Toysrus.com Sues Amazon.com Over Toy Sales
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Amazon sues Toysrus.com (USATODAY.com)
Amazon sues Toysrus.com (USATODAY.com)
06/29/2004 05:37 AMUSATODAY.com - Online retailer Amazon.com (AMZN) countersued
Toysrus.com, its e-commerce partner for toys and baby products, in a
bid to end their four-year alliance.
Toysrus.com sues Amazon.com for allowing
others to sell toys
Toysrus.com sues Amazon.com for allowing
others to sell toys
05/24/2004 11:23 PMSan Jose Mercury News May 25 2004 3:15AM GMT
Toys 'R' Us Sues Amazon.com Over
Exclusive Sales Agreement
Toys 'R' Us Sues Amazon.com Over
Exclusive Sales Agreement
05/24/2004 11:23 PMToys "R'' Us has accused Amazon.com of breaking the contract that gave
them the right to be the exclusive toy and game seller on Amazon's
site.
Amazon says 'game's over' to Toysrus.com
Amazon says 'game's over' to Toysrus.com
06/28/2004 04:20 PMCNET Jun 28 2004 8:45PM GMT
Amazon, Toysrus Fight Gets Nastier
Amazon, Toysrus Fight Gets Nastier
06/28/2004 05:22 AMLast month we wrote about the
surpris
ing lawsuit from Toysrus.com against Amazon.com. The two
companies had been happy partners for years -- and the relationship
between the two (where Amazon ran the website for Toys 'R' Us) was
often used as an example of a way that the two companies probably
saved each other. However, part of the deal included Toysrus.com
paying Amazon $200 million for "exclusivity." They claimed Amazon was
violating that exclusivity by allowing its independent merchants sell
toys and baby goods online as well. It's pretty obvious that this
would be nearly impossible for Amazon to stop, and would definitely be
bad for business. Still, Toysrus claims that after trying to "settle"
the manner peacefully, they were forced to sue. Now Amazon has hit
back. Instead of just responding to the lawsuit, though, they've
knocked it up a notch: claiming that
Toysrus.com has
failed to live up to their end of the contract as well and trying to
dissolve the contract between the two companies. Amazon claims
that Toysrus.com has done a bad job picking the top toy products, and
an even worse job keeping popular products in stock. These days,
Amazon probably is in a position to go it alone without too much
trouble. Toysrus.com, however, may be in a bit more trouble if they
want to recreate a quality e-commerce site without much notice.
Amazon goes to court to fire Toysrus.com
Amazon goes to court to fire Toysrus.com
06/26/2004 11:17 AMThe Register Jun 26 2004 2:39PM GMT
Amazon wins reprieve against Toysrus.com
Amazon wins reprieve against Toysrus.com
04/14/2005 04:51 AMInjunction lifted
Amazon.com countersues in contract fight
with Toysrus.com
Amazon.com countersues in contract fight
with Toysrus.com
06/29/2004 05:23 PMIn its filing, Amazon.com asked the court to declare that Toysrus.com
breached an almost 4-year-old online product sales agreement and cited
a "chronic failure" by Toysrus.com to have enough stock on hand to
fill customer orders.
Amazon And Toysrus Told To Have Their
Geniuses Solve The Legal Dispute
Amazon And Toysrus Told To Have Their
Geniuses Solve The Legal Dispute
08/12/2004 04:49 PMFollowing up on the increasingly acrimonious lawsuit between
Amazon
and Toys 'R' Us comes a judge's order today that
t
wo sides need to work together to solve this dispute. The
problem, of course, is that the complaints from Toys R Us are somewhat
unreasonable. They have an "exclusive" relationship to sell toy
products, but Amazon's offering allowing anyone to set up their own
shop makes it difficult to police to make sure that no one else dare
sell toys on Amazon's site (especially without pissing off sellers who
didn't realize they couldn't sell toys). In their effort to be as
annoying as possible, Toys R Us has apparently had someone watching
Amazon and documenting any time an item slips through. The judge
points out that its silly to order sanctions against Amazon for
letting a few items slip through, but that their "geniuses" better
figure out an automated way to stop it pretty damn quick. In the
meantime, Amazon is still hoping to completely
dissolv
e the relationship with Toysrus.com, realizing they could probably
do a better job on their own and not have to worry about all of this.
Toys R Us, meanwhile, seems to be thinking about
getting out of the toys business altogether.
Geoffrey Giraffe Sues Amazon.com
Geoffrey Giraffe Sues Amazon.com
05/24/2004 02:27 PMtheodp writes
"Toysrus.com announced today that it filed a
lawsuit against Amazon.com, charging the e-tailer with violating
the letter and spirit of an agreement that called for Toysrus.com to
be the only authorized seller of Toy and Game and Baby Products on the
Amazon.com platform through 2010. The lawsuit comes after Toysrus.com
attempted to resolve the matter amicably, including third party
mediation." There was some surprise a few years ago when Amazon
signed up Toysrus.com, who had made quite an effort to run their own
e-commerce site - but had tremendous difficulties in doing so. Still,
this legal dispute seems to focus on the fact that individual
merchants are also selling toys and baby products - and not that
Amazon has set up a specific shop selling competitive items. It would
be pretty difficult for Amazon to tell their various individual
merchants that they simply can't sell toys or games - which would
basically hand that entire market over to eBay.
Toys R us Online Unit Sues Amazon.com
Toys R us Online Unit Sues Amazon.com
05/24/2004 05:37 PMBTG sues Amazon over intellectual
property rights
BTG sues Amazon over intellectual
property rights
09/16/2004 08:38 PMInfomatics Sep 17 2004 0:37AM GMT
Toys R Us Online Unit Sues Amazon.com
(Reuters)
Toys R Us Online Unit Sues Amazon.com
(Reuters)
05/24/2004 03:45 PMReuters - Toys R Us Inc. (TOY.N), the No. 2 toy
seller, said on Monday its online arm, Toysrus.com, filed a
lawsuit charging that Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) violated Toys R
Us' exclusive rights to sell toys, games and baby products on
the Amazon Web site.
Amazon Sales Record
Amazon Sales Record
12/28/2004 09:34 AMCory's next novel pre-sales at Amazon
Cory's next novel pre-sales at Amazon
09/13/2004 07:15 AM
Cory Doctorow:
Amazon's put up their sell-page for my next novel, "Someone Comes to
Town, Someone Leaves Town," offering a 32% discount off the
cover-price of $24.95 ($16.97 in total). The book's out in Februrary,
and coincidentally, I just a couple hours ago overnighted the final
version of the manuscript to my editor in NYC.
Someone Comes to Town is longest thing I've ever written -- longer
than Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom and Eastern Standard
Tribe put together. It's a kind of "Little,
Big"-meets-"Crypotonomicon" story, a contemporary fantasy about free,
unlicensed wireless networking, set in Toronto's bohemian Kensington
Market.
I'm going to be posting the full text of this one under a Creative
Commons license again when the time comes, and I've got some beautiful
supplementary artwork to go with the gorgeous Dave McKean cover;
McKean provided five digital paintings to Irene Gallo, Tor's
brilliant, award-winning art director, and he's kindly granted me
permission to use them all on the book's website when I ship it.
In the meantime, there's an excerpt or
two online already. Enjoy!
Link
Amazon.com Sales Rank
Amazon.com Sales Rank
10/28/2003 11:09 PMWithin the past day, the world has successfully moved Online! from a
sales rank of two-million to a tri-digit 377. I don't know how you did
it, or how this new math works, but thanks. By the end of the week, I
hope to be somewhere in between "Who Moved My Cheese?" and "Dr. Phil's
Berate Your Way To Thin." I just finished up "Rich Dad, Poor Mom" the
other day. It was good, but not as good as the latest Nancy Drew
thriller: "Ms. Walrustitty and the Mystery of the Bloody Stump."...
Amazon: Sales up from book search
Amazon: Sales up from book search
10/30/2003 10:27 PMAmazon profits from sales surge
Amazon profits from sales surge
04/22/2004 09:35 PMThe global online retailer announces says rising sales - fuelled by
aggressive pricing - pushed it into profit in the first three months
of 2004.
M&S may outsource its internet sales
to Amazon
M&S may outsource its internet sales
to Amazon
09/11/2004 07:06 AMNews.independent.co.uk - Sat Sep 11, 10:39 am GMT
Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales
Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales
12/27/2004 01:08 PMAP via Newsday Dec 27 2004 4:22PM GMT
Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales
(AP)
Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales
(AP)
12/27/2004 11:21 AMAP - Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said sales of consumer electronics
surpassed book sales for the first time and was its largest sales
category over the Thanksgiving weekend, launching the online
retailer's busiest holiday selling season in 10 years.
Amazon sets one-day sales record
Amazon sets one-day sales record
12/27/2004 05:31 PMThe Seattle retailer said it logged orders of 2.8 million units on its
busiest day, or about 32 items per second worldwide, boosted by
shoppers flocking to the site to snap up iPods and books.
Amazon tops one-day sales record
Amazon tops one-day sales record
12/28/2004 05:38 PMglobetechnology.com Dec 28 2004 8:51PM GMT
Amazon sets 10-year sales record
Amazon sets 10-year sales record
12/27/2004 05:43 PMZDNet UK Dec 27 2004 8:51PM GMT
Amazon sets holiday sales mark
Amazon sets holiday sales mark
12/27/2004 11:56 PMIHT Dec 28 2004 2:37AM GMT
Amazon reports record holiday sales
Amazon reports record holiday sales
12/28/2004 02:58 AMiafrica.com Dec 28 2004 7:32AM GMT
Amazon posts 10-year sales record
Amazon posts 10-year sales record
12/27/2004 11:56 PMCNET News.com Dec 28 2004 4:31AM GMT
Amazon Book Search Boosting Sales So Far
Amazon Book Search Boosting Sales So Far
10/31/2003 01:39 AMAmazon today was excited to announce that in the first week of their
full-text book searching service, books in the service
sold
9% better than those not in the search. While I do think the
service is great, and I'm sure it will boost sales, I'm not sure these
numbers mean anything. There was definitely a big boost in usage of
this service due to the
ton of publicity it received. So,
let's see how it's doing a few months down the road, and then it might
be worth talking about. In the meantime, various authors are
sti
ll complaining about the service. They quote an author of a
travel book who is worried that readers only want a couple of sections
and would print those out and never buy the book. I guess he hasn't
been ot the library lately. If people just need a couple pages out of
his book, they're not going to buy the book anyway.
Amazon swings to profit on record sales
Amazon swings to profit on record sales
04/22/2004 09:29 PMBoston Globe Apr 23 2004 1:55AM GMT
Amazon hits record Q1 net sales of $1.5
billion
Amazon hits record Q1 net sales of $1.5
billion
04/23/2004 06:59 PMInternetRetailer.com Apr 23 2004 11:14PM GMT
Sales Abroad Help Amazon Post a Profit
in 1st Quarter
Sales Abroad Help Amazon Post a Profit
in 1st Quarter
04/23/2004 01:31 AMNew York Times Apr 23 2004 5:53AM GMT
Amazon Says France Probing Its DVD Sales
Practices (Reuters)
Amazon Says France Probing Its DVD Sales
Practices (Reuters)
04/23/2004 09:28 AMReuters - U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
(AMZN.O) said on Friday that French authorities are probing its
sales practices of DVDs in France.
Amazon Posts 10-Year Sales Record
(Reuters)
Amazon Posts 10-Year Sales Record
(Reuters)
12/27/2004 05:36 PMReuters - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc.
said on Monday it set a one-day selling record this year as it
logged its busiest holiday shopping season in its 10-year
history, news that sent shares up nearly 9 percent.
Update: Amazon says holiday sales beat
last year
Update: Amazon says holiday sales beat
last year
12/28/2004 07:00 PMOnline retailer Amazon.com said it had record sales during this year's
holiday season.
Amazon posts first full-year net profit
of $35 million; sales up 36%
Amazon posts first full-year net profit
of $35 million; sales up 36%
01/28/2004 08:43 PMInternetRetailer.com Jan 29 2004 1:03AM GMT
Amazon says holiday sales beat last
year; iPod sells big
Amazon says holiday sales beat last
year; iPod sells big
12/28/2004 09:20 AMOnline retailer Amazon.com Inc. beat its own holiday-season sales
record this year, and on its flagship U.S. site, Amazon.com, consumer
electronics sales beat the company's traditional book business for the
first time on Thanksgiving weekend, the company announced Monday
Amazon says holiday sales beat last
year; iPod sells big (MacCentral)
Amazon says holiday sales beat last
year; iPod sells big (MacCentral)
12/28/2004 11:27 AMMacCentral - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. beat its own
holiday-season sales record this year, and on its flagship U.S. site,
Amazon.com, consumer electronics sales beat the company's traditional
book business for the first time on Thanksgiving weekend, the company
announced Monday.
HOF Stormtroopers At Toysrus.com
HOF Stormtroopers At Toysrus.com
05/27/2004 10:52 AMWith free shipping on orders over $25, army builders will be
interested to see
Toysrus.com has the Death Star Chase Stormtrooper in stock
for $7.99 each. Thanks to budda for the tip.
Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature
Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature
10/31/2003 06:21 PMInternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET
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