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Game show host Howie Mandel will play the lead in Buy.com ads

Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal, will appear in a series of ads for Buy.com over the next two years. The first television commercial featuring Mandel will air nationally this month.

Posted 11/29/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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BlueFly.com signs marketing deal with “Project Runway” reality TV series

Bluefly.com is teaming up with Bravo TV’s “Project Runway” to give the show’s winning designer an exclusive opportunity to sell the creations on its web site, which features designer brands and fashion trends.

Posted 11/08/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Scholastic wants to throw the book at premature Harry Potter distributors

In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Chicago in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Scholastic is suing Infinity Resources Inc., which operates DeepDiscount.com, and Levy Home Entertainment LLC for violating the book’s embargo agreement.

Posted 07/20/2007Don DavisPost a comment

Harry Potter pre-orders at Amazon reach 1 million

Barely three months since it started accepting pre-orders for the next Harry Potter book, Amazon.com Inc. reports that customers have already placed orders for 1 million books.

Posted 05/10/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

‘Sex and the City’ meets ‘The Price is Right’ at Shop.com

Shop.com has launched a virtual shopping game called Cart Me Away, designed to test online shoppers’ shopping expertise and pricing knowledge.

Posted 05/02/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

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How ABCVacuumWarehouse.com assures customers are seeing page content

Even if web servers are up and running, other problems can prevent site visitors from seeing page content, says Richard Baccus, owner of ABCVacuumWarehouse.com. So he uses a fail-safe system to assure customers are seeing what they’re supposed to see.

Posted 10/23/2003Paul DemeryPost a comment

Firm Sprinting to Deliver "Harry Potter"

CitySprint 1 800 DELIVER, which provides same-day delivery services, estimates that between 4,000 and 6,000 copies of the children's book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" will be delivered in New York City through orders placed online at barnesandnoble.com. CitySprint 1 800 DELIVER will have a staff of one hundred couriers dedicated to this special operation to ensure on-time delivery, the company says. The much-anticipated book will be...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Spiegel.com zooms in on sales

Spiegel has been pleased enough with the zoom technology at Spiegel.com that allows customers to vie the details of products that it plans to offer zoom on 500 items by fall.

Posted 04/30/2002Internet RetailerPost a comment