Zappos & Amazon – Happy News For All

Posted on July 28, 2009. Filed under: Start Up | Tags: , , , , , |

I had been asked a few times over the last week about my thoughts on the Zappos transaction.  I think this is a great story for innovation and startups.  Zappos started in a space many believed you could not transact online: selling shoes without people trying them on… Of course, as the world has grown [...]

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Black Friday Shopping

Posted on November 30, 2008. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , , , , |

I just read an initial report out of ComScore indicating this year’s Friday retail e-commerce numbers were up slightly over last year.  Online, nontravel e-tailer sales grew 1% for the day to $534MM from $531MM last year.  For the month of November, retail e-commerce sales were down 4% from last year’s numbers.  The National Retail [...]

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