22 Dec 2000
Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online games retailer Gameplay reported strong year-on-year sales growth yesterday, prompting its share price to leap by 11.5% this morning.
The company said revenues for the half year ended January 31 were expected to exceed 40m in spite of current technology market trends ...
19 Dec 2000
Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online retailer eToys.com is understood to be looking for a buyer after warning that its Christmas sales will be well below expectations.
The company, which is based in Santa Monica, California, expects its third-quarter sales to be between 120m and 130m, after forecasting ...
27 Nov 2000
shop.
Former chairman Howard Dyer, who retired in October, talked to venture capitalist firm ...
22 Nov 2000
| by Gordon MacMillan
The UK’s largest online pet store has closed its e-commerce operation and has been put up for sale...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK’s largest online pet store has closed its e-commerce operation ...
investment capital and run out of operating cash. PetsPyjamas.com is one of a number of online companies run ...
shop is now closed but we hope you enjoy the rest of the Pets Pyjamas site.”
Launched in October 1999 ...
10 Nov 2000
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
into design and online advertising, while retaining its independence and the spirit that makes it one ...
08 Nov 2000
US internet retailer Pets.com is the latest online venture to crash after it failed to find funding...LONDON (Brand Republic) – US internet retailer Pets.com is the latest online venture to crash after it failed to find funding or a merger partner.
The company is likely to be best remembered for the star of the company’s US TV advertising campaign, a floppy-eared, sock-puppet dog, which is now being ...
27 Oct 2000
to launch in the UK in November, and shops are taking orders in advance from customers determined to buy one ...
17 Oct 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble has joined up with Yahoo! to offer free internet access in the US.
As well as internet access, the service will allow customers to buy books online and will include Yahoo!’s email and instant messaging services.
Shares in Barnes & Noble ...
12 Oct 2000
| by Louise Banbury
Online CD retailer Boxman.com has shut down its website and ceased trading....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online CD retailer Boxman.com has shut down its website and ceased trading.
The company, which was backed by investors including Suggs from the band Madness, has called a creditors’ meeting and is seeking to go into voluntary liquidation.
Tony Salter, Boxman’s chief executive ...
29 Sep 2000
| by DEBORAH BONELLO
huge adspend will be the focus.
Competition Comparative shopping services such as Ybag, Kelkoo and Pricerunner all shop around for the consumer but searches are based on price rather than the characteristics ...