Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Drugstore.com starts a push for overseas sales | InternetRetailer.com

Drugstore.com, will use E4X’s FiftyOne Global Ecommerce Solution to expand sales internationally. Drugstore.com expects to sell in 34 countries before year's end.

“International shoppers are streaming to U.S. e-commerce web sites to buy virtually all categories of consumer products, and for good reason,” says Michael DeSimone, CEO, E4X. “The low U.S. dollar means they’re going to save significantly—as much as 40% in some instances—even when shipping costs, import tariffs, and taxes are included.”

InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Rising gas prices and tightened budgets have US consumers using the Internet to save money while shopping online and off | InternetRetailer.com

Visits to online coupon sites increased 56% year-over-year for the week ending June 6, with Coupons.com receiving the largest market share at 29%, according to Hitwise. Coupon Mountain and Eversave accounted for 14% and 16% of visits, respectively, during the same period.

Also for the week ending June 6, U.S. visits to comparison shopping sites increased 51% year-over-year, while U.S. visits to discount retailers increased 25% and to traditional department stores increased 15%, Hitwise says.

InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Wednesday, July 9, 2008

It's Official: There Is No Bubble - ReadWriteWeb

So, it is official - there is no bubble in public Internet stocks... According to ReadWriteWeb. There might be in private valuations, but that is almost impossible to analyze accurately without access to hard data on late stage VC valuations.

ReadWriteWeb analyzes the financials of the 7 publicly traded Internet Big Cos and of the "middle 20" (publicly traded web technology stocks with a market cap over $1 billion), here's the wrap-up:

It's Official: There Is No Bubble - ReadWriteWeb

iPhone 3G is the largest consumer electronics launch in History …

Turns out the hyperbolic press release with which Apple announced the iPhone 3G’s first sales numbers today may have been more of an understatement than overstatement. Because iPhone 3G’s stunning opening weekend may go down in the books as the largest consumer electronics launch ever.


Read full story at AllThingsDigital.

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