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Online retailer ShopTo.net has released a downloadable app for iPhone users. The free app allows customers to browse games, check their orders, make pre-orders and buy new products. It also includes new game trailers, reviews and a forum with 40,000 other gamers. Users can even link the app to their …
Read More »Play.com launches E3 zone
Games and entertainment retailer Play.com has introduced a dedicated E3 section to its website where consumers can buy newly announced games. The Play.com E3 area is being promoted from the retailer’s homepage and offers up to 20 per cent off the latest games. Titles currently include Gears of War 3, …
Read More »US: GameStop investigation
New York General Attorney Andrew Cuomo says he has issued a subpoena to 22 leading online retailers, including GameStop, as part of an investigation into ‘deceptive practices’ which lure buyers into making unwitting purchases. In a statement issued last week, reported yesterday by Kotaku, the Attorney General said that, "when …
Read More »Online retail braced for £5bn Xmas sales bonanza
UK online shopping sales is expected to reach 5 billion during December 2009, predicts Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). The IMRG also expects that the annual Mega Monday – traditionally the busiest online shopping day of the year – will generate 350 million for e-tailers this year, a ten …
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