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UPDATE: EToys.co.uk Packs Up Its Toy Chest
News EToys.co.uk itself has fared better than its parent, reaching number one in the UK online toy market and hitting all its sales targets. In spite of the fact that we had a good Christmas, and have performed very well, we're a very small part of the...
[January 3, 2001, 15:42]
Update: EToys Makes Shock Announcement To Partners
News The UK toys sector is currently dominated by eToys.co.uk, and ToysRUs.co.uk. Troubled retail site eToys issued an email Friday stating it would terminate its business relationship with UK Web sites on 31 December.
[December 22, 2000, 21:10]
Industry Standard Europe Magazine Folds
News Web sites TheStreet.co.uk and eToys.co.uk both said they were meeting targets, but presented their troubled parent companies with an unwelcome drain on scarce funds. It is a story that has grown familiar for UK outposts of US-based high-tech startups.
[April 11, 2001, 13:31]
Toilet Paper Pokes Fun At Dot-com Bottom
News T-shirts, jackets, cup holders and mouse pads bearing the logos of one-time household names like eToys and Kozmo are also fetching big money on eBay. The toilet paper is not yet available in the UK. We picked out some real dogs," said John Zappa, a...
[August 20, 2001, 13:31]
After 30 Years, Valentine's Still Picking Winners
News But he's not immune to the occasional stinkers: Sequoia has also backed dot-com duds Webvan and eToys. Valentine recently spoke with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com about the past, present and future of Silicon Valley.
[November 29, 2004, 11:00]
Internet Incubator Hatches Job Cuts
News Among idealab's ill-fated investments was eToys, the online retailer which shut down its UK operation this month after a disastrous US Christmas. The firm, which helped start m-commerce company Scan and community site PeopleLink in the UK, has cut...
[January 15, 2001, 15:41]
Amazon And Toysrus Set Up Shop Together
News While this pact could solve problems at Amazon and Toysrus.com, it could spell trouble for other online toy firms such as eToys and Smarterkids.com. Earlier this week, Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget downgraded eToys to an intermediate term...
[August 10, 2000, 13:17]
Amazon Grows Up
News Just yesterday, online toy store eToys announced it would get into the book business, selling children's books online. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.which last month bought Asda in the UK recently signed deals with Books-a-Million Inc.and Federated...
[July 13, 1999, 16:57]
EToys Gets Off The Mat
News eToys investors finally got something to smile about today when Salomon Smith Barney initiated coverage of the online toy retailer with an "outperform" recommendation. After peaking at 86 in October, eToys shares have been in a free fall, tumbling...
[February 17, 2000, 16:46]
A Year Ago: EToys Gets Off The Mat
News Smiling faces as eToys receives outperform recommendation eToys investors finally got something to smile about today when Salomon Smith Barney initiated coverage of the online toy retailer with an "outperform" recommendation.
[February 17, 2001, 6:05]
EToys To Creditors: We Can't Pay
News Struggling online company eToys acknowledged Thursday that it has stopped paying some creditors, including a temporary staffing agency that says it is owed $2m. We said last month that we didn't sell as much product in all the quarters we hoped...
[January 19, 2001, 9:15]
No Fun 'n' Games Here - EToys Axes Its Remaining Staff
News Struggling toy e-tailer eToys on Monday issued layoff notices to its remaining 293 employees as it anticipates going out of business in early April. With today's action, the company has now issued job elimination notices to all of its employees...
[February 6, 2001, 8:28]
The Day Ahead: EToys Collapse
News EToys is trading at a 52-week low and is more than $3 (£1.86) shy of its May 20 IPO price. Hard to believe that eToys, which went public at $20 and shot to a high of $86 closed Thursday down 20 percent to 16 7/8.
[January 28, 2000, 12:23]
Markets Fall In Love With Linux
News Linux is particularly well-suited to Web-serving tasks, and the largest customers of VA Linux are companies employing Internet infrastructure, such as eToys, StarMedia Network and Akamai Technologies.
[December 7, 1999, 13:21]
May Day Hysteria Unfounded, Say Activists
News What they said about the actors in the anti-eToys efforts revealed even more cluelessness -- though they seem to have self-censored that bit of history from their archives. Internet activists have spoken out today against misinformation they claim...
[April 30, 2001, 14:38]
The Day Ahead: Beware The E-tailing Trap
News Commentary: If you've been watching shares of eToys in recent days, you may have had a few 1999 flashbacks. EToys shares received a Black Friday bump and have more than doubled. Of course, eToys has doubled to $2 -- not its 52-week high of $70...
[November 28, 2000, 13:25]
The Day Ahead: It's Hip To Be Bear On Dot-coms
News You'd think fewer competitors would help leaders such as Amazon.com and eToys, but the average Joe may not be that discerning. Commentary: The dot-com trends are stacking up against even the leaders. Here are some recent developments to ponder.
[November 27, 2000, 11:50]
The Day Ahead: Wintel Losing Investment Income Crutch
News Intel held such gems as CMGI, Covad Communications and eToys. Commentary: This is a tale of two investment portfolios -- Intel and Microsoft. Intel's investment income well has run dry amid a bunch of bad dot-coms in its portfolio.
[January 19, 2001, 12:08]
The Day Ahead: Will Amazon Hit Its Sales Targets?
News Commentary: Amid warnings from eToys, United Parcel Service and FedEx, can Amazon hit its fourth quarter sales targets? Couple eToys' warning with the UPS and FedEx red flags and you have more than enough to conclude that Amazon may have problems.
[December 18, 2000, 13:37]
E-commerce Spending Hits New High
News E-tailers such as eToys found Christmas sales drastically worse than expected and in some cases have decided to close up shop. World online spending for 2000 reached $56bn (about £38bn) according to a new study, with consumer online spending...
[January 4, 2001, 9:20]
