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eBay decides to take on Overstock instead of Amazon

eBay yesterday outlined a strategy of focusing more on selling excess and out-of-season inventory. The company is backing off competing with online retailers of in-season merchandise like Amazon, analysts say.

Posted 03/12/2009Don DavisPost a comment

/ Technology

Liquidator Genco launches new direct-to-consumer e-commerce site

The logistics and liquidation company has formally launched its own e-commerce site, NoBetterDeal.com. It will sell new and like-new products such as televisions, laptops, iPods and other electronics, video games, furniture, tools and sports equipment.

Posted 03/05/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Hilco makes a bid for CircuitCity.com

Hilco Trading Co. Inc., which teamed with Gordon Brothers Brands LLC to buy the intellectual property of Linens ‘N Things, including its web site, is bidding to acquire the Circuit City name and web site, a Hilco executive tells Internet Retailer.

Posted 02/17/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Newegg tops Amazon in customer satisfaction, as eBay slips

Satisfaction with online retail dropped one point, but e-retailers maintained a wide lead over the online travel and brokerage sectors in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index survey by the University of Michigan and ForeSee Results.

Posted 02/17/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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After failing to find a buyer or more capital, Circuit City will unplug

The multi-channel retailer, which filed for bankruptcy in November, asked a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for permission to begin liquidating the company’s assets, including closing its remaining 567 U.S. stores.

Posted 01/16/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Technology

How a class project quickly turned into a deal-of-the-day e-retail site

It began as a student project at Northern Illinois University. With the help of a wholesaler of overstock goods and online retailing technology vendors, UWantSavings.com came to life in a few months, and with an upfront investment of just $100,000.

Posted 12/02/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Returns guarantee service Assurz files for bankruptcy

Reporting assets of $427,364 and liabilities of more than $5.2 million, Assurz Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

Posted 07/02/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Assurz tells retailers its returns service is no more

Home improvement e-retailer eImprovement and other merchants have been scrambling to remove the Assurz logo from their sites after a sudden notice on Friday from Assurz Inc. that it was terminating its third-party returns and refund service.

Posted 06/03/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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