Will Kelkoo’s Sale Spur a Turn-Around?

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Yahoo! sold Kelkoo today for a mere €100M – a fifth of what it paid in 2004 to acquire it (€475M). Beyond Yahoo’s internal issues and ability to absorb a large entity, a few fundamental issues have plagued Kelkoo and its likes (Shopping.com, PriceGrabber.com, etc.). Kelkoo and other first-generation ...

Invest in Recommendation, Search, and User-Generated Content to Boost Retail Website

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The State of Retailing Online report for 2008 is an in-depth look at the top online retailers’ priorities and opportunities to strengthen and differentiate their websites. According to Sucharita Mulpuru, Senior Retail Analyst from Forrester Research, who wrote the report, “online retailers are finding that their best investment efforts are ...