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LetsBuyIt management team quits

The management team of beleagured Web site LetsBuyIt.com, including chief executive Martin Coles, resigned late Wednesday. Board member and company founder John Palmer will... Read more

4 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Letsbuyit management call it a day

...last night plunged into further chaos as its management team, including CEO Martin Coles, walked out. Last night the firm, riddled with debts amounting to... Read more

4 January, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

Gateway closes remaining UK stores

...and other employee representatives in the UK and Ireland. In a statement Martin Coles, Gateway's senior vice president of Gateway International, said, "Given the... Read more

10 September, 2001 by Matt Loney

LetsBuyIt.com stock crashes as trading resumes

...to continue operating beyond mid-2001. According to the Financial Times Tuesday, Martin Coles, chief executive of LetsBuyIt, says the company is in talks with... Read more

2 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Will third time be the charm for LetsBuyIt.com?

...emphasises its need for capital to continue financing its operations. Chief executive Martin Coles acknowledged the difficult market conditions, saying he finds the institutional interest... Read more

21 July, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

The best of 'Reader Comments': Letsbuyit.gone?

...something, the fulfilment side didn't! The company deserved to die and Martin Coles must take the blame - he is clearly not a good commercial... Read more

11 January, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Letsbuyit.com searches for White Knight

...it had cut costs by scaling down advertising and marketing budgets. CEO Martin Coles said: "We have achieved this by concentrating our efforts on targeted... Read more

15 November, 2000 by silicon.com staff

bye bye boo.com: lessons in ebusiness

...predicted, and high profile defections in the management team destroyed investors' confidence. Martin Coles, CEO of fellow European start-up Letsbuyit.com, said: "If anything... Read more

19 May, 2000 by Joey Gardiner

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