Ziff Davis, the tech publishing company based in NY, has been adding to its audience base by using ad targeting and e-commerce. Now it is acquiring Focus Research, expanding into lead gen for the enterprise IT space. Focus Research will be re-branded as "Ziff Davis B2B Focus", highlighting Ziff [Full Story…]
Jersey City Company Launches Pet Products Site Wag.com
July 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
The same Jersey City, NJ company, Quidsi, that has been moving into online retail with Soap.com, BeautyBar.com and Diapers.com, has launched it's fourth installation with Wag.com, a site geared towards simplifying the lives of pet owners. The site launched with more than 10,000 items in its [Full Story…]
AHAlife Offers Curated, Niche Products Online
July 4, 2011 at 1:03 pm
The New York Times recently featured startup AHAlife, a NY company that has a new take on e-commerce, arguing that the Internet has taken away the thrill of discovery when it comes to shopping and aims to do something about it. The new site offers niche products suggested by a number of "trendsetter [Full Story…]
Brooklyn Online Retailer Pleads Guilty to Charges
May 13, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Vitaly Borker, the online eyeglasses seller who was arrested in November 2010 for threatening, menacing and lying to customers in order to increase the search ranking for his website, DecorMyEyes.com, has plead guilty in a Federal Court in NY to two counts of sending threatening communications, one [Full Story…]
Send The Trend Raises $3 Million in Series A Funding
May 3, 2011 at 1:18 pm
NY startup Send The Trend has announced that it raised $3 million in a Series A funding in a round led by Battery Ventures and with participation from several angel investors. The e-commerce site that, according to TechCrunch, "brings personalization to the world of fashion accessories," will also [Full Story…]
NY’s Paddle 8 to Launch May 18th with Online Art Exhibitions
May 1, 2011 at 10:24 am
Paddle 8, the newest startup to focus on internet art sales, is planning to go live on May 18th and will focus on online exhibitions viewable by anyone. The catch, however, is that buyers must register and create a profile. To do so requires either a self-nomination, in which applicants are vetted [Full Story…]
NY Shopping Sites Combine Personalization and Social Media
April 23, 2011 at 3:13 pm
WingTipIt, Send the Trend and Fashion Stake are just a few of the NY based social shopping startups that are storming the Internet. Each one has its own twist and aim to make online shopping more personal than the department store experience. However, Forrester research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru [Full Story…]
Ideeli May Be Ready For IPO
March 3, 2011 at 9:25 am
The Street recently went to the headquarters of luxury online flash sample sale site Ideeli and interviewed CEO Paul Hurley. The New York-based company, whose competitors include Gilt Groupe, currently has 2.6 million users which it expects to rise to 4 million by the end of the year. The company [Full Story…]
Black Friday Expanding Into Thanksgiving Day
November 25, 2010 at 10:05 am
The holiday shopping season seems to be undergoing an expansion as retailers sense a new opportunity in millions of consumers being home today for Thanksgiving, according to UPI. In an article from the wire service, Kevin Mansell, chairman and CEO of Kohl's says "its going to be a very competitive [Full Story…]
SalesClark Launches in Beta Today
October 5, 2010 at 12:11 pm
NYConvergence ORIGINAL NYC startup SalesClark LLC today announced that it has launched the public beta version of SalesClark, an automated, free Web application that uses artificial intelligence to act as shopping assistant for users who are looking to buy desktop or laptop computers. The [Full Story…]
NYC Startup Works With NFL Player to Sell Peanut Butter Online
June 25, 2010 at 11:48 am
Shaun Phillips, a linebacker with the San Diego Chargers, has opened a for-charity online store with the help of NYC startup OpenSky. The store sells one item, NuttZo, his favorite peanut butter. The startup lets celebrities, bloggers, and other "taste-makers" sell high-end products they [Full Story…]
Meetup Focuses on Tech Savvy Fashion
March 24, 2010 at 10:16 am
NYConvergence ORIGINALby: Amy BerryhillThe Fashion 2.0 meetup, held last night at the W New York in midtown, brought together designers, marketers and developers to promote and discuss the use of online tools in the world of fashion. Speakers on the panel represented different areas of the fashion [Full Story…]
Barnes & Noble Upshift Lynch to CEO
March 21, 2010 at 11:45 am
Barnes & Noble's President William Lynch is being promoted to CEO, replacing Steve Riggio, who is remaining as vice chairman. Lynch has been with the company since February 2009 and has helped to launch the Nook and strengthen the company's e-commerce platform. ForbesPrevious:> [Full Story…]
Author Turns to E-Commerce to Augment Revenue
March 18, 2010 at 7:11 am
With advances and acquisitions shrinking, authors have turned to the internet to raise their revenues. Agents are reporting that advances for non-celebrity writers are down 50% from where they were in the past few years and, in order to combat this, authors are exploring some unconventional methods. [Full Story…]
Fandango to Scan Mobile Tickets at Angelika
March 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Fandango is launching a new service allowing users to purchase tickets online and then send them to their cellphones via text or multimedia message. The bar code on the cellphone will then be scanned onscreen at the theater, thereby circumventing at-home ticket printing. The service is being put [Full Story…]
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