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QXL Backs Windows XP And .NET To Enhance Auction Site Access
White Papers QXL Ricardo’s on-line auction community uses Sun, Oracle and Apache software, but that did not stop it benefiting from new Microsoft technology. Working with partners, Compaq, Intel, Razorfish and Sonata, QXL has given users speed and convenience...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
QXL Makes On-Line Auctions Easier With Windows XP And .NET
White Papers QXL Ricardo’s on-line auctions operate all day, every day in 11 European languages and 12 currencies. Their success depends on satisfying both buyers and sellers and, to offer each group a better experience, QXL has extended its services using...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
News Burst: QXL In AOL Germany Pact
News QXL.com (QXL: quote ) shares climbed 17 percent Tuesday after the company announced an agreement with AOL Germany, which could give it access to more than one million AOL users there. QXL is one of the UK's pioneering public Internet companies...
[November 10, 1999, 9:39]
QXL Shuts Down Auction Scam On UK Site
News QXL has taken steps to shut down a scam operated by one of its members that included the sale of a 100-year-old deep sea diving suit on its UK site. The eBay seller was contacted and he confirmed the QXL sale was nothing to do with him and that his...
[June 20, 2003, 11:24]
Startup Spotlight: QXL.com
News QXL therefore allows people to experience the process of auctioning through a computer interface, which effectively depersonalises the whole process. The US has its eBay, one of the biggest e-commerce sites around, and the UK's equivalent is QXL...
[November 17, 1999, 17:36]
QXL Denies Restructuring Reports After Raising £30m
News Online auction firm QXL (quote: QXL) confirmed Thursday that it had successfully completed a £30m round of funding, but denies reports that this will lead to a quarter of its 400 staff being made redundant next year.
[December 1, 2000, 15:27]
News Burst: QXL To Axe 100 Staff After Raising £30m
News Online auction firm QXL (quote: QXL) confirmed Thursday that it has successfully completed a £30m round of funding, but admitted that it will axe a quarter of its staff by the middle of next year. The financing secured by investment bank Credit...
[December 1, 2000, 12:15]
News Burst: QXL Revises Terms Of Ricardo.de Merger
News QXL.com has reached an agreement to merge with German online auctions firm ricardo.de, after facing down a host of difficulties. If completed, the merger will create one of Europe's largest e-commerce sites and help bolster QXL against imminent...
[August 18, 2000, 10:26]
QXL.com Reveals Floatation Details
News British online auction site QXL.com said Monday it hopes to raise up to £70m through its planned dual flotation on London's Stock Exchange and New York's tech-oriented Nasdaq market. And QXL's planned offering price is far below market expectations.
[September 21, 1999, 11:22]
QXL Extends Charity Auction For 'Full Stop'
News QXL is extending the deadline for its charity auction in aid of the NSPCC's Full Stop campaign -- which seeks to stamp out child abuse in one generation. You will need to register with qxl.com to take part in the bidding.
[September 20, 1999, 16:43]
QXL To Launch NSPCC Charity Auction
News Online auctions are turning out to be great places to find bargains, and next week one of the biggest auctions ever staged in the UK will take place on qxl.com, with all proceeds to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
[September 10, 1999, 11:44]
Auction Site QXL Going, Going, Gone
News Auction site and would-be eBay competitor QXL.co.uk is to close its virtual doors at the end of May. We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who joined the QXL auction community during the previous 10 years, and thank you for your...
[May 7, 2008, 12:26]
Ministry Of Sound DAP Jukebox Hits QXL For Charity
News One of only four specially designed Creative 20GB DAP Jukeboxes is being auctioned on QXL.com for charity. The jukebox, which comes with Ministry of Sound albums dating from 1993 to the present, and carries a Ministry of Sound design, had reached...
[December 7, 2001, 15:34]
The Day Ahead: Is QXL.com Really The Next EBay?
News The surge of UK-based auction house QXL.com raised quite a ruckus after an analyst gave the stock a lofty price target and compared the company to a young eBay. Bock reckons that QXL.com is a young eBay with a first mover advantage.
[April 7, 2000, 12:54]
Goodbye QXL, Though I Never, Used You At All ...
Talkback you had the grace to sell yourself, while those around you grew.eBay is the place to buy and sell via an auction, although it too suffers from it's own success. No longer a place to really grab a bargain, the buyer disappointed for paying just a...
[May 22, 2008, 11:31]
UK Net Startups Not Scared By Freeserve Plummet
News QXL.com, the European online trading company has in fact gone ahead and defiantly published its the share price range for its initial public offering today. A QXL spokesman says that it's time the stock exchange woke up to the less-than-subtle...
[September 21, 1999, 16:17]
A Year Ago: UK Net Startups Not Scared By Freeserve Plummet
News QXL.com, the European online trading company has in fact gone ahead and defiantly published its the share price range for its initial public offering today. A QXL spokesman says that it's time the stock exchange woke up to the less-than-subtle...
[September 21, 2000, 7:02]
Auction Sites Implicated In Illegal Software
News Raiding one UK property, Trading Standards officers and representatives from the BSA say they recovered extensive evidence implicating UK auction sites including QXL, Yahoo! A spokewoman from QXL disagrees with the BSA's estimates.
[November 23, 2000, 15:22]
Net Stock Depression Threatens UK Flotations
News Among those reported to be lining up for IPO's are Lastminute.com and QXL, the online auctioneer. QXL has secured $30 million in venture capital funding, primarily from luxury goods giant Group Arnault, for expansion, marketing and R&D.
[August 11, 1999, 16:11]
Roundup: Dot-com Downturn - Where Do Companies Go From Here?
News QXL gets a cut-price ricardo Fri, 18th Aug 2000 QXL in a position to fight eBay in Europe as ricardo takeover is finally agreed It's been a long, hot summer for dot-coms in the US and Europe alike. This spring's meltdown in Internet shares has...
[August 31, 2000, 13:05]
