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Optimism up among online retailers, Shop.org speakers say

With more than three-fourths of online retailers reporting year-over-year sales growth of 30% or more during the 2005 holiday season, optimism is up to over 80% of e-retailers, according to a Shopzilla research study.

Posted 01/24/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Shopzilla’s Davis joins board at Loyalty Labs

Davis, who oversaw Shopzilla’s acquisition by E. W. Scripps last year, is named to Loyalty Lab’s board as the on-demand provider of customer loyalty solutions positions itself for growth in 2006.

Posted 01/09/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

Shopzilla and Shopping.com battle it out for the top of comparison site

With 14.998 million unique visitors, Shopzilla.com barely edged out Shopping.com, with 14.801 million unique visitors, as the largest comparison shopping site on the Internet in September, Nielsen/NetRatings reports.

Posted 10/28/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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John Phelps becomes president of Shopzilla; Chuck Davis moved to chairman

John Phelps has been named president of comparison-shopping site Shopzilla, succeeding Chuck Davis, who has been named chairman. Davis was president and chief executive officer of Shopzilla when it was acquired by The E.W. Scripps Co. in June.

Posted 08/29/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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New Shopzilla site lets visitors play with new technology

Comparison shopping site Shopzilla.com has set up a web site—zLabs.shopzilla.com—that will allow visitors to test new technology it has under development to improve online shopping.

Posted 06/22/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

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E.W. Scripps to buy Shopzilla

Shopping comparison site Shopzilla is being acquired by The E.W. Scripps Co. Scripps, which will pay $525 million in cash, says it is “moving to capitalize on the rapid growth and rising profitability of specialized Internet search businesses.”

Posted 06/06/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Early-morning shoppers spend more than other shoppers, says new study

Web stores are available 24 hours a day, so consumers shop at them 24 hours a day. A survey just out from Shopzilla Inc. reports that late shoppers buy more and are more affluent than the general population of online shoppers.

Posted 12/10/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

Online shoppers are a fourth of the way through their shopping, survey says

Shopzilla polled consumers who made purchases on the web over the three-day Thanksgiving weekend and found that they had already completed 25% of their holiday buying. 47% say they plan to do all of their shopping on the Internet.

Posted 11/30/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment