The volume of sales at Internet retailers held steady Friday compared to last year, despite the worsening economic outlook and signs U.S. consumers are cutting back on spending. read more » DiscussBury
"Microsoft has agreed to acquire a Connecticut-based research company called Greenfield Online, which runs both a website called Ciao for European comparison shoppers and an online survey system..." read more » DiscussBury
Erick Schonfeld reports on a new feature launch by Amazon - Product Ads - which lets anyone purchase cost per click ads that show on product search result pages. read more » DiscussBury
Gizmodo has a fascinating article on how technology product manufacturers use an insidious form of spam and how in the end, this spam is self-defeating. read more » DiscussBury