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£980,000 shopping mega minute arrives for web retailers
News Not everyone's convinced today will bring out the big spenders, however - earlier predictions from comparison site Kelkoo's MD indicated the online shopping surge will come later as consumers wait for bigger price cuts. [08 Dec 2008]
Online buyers take Xmas shopping to the wire
News Shoppers will be holding onto their cash for even longer this year as they search for bargains, according to the head of price comparison site Kelkoo.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Kelkoo MD Bruce Fair... [03 Dec 2008]
Yahoo! ditches Kelkoo
News has sold the European shopping and price comparison site Kelkoo to a UK-based private equity firm. bought Kelkoo in 2004 for €475m as it looked to expand its presence outside the US. gave no information... [24 Nov 2008]
Euro 2008 blues dents online booze and TV sales
News Bucking the trend on rising inflation, retailers saw pressure on the pricing of electricals, according to the MD of comparison site Kelkoo.co.uk, Bruce Fair. Online shopping is continuing to grow steadily across many... [20 Jun 2008]
Shopping.com tops retail ranking
News Kelkoo and Yahoo! The combined audience figures for Kelkoo and Yahoo! eBay's Shopping.com network has spent its fourth consecutive month at the top of two rankings for online comparison sites. The... [18 Sep 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Hassle-free Christmas shopping
Comment You may have your favourite e-tailers - and the run-up to Christmas is possibly not the time to try an untested service - but using a price comparison site such as Kelkoo.co.uk if you're prepared to put in the time can... [30 Nov 2006]
Google to buy Opera?
News Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed. Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually... [15 Dec 2005]
France grapples with its image problem
News One of the most-often cited French success stories is Kelkoo, which Yahoo bought for around $579m (£317m). Government officials and tech executives in France have conceded that the country is still viewed around the... [26 May 2005]
5 years ago… Search engines are rubbish
News spent €475 on shopping search engine Kelkoo and more recently, Microsoft lashed out $100m to revamp the search function on its MSN portal as a shot across the bows at uber-search engine rival, Google. [09 Jul 2004]
Consumer rage over iPod mini e-tailer sites
News And now it appears Appleimports has set up a sister site - iPodimports.com - featuring the same look and feel, as well as the same contact details.iPodimports, however, bears the Kelkoo logo - claiming the company is... [07 Jun 2004]
Gates: 'We're seeing the second internet bubble'
News On Friday, Yahoo said it would buy European ecommerce provider Kelkoo for $575m and InfoSpace offered $160m for Switchboard. A "mini bubble" has emerged among internet companies, but it likely won't reach the level of... [29 Mar 2004]
Yahoo! goes shopping for Kelkoo with €475m
News is ramping up its European presence with an online shopping spree - splashing out €475m for price comparison website Kelkoo, it announced today. The acquisition has been agreed and will take the form of a cash buyout to... [29 Mar 2004]
Online Christmas comes early
News They will sit alongside other digital brand names, such as Iwantoneofthose.com and Kelkoo. Despite the fact there's still a good few weeks til the day itself, online retailers are already getting in on the Xmas act with... [31 Oct 2003]
Entrepreneurs 2000-2002: The 'where are they now?' file
Comment Pierre Chappaz was one year into his Kelkoo.com venture when we spoke to him two years ago. Founder and CEO Kelkoo Founder and CEO Kelkoo Chappaz said Kelkoo is still... [12 Apr 2002]
Fair game: getting value for money online
Comment For many items, especially the books, CDs, electrical goods and other gifts commonly purchased online, price comparison now takes the form of dot-com services such as kelkoo, shopsmart and pricerunner. [22 Oct 2000]
