All the articles of January, 2008

Jan 30, 2008 ThisNext and StyleFeeder got funding
Good week for social shopping: StyleFeeder gets another $2M in Series A According to Mashable, “StyleFeeder has seen some significant growth on both its main website and its Facebook application, which has reportedly become the largest shopping app on Facebook. [...] Given the amount of integration StyleFeeder has already included in its shopping features, as [...]
Jan 24, 2008 Kelkoo launches new brand and store navigation
As the 2nd iteration of our renewed Kelkoo site, we launched today new Brand and Store directories on the .DK, .IT and .FR sites. To be followed on all Kelkoo sites in the next couple of days. The Brand and Store directories can be reached from the global navigation – where “Brands” and “Stores” tabs [...]
Jan 15, 2008 “Moteur de shopping”, a new french blog focused on shopping engines
I’ve just discovered Moteur de shopping, a new french blog focused on shopping engines. It is written in French, and mostly covers the French news. Launched in December 07, there are already some interesting articles in it, the latest one being a comparative analysis of the way French shopping engines are covering January sales. For [...]
Jan 12, 2008 Get statistics on Google Checkout activity with Google Checkout Trends
One thing I find really amazing with Google is its ability to tight together its different products. Latest example: Google Trends now provides statistics based on the activity on Google Checkout. As explained on Google Checkout blog: Many of you are aware of Google Trends, the handy tool that enables you to track and compare [...]
Jan 09, 2008 TheFind introduces local shopping
Mid-december, TheFind improved its already impressive shopping search, by adding local shopping capacities. If you are US-based, you can register to TheFind, indicate your town / state / zip code, and get near-by local presence of online stores. TheFind doesn’t have access to real-time inventory of those local stores; but by displaying their phone number, [...]
Jan 07, 2008 2008 predictions for local shopping
SearchEngineLand has published its predictions for the evolution of local in 2008, with a note concerning local shopping: Though it’s uneven and not always accurate, the depth and volume of product inventory information online is gaining. There have been tremendous strides over the past couple of years and this year should see local inventory information [...]
Jan 03, 2008 Want to buy a social shopping site?
Posted on TechCrunch forums, here is an announce to sell Dealbundle, a social shopping / couponing site. The starting bid is 1500$, and of course the auction is posted on eBay. The concept of the site is pretty straightforward (registered users can submit shopping deals that are sorted by popularity and ratings), but it is [...]
Jan 01, 2008 Christmas ’07: comScore announces +19% YoY on online spendings
comScore has published its US numbers concerning the Christmas season: comScore [...] released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending for the first 57 days of the 2007 holiday season (November 1 – December 27). Nearly $28 billion has been spent online during the season-to-date, marking a 19-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year. [...]