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Groupon expands further internationally by acquisitions and has followed up their Citydeal takeover now with majority investments in the Russian Darberry and Japanese Qpod. So reported the Wall Street Journal . Continue Reading »

Amazon wants to raise the bar on the online fashion world just as Zappos has done ( acquired by Amazon in 2009). Responding to talk show host Charlie Roses question on what Amazon is currently working on, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos responded: Continue Reading »

Price competition is not always the be-all and end-all, and this goes especially for fashion. As a consequence, the online market for fashion can be roughly divided into two large segments. Beyond the bargain hunters there is more than enough room for novel sales models. Continue Reading »

Following the recent shutdown of Dealstreet, penny auction pioneer Swoopo continues to downsize: First one CEO left , then a second . Now the long time CFO is also heading out in the direction of 1-2-3.tv (German press release ). But even before that, evidently a whole lot of other managers have needed to bow out. Furthermore, Swoopo is not active in South Korea anymore. Continue Reading »

Lessons learned from the much anticipated IPO of British online supermarket Ocado: If you impose exceedingly optimistic expectations on the market these days, you will still have an excellent chance to hit an above average valuation. With the side-effect however, that the share price will then tank (Ocado slumps on stock market debut): Continue Reading »

Next generation online supermarkets are currently taking form in the US, in the style of Amazon, Zappos and the like. After Alice.com, (see The Business Model from Alice.com), Soap.com also launched last week. With 5 years of experience with Diapers.com and a healthy cash buffer, Soap.com wants to change the way people think about the retailing of sundry items. Continue Reading »

How much is an online supermarket like the British Ocado worth, when they can raise revenues of 427 million pounds (2009) but can barely turn a profit? In the run up to a planned IPO, last weeks proclaimed valuation of over a billion pounds met with a healthy amount of scepticism: Continue Reading »

Two weeks before its 6th birthday, Woot! has been taken over by Amazon. (See very appropriate video announcement). Though it didnt work out with Threadless (GE/EN), Woot! has now joined with the likes of Zappos as one of Amazons subsidiaries: Continue Reading »

Reuters is spreading the rumour that Dress-for-less is for sale: Buyout firm Palamon Capital Partners is selling online fashion retailer Dress for Less as it looks to return money to investors ahead of a fundraising later this year, people familiar with the situation said. Continue Reading »

What is coming after the current conventional shop systems? Google is following a very interesting e-commerce strategy which at the current time concentrates more on individual shopping components (search, checkout, product database, etc.) rather than on an integrated shopping solution. Continue Reading »