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PriceRunner announces price comparison by mobile phone: PriceFinder

In a joint venture with 118118.com (the directory services company PriceRunner will allow shoppers to get price comparison information on the move, in the retail showroom. In conjunction with barcode scanning by mobiles we're seeing web databases linked to mobile devices: bargains in the palms of our hands?

[Editorial] Punish a retailer for £5, yet too lazy to take £80m in savings

Retailers know how they are punished for falling off the 'first page' of Price Comparison engines by a drop in sales, yet recently-released research from Pricerunner shows that customers are " One in five Britons will not get out of bed to save a tenner on a purchase and one in ten would rather stay on the sofa than bank £50". As retailers screw their margins to insignificance in order to shift product via price comparison, and to 'close the sale' online, what are we to make of this behaviour?

'Brits don't go the distance for a bargain' - Pricerunner report.

According to the report, "Bone idle Brits are wasting £88.4 million a year by not venturing out onto the streets to bag a bargain. One in five Britons will not get out of bed to save a tenner on a purchase and one in ten would rather stay on the sofa than bank £50." While not quite at supermodel levels (ie not getting out of bed for less than £10k) this report makes fun reading and - crucially for a wet weekend - reminds us all as consumers, not as retailers of the sheer drugery that necessity-purchase shopping can be. Some aspects of the report are also covered in our Editorial.

Ask.com chooses Pricerunner to 'power' its shopping search.

Ask.com has added to the range of services on its recently-revamped site with the appointment of Pricerunner to add a 'shopping dimension' to the search results. The offering is an unadorned 'white label' version of the main Pricerunner site and the link's hidden away under a 'more services' link so it's not clear how strategic a move this is, despite the warm press statements.