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Local Search Engine Krillion Launches with Dedicated Appliance Search

Authored by Peter Krasilovsky on February 7, 2007 - 11:45am.
Krillion, a startup with deep pockets from Hummer Winblad, launched the first iteration of its “localized search engine” today. The highly attractive, ad-supported service is kicking off with a dedicated appliance search. The next wave of localized searches will include seasonal appliances, consumer electronics, and lawn & garden.
tags: Internet | Advertising | Online Publishing | Tech | Commerce | Search | Retail | Local | Shopping |

Report: "Cyber Monday" Sales Set Single-Day E-Commerce Record

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2006 - 2:56pm.
Reston, Va. - Online retail sales on "Cyber Monday," the first Monday after Thanksgiving, came in better than expected this year, according to new figures from comScore Networks.
tags: Internet | Marketing | Metrics | Commerce | Retail | comScore | Sales | Revenue | Shopping | Holidays |

"Cyber Monday" Online Shopping Fails to Live Up to Hype

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2006 - 2:21pm.
San Francisco - "Cyber Monday," a term coined a year ago by the National Retail Foundation to refer to online shopping done on the first day back to work after Thanksgiving, appears this year to not have lived up to hype pushed by retailers and the media alike.
tags: Internet | Marketing | Metrics | Commerce | Wal-Mart | Amazon | Retail | Shopping | Cyber Monday | Holidays |

Hitwise: Nintendo Wii More Popular Online Than iPod And PS3

Authored by Bill Tancer on November 28, 2006 - 1:24pm.
The stats are in for the much-hyped Cyber-Monday and compared to Cyber-Monday in 2005, the Hitwise Retail 100 Index is up 13.3% for yesterday (11/27/06). As we've seen for the fourth year running (as represented in the chart below), Thanksgiving Day remains the peak day for retail traffic in market share of visits.
tags: Marketing | Metrics | iPod | Commerce | Nintendo | Search | Wii | Consoles | PS3 | Retail | Shopping | HitWise |

Google Checkout Update - Visits up 158% Last Week

Authored by Jay Baage on November 28, 2006 - 8:55am.
The following is a blog entry from LeeAnn Prescott at Hitwise: Here's a quick update on Google Checkout, which I posted about last week. The market share of visits to Google Checkout was up 158% for the week ending 11/25/06 versus the week ending 11/18/06. ToysRus, which is showing the $10 off $30 purchase offer on the home page, was the leading site sending traffic to Google Checkout, accounting for 24% of its upstream visits for the week ending 11/25/06. Google is making a huge effort to sign up users during the busiest online shopping period of the year, and the $10 off $30 purchase appears to be working. While it still has a long way to go to catch Paypal in terms of visits, Paypal's lead was cut in half in just one week: last week I reported that Paypal's market share was 96X Google Checkout for the week ending 11/18/06 - this week Paypal was 38X Google Checkout in terms of market share.
tags: Internet | Payments | Metrics | Commerce | Retail | Shopping | HitWise | Google Checkout | LeeAnn Prescott |

Spotlight: Like.com Invigorates Crowded Online Shopping Sector with Visual Search

Authored by Scott Goldberg on November 28, 2006 - 5:59am.
It takes guts to willingly join a market as crowded as the online shopping space, which Riya's offspring Like.com did at the beginning of November. Online shopping has exploded in 2006. According to Patti Freeman Evans, an analyst with JupiterResearch, online sales will reach $100 billion dollars this year for the first time, and will constitute 6% of total merchandise sales this holiday season. Riya co-founder and CEO Munjal Shah said he loves crowded spaces. "That's where the money is. That's why they're crowded."
tags: Internet | Tech | Commerce | Search | Retail | Riya | Shopping | Scott Goldberg | Spotlight | Like.com |

Report: U.K. Online Holiday Shopping Increases by 50%

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2006 - 10:57am.
London - According to the latest report by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), the value of goods sold over the Internet increased by 50% in the U.K. during the holiday period. More than $34.3 billion worth of goods were sold online in the U.K. for the entire year, an increase of 34% over the previous year and up from just $1.4 billion in 2000. The IMRG said the figures were a sign of the growing power of the Internet in the retail sector and predicted the trend would continue. "We are forecasting that Internet sales will rise by another 36% this year to around $46.4 billion," said IMRG spokesman James Roper. Online sales currently account for about 10% of all retail sales in the U.K.
tags: Internet | Reports | U.K | Holiday | Shopping |

Fashion, Shopping Site Glam.com Launches With $11 Million in Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 20, 2005 - 9:13am.
Huntington Beach, Calif. -- Glam Media on Tuesday announced the launch of Glam.com, an entertainment website that combines fashion content with online shopping, and features editorial staffers from Vogue, In Style, Elle, Harper's and The New York Times. Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Glam Media raised $11 million in venture capital to launch the site, from investors including Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvertson, Walden Venture Capital and Information Capital. In addition to fashion news and articles, the site will feature over 10,000 products, and direct links to the sites of more than 60 retail partners including Bloomingdales, Macy's, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.
tags: Launches | Website | Fashion | Funding | Shopping | Glam.com |

Report: Online Gaming More Popular Than Shopping In Asia-Pacific Region

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2003 - 6:26am.
Framingham, Mass. -- In Asia-Pacific countries, more people are going online to play games than to shop, according to a report released by market research firm IDC Research. A survey of 3,600 Internet users across China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore found that over the past year, the number of online gamers has eclipsed the number of online shoppers in each country. In China, 43 percent of those online play games, compared to only 16 percent who said they shop. "It is a remarkable milestone to have the number of online gamers surpassing online buyers in several countries within one year," said IDC analyst Chin Jun Fwu.
tags: Games | Internet | Reports | Shopping | Popular | Asia-Pacific |