Malaise in e-commerce hits also Priceline
Priceline. com, where internal pus self can indicate how much they wish to pay for a particular product, made Thursday known to stop with filial WebHouse.
On that site became according to the same principle as on Priceline gas and foods sold. Because of money flaw is the business now with the branch stopped. WebHouse had, as so much e-commercesites to pull the last months, trouble kapitaal on.
Question marks by Priceline
WebHouse operated indeed independently of Priceline, but for analysts is the failure a cause question marks to place by the 'name a price' -model of Priceline.
Priceline was pioneer sell with it that way of products on internet. With gas and vegetables and fruit was the clear no success, but also with plane tickets, the product which the business with began, walk the affairs not totally to wish.
Last week reported Priceline yet that the volumes of trade about the third quarter lower than expects will fall out than consequence of disappointing sales of plane tickets. Since that report went down the share already with thick 30 per cent; after the announced closing of WebHouse Thursday went there yet once 36 per cent of the course off.
This week periodical of Barron's an investigation of Pegasus Research published 'does commit sit in which was stolen that 86 by the examined 339 American-com' within a year without money. Jointly the businesses spend the second quarter of this year 1.8 billion dollar. Of the 339 does-commers gave there 273 lake money from then that there came in.