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• Overstock.com site among the 50 most-visited in U.S.

  - 2004-10-13

  Salt Lake-based online closeout retailer Overstock.com said Tuesday its Web site is among the top 50 most-visited in the country. According to comScore Media Metrix, Overstock.com was the 48th most-visited site in August, up from 117th in August of 2003. The site received 10.97 million domestic visitors in...

  Tags: comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, Overstock.com Inc., Retail

• Brick-and-Mortars Post Big Holiday Online Gains

  - 2000-12-11

  Call it revenge of the brick and-mortar retailers. Though the busiest week of the holiday shopping season is still ahead, early results find traditional retailers eclipsing many pure plays in securing site traffic. An insignificant Web threat last holiday season, the brick-and-mortars have posted a 67 percent gain in...

  Tags: Branding, comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, MARKETING, NetRatings Inc., Retail, Toys R Us Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• J.C. PENNEY WEB SITE RETAINS ITS VISITOR LEAD IN OCTOBER.

  - 2000-12-04

  NEW YORK-J.C. Penney's Web site received the largest number of unique visitors to home furnishings sites again in October, retaining its lead among all major retailers in the category. Internet surfers also spent the longest amount of time at the Penney site, 21...

  Tags: BlueLight, comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, J.C. Penney Co. Inc., K Mart, MARKETING, Retail, Web

• Changing hats - edaflow Corp. founder Tim Cobb

  - 2000-12-01

  RelevantKnowledge founder Tim Cobb launches b-to-b site for apparel industry Tim Cobb has changed hats a few times over the past four years. At age 35, he felt he had hit a glass ceiling. So, he left his job as vice president of business ventures at Turner Original Productions...

  Tags: B2B, comScore Media Metrix, e-business, E-business/E-commerce, INTERNET, manufacturer, Retail, revenue

• Number of Heavy Online Shoppers to Increase Nearly 300 Percent This Holiday Season, According to Jupiter Research

  - 2000-11-13

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 13, 2000 Media Metrix Audience Trend Shows End of Summer 2000 Resembles Holiday Season 1999; This Year, More Consumers Comfortable with Purchasing Shoes and Clothing Online -- Items They Traditionally Prefer to See, Touch, or Try on Twelve-Month...

  Tags: Company, comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, Jupiter Research, Retail

• BizRate.com Notches Up Media Metrix Rankings to Become the Eighth-Most-Visited Shopping Site on the Web

  - 2000-07-07

  Business Editors LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--July 7, 2000 BizRate.com, the Web's largest open shopping marketplace, has emerged as one of the titans of e-commerce, staking its claim as the eighth-most-visited(1) shopping site on the Web, according to recently announced May 2000 Media Metrix rankings. By contrast, just...

  Tags: BizRate, comScore Media Metrix, E-business/E-commerce, INTERNET, MARKETING, Retail, Web

• THE HITS KEEP ON COMMIN' HFN'S EXCLUSIVE TOP 10 RANKING OF HOME SITES BASED ON UNIQUE VISITORS.

  - 2000-06-26

  jcpenney.com 5,323,000 Supported by a sound fulfillment infrastructure, J.C. Penney has been lauded for taking a proactive e-commerce stance. The retailer sells an estimated 200,000 items every day online. What's more, the chain projects e-commerce sales will climb to ...

  Tags: comScore Media Metrix, e-business, Retail, SALES, Sears Roebuck & Co., Web

• Online Shopping Clicks In.

  - 1998-12-16

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 17 -- ATLANTA -- This holiday season, it's not the crowds at the mall, it's the crowds in front of the computer that shoppers must contend with. The Web has emerged in 1998 as the year of...

  Tags: America Online Inc., comScore Media Metrix, INTERNET, MARKETING, Office Depot Inc., Retail, SALES, Web