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It’s likely be a killer year for netbook deals, says Andrew Eisner, director of content for Retrevo.com, an online electronics marketplace that offers user manuals and consumer reviews. Check circulars carefully today for deals like those expected on the 10”Acer Aspire One Intel Atom N270. Earlier this week, prices were a rumored $197 at Sam’s Club and $200 at Office Depot (ODP: 6.31*, -0.16, -2.47%), which would knock $100 or so off the original $300 purchase price. (See our tips to buy the right netbook for your needs... Click Here to read more.
Nov 24, 2009
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According to a Nov. 21 survey from Retrevo, an online electronics shopping site, last year 24 percent of Black Friday shoppers left with the gadgets they wanted — and 48 percent got what they wanted plus more... Click Here to read more.
November 24, 2009
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Retrevo Gadgetology report has revealed some Black Friday shopping trends. The study surveyed 1100 shoppers about their Black Friday shopping plans. While 40% said they were going to buy electronics on Black Friday, over half said they planned to do so online. Only 18% said they would be going to stores like Best Buy and Radio Shack... Click Here to read more.
November 23, 2009
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Meanwhile, Retrevo's Director of Content Andrew Eisner is predicting many "mediocre deals" masquerading as Black Friday bargains. These include discounts that aren't as big as they seem to be and the pushing of outdated items... Click Here to read more.
November 24, 2009
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Nearly a third of Black Friday CE shoppers said they'll be braving long lines and the wee hours in pursuit of an HDTV, while more than one out of five hope to come home with a notebook computer.
That's the word from Retrevo, a CE shopping and review site, which polled more than 1,100 visitors between Nov. 13 and Nov. 22... Click Here to read more. |
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For the last few weeks, for example, it's begun offering 97-cent shipping fees on all gadgets except iPods, as well as discounted bundles of what are expected to be the most popular gift items this year: things like the Nintendo Wii--anticipated to be one of the top sellers by retail trend analyst site Retrevo--plus games and two controllers, digital cameras and cases, as well as Netbooks and USB drives... Click Here to read more.
November 24, 2009
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Somewhere in between the Amazon's of the world and the augmented reality revolution is a more visual electronics-centric product search engine called Retrevo. Claiming four million monthly users, the California-based company provides a significant amount of information from manuals to community ratings to help you reach a buying decision... Click Here to read more.
Nov 20, 2009
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Earlier this year, gadget site Retrevo launched its Real Time Review feature to simplify the research process. Now, the company has added on a mobile component. See something you’re tempted to buy? Text or tweet it to Retrevo, and you’ll get a near-instant response with information on whether the product is a strong buy, a recommendation on a fair price to pay, and a range of prices for the product available online.
I’ve followed Retrevo for years and am amazed at how the company continues to grow. The quantitative analysis you get from Retrevo is a useful twist on information that other CE sites provide. I’d love to see a mashup of features from Retrevo and the Rojas/Block-backed gdgt site. And speaking of partnerships, a Retrevo exec does say there are some partner announcements on the way. In the meantime, the site seems to be doing quite well enough on its own. Retrevo is projecting six million uniques in December, which would double last year’s number... Click Here to read more.
November 23, 2009
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But Blu-ray is starting to get more popular and, with hoped for price cuts, demand could grow further, according to data collected by consumer shopping site Retrevo. About 40 percent of the popular DVD players are Blu-ray players (as Blu-ray discs can play either the older DVD formats or the new Blu-ray format). That compares to only 15 percent last year... Click Here to read more.
November 20, 2009
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Retrevo, is introducing a new shopping service; RetrevoQ, a live, automated shopping advisor for in-store shoppers.
Let’s say you see a gadget in the store you like, but you’re not sure if it’s worth the price. Rather than call a relative or look it up on your iPhone, you can ask RetrevoQ via an SMS text or Twitter... Click Here to read more.
November 20, 2009
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It’s been more than a year since the bottom fell out of the market here in the US, but despite the recession, certain spending trends are still on their way up. According to The NPD Group, per-capita spending on entertainment subscriptions is now up to $115 a month, with 81 percent of Americans subscribing to some type of pay-TV service. That’s a seven percent increase in spending over last year. To top it off, a quick look at Retrevo’s consumer data for TV purchases suggests that demand is spiking earlier this fourth quarter than it did in 2008. That could mean better overall numbers for TV purchasing in the holiday season... Click Here to read more.
November 19, 2009
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The mobile shopping service, RetrevoQ, sends products and shopping advice to a consumer’s handset after a consumer sends a Tweet or text message to Retrevo. The Retrevo service sends a response back with product advice.... Click Here to read more.
November19, 2009
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Many of us have spent countless amounts of time wandering the aisles of various stores trying to figure out what we want and if we really want it. I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way. The Internet provides us with a fire hose of information that can help us to make smart purchasing decisions, and Retrevo tries to combine a bunch of these elements to make shopping easier... Click Here to read more.
November 17, 2009
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To help in-store gadget shoppers this Black Friday/holiday season Retrevo, the consumer electronics shopping site, is introducing a new shopping service; RetrevoQ, a live, automated shopping advisor for in-store shoppers... Click Here to read more. |
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A recent survey by consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo.com asked more than 700 shoppers about how much they would be willing to pay for an Apple tablet computer, something that has been rumored for much of this year. The results are an indication of how much wallets will open for a device that has been so highly gossiped about on blogs. "If Apple wants to grab a larger market and get in on the netbook craze it will need to attract PC owners to generate significant sales," Retrevo.com said on its blog. "To convert PC owners to Apple owners, Apple needs to consider a (close to) $600 price point for the tablet and they should not delay bringing it to market.... Click Here to read more. |
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Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the review site Retrovo has launched some new tools for product recommendations that could be a big help for confused consumers.
In what Manish Rathi, co-founder and vice-president marketing calls the site’s ‘blue book value’ feature, Retrovo now applies artificial intelligence to sift through masses of information to come up with its recommendation on the price that represents good value for the item you’re thinking of buying... Click Here to read more. |
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Netbook manufacturers, including ASUS, HP and Toshiba, have chosen to put Windows 7 Starter on the newest crop of netbooks and, without a doubt, did so with a push from Microsoft. (Don’t forget about the higher profit margins on Windows 7 netbooks.) In fact, Retrevo.com, which is similarly evidencing dissatisfaction with Win 7 Starter, reports that 23 of the 28 netbooks on sale at Amazon.com right now are preloaded with Starter edition. And it doesn’t surprise me that Retrevo’s survey on netbooks with Windows 7 Starter found that 54 percent of consumers would be unsatisfied with a new netbook equipped with Windows 7 Starter Edition because of limitations in the OS. I am, without a doubt, in the same camp as that 54 percent... Click Here to read more. |
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RetrevoQ, sends instant product shopping advice to a shopper s cell phone. Shoppers simply send a text message (SMS) or Tweet to Retrevo s service with the name of the product they re considering. Retrevo instantly sends back a response that tells them three pieces of shopping advice:
Real-Time Recommendation – Whether or not it s a good product to buy
Fair Price – The reasonable price one should pay for the product based on its feature set
Online Price Range – The price range available on the Internet for the product... Click Here to read more.
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Now imagine this scenario: You are at Best Buy at 7:30 p.m. on December 24. You can barely see the camera display through the throngs of last-minute holiday shoppers. Waiting for you at home is the most delicious turkey dinner since Thanksgiving, but you can’t make a decision about the camera you need to buy for Aunt Sally. Luckily, there is no need to panic since you can use Retrevo to help you make this important and urgent decision. Retrevo provides in-store product and pricing information instantly using SMS or Twitter... Click Here to read more. |
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Retrevo uses a proprietary technology to make sense of the vastly huge consumer electronics market and help electronics shoppers decide what to buy, when to buy, and where to buy it. Today, the site is launching several real-time and on-demand product recommendation features that lets consumers access product reviews on the fly... Click Here to read more. |
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