10/18/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment