Geerlings & Wade Deregisters Stock
No longer seeing the benefits of being public, Canton, MA-based wine maketer Geerlings & Wade on Sept. 30 filed documents with the Securities & Exchange
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RedEnvelope Goes Public
San Francisco-based gifts marketer RedEnvelope on Sept. 24 offered 2.2 million shares to the public at $14 per share. WR Hambrecht + Co underwrote the
Live from Shop.org: Lands’ End, Sears Integration “Remarkably” Smooth
New York–Shop.org attendees who sat in on the Thursday morning keynote speech of Sears, Roebuck & Co. chairman/president/CEO Alan Lacy hoping to hear
Yahoo! Unveils Comparison-Shopping Function
Internet portal Yahoo! on Sept. 23 enhanced its shopping section to include a comparison-shopping function. Yahoo! Product Search uses algorithmic search
Survey: Order, Shipping Verification Top Online Concerns
(Direct Newsline) E-mail order verification and shipping confirmation were the most important features on a consumer e-commerce site, according to a new
NRF Projects Robust Holiday Sales Growth
The National Retail Federation (NRF) projects a 5.7% increase in holiday sales this year, with U.S. consumers spending $217.4 billion.
Survey: Web Marketers Investing in Improvements
In its latest Mystery Shopping Study, conducted to coincide with the back-to-school selling period, Chicago-based e-commerce consultancy The E-tailing
Report: Spiegel Hid Crucial Financial Data
Publicly traded cataloger/retailer Spiegel hid information about its shaky financial state for more than eight months, according to a report issued Friday.
Store Closings Result in Sales Decline at FAO
Second-quarter net sales tumbled 49% at King of Prussia, PA-based FAO, the parent company of toys cataloger/retailer FAO Schwarz, children’s products
Garden Botanika Returning to Retail
Two years after its sale to St. Louis-based manufacturer Schroeder & Tremayne, Garden Botanika is reentering the retail market. The Redmond, WA-based