Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Apr 30
2012

Discussion with New FindnSave CEO Ben Smith

Last November, major players in the newspaper industry bought Travidia as the cornerstone of a new shopping strategy. Travidia had been mostly known for its print to digital circular business, but it had recently repositioned itself with FindnSave, a new shopping platform that included digital circulars, along with inventory search via eBay’s Milo.com, and slots …continue reading »

Categories: Newspapers, Shopping/Transactions

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Nov 17
2011

New Newspaper Consortia Rolls out Shopping Platform; Acquires Travidia

A big chunk of the newspaper industry has banded together to adopt Find n Save, a shopping platform featuring a single place to review deals, product inventory, weekly specials, “cents off” grocery deals and local ads. Participating newspaper companies include many of the companies participating in the Yahoo search and national advertising consortia and the …continue reading »

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Dec 29
2010

New Era for Local Shopping Portals; Travidia Launches ‘FindnSave’

Shopping portals have moved beyond “federated search,” and now combine the best of daily deals, coupons, weekly ads and other promotional information in ways that are more efficient — and drive more shopping. At the national level, Gannett’s ShopLocal.com has been moving in this direction for some time. At the local level, we’ve recently seen …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media, Verticals

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