Hints and tips:
...It’s important to note that the Almunia links (to rival price comparison sites Supaprice, Kelkoo and Shopzilla) are still paid for through an auction, but the minimum offer price has been reduced....
...PriceGrabber, Shopzilla and Yahoo Shopping have become an established part of the e-commerce landscape....
...Shopzilla, formerly BizRate, was bought by EW Scripps for $525m (then £289m) in 2005 at a multiple of 17.5 times pre-tax profits....
...However, Wall Street is ignoring (or forgetting) the great acquisitions Scripps made of the shopping comparison site Shopzilla.com and the search engine referral site uSwitch.com....
...popularised in particular by Amazon, online reviews have become a regular feature on specialised retail websites selling everything from shoes to electronic products, and at comparison shopping sites such as Shopzilla...
...With its acquisition of Shopzilla, Scripps is becoming the dominant force in comparison shopping and hence online retail....
...EW Scripps, a Cincinnati-based newspaper group, became the latest company to join the trend last week when it bought Shopzilla, a comparison-shopping site, for $550m....
...Online auction site eBay recently agreed to buyShopping.com for $620m and Scripps, the media group, last week agreed to buy Shopzilla.com for $525m. “Google and Yahoo already have shopping....
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