2007-11-01
UK's First Product Locator Launches on Mobile Phones
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2006-12-06
Don't Expect Father Christmas to Deliver
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2006-11-20
UK's First Local-Shopping Search Torpedoes Online Shopping
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2006-11-09
Hit US Shopping Trend Crosses the Atlantic
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Have yourself a climate-friendly Christmas
A unique service offered by AskTheLocal, the UK’s first local shopping search engine, will pinpoint the nearest shop to your postal code that stocks the present you are looking for.

[AUDIO MP3] Interview with askthelocal 's CEO Paula Abrahamson
A new service has been launched...to locate products in nearby shops.
Yes, this is quite handy actually...I usually give interviewers a hard-time but the proof is in the pudding...

AskTheLocal Goes Mobile in the UK
AskTheLocal is a UK website that offers local store inventory information — where to buy products locally. It appears to still be unique in that market.
Ultimately, these in-store product locators threaten most e-commerce sites because they more directly conform to consumer preferences and behavior.

[USA] Local Shopping Site Krillion Expands Inventory
...JupiterResearch and Forrester Research, have now both predicted that Internet-influenced offline shopping will be a trillion-dollar category within the next five years.
In addition to Krillion, some of the other shopping sites seeking to solve the online-offline problem include... AskTheLocal (UK).

E-commerce: le web se rapproche du commerce local [English Translation]
AskTheLocal, the English service, opened at the end of 2006, referencing 88 000 products available in 3000 physical shops across the country.

Ask Who? In the U.K., Ask The Local
AskTheLocal is a new "shopping search engine" recently launched in the U.K...
One of the things we like about AskTheLocal.com is its straightforward user interface.

Online sales set to soar
...In related news, a new online service, AskTheLocal!, combines the best of online retail with shopping locally by allowing buyers to source goods in their area.

New local shopping search engine launches in the UK
AskTheLocal is a new shopping search engine that allows users to search for products in their local area, with the intention of directing customers to the offline - rather than online - store...

NEW UK-BASED LOCAL SHOPPING SEARCH ENGINE
AskTheLocal.com is a new UK-based local shopping search engine that allows shoppers to find product information, photos, and prices from multiple bricks-and-mortar retailers and then travel to the nearest shop to buy the product directly...

AskTheLocal.com Brings UK Inventory Online
Phil Bradley just posted at Search Engine Watch about a new "local" search engine in the UK: AskTheLocal.com. The site is seeking to bring local retail inventory online. It's similar to the US efforts of ShopLocal, StepUp, NearbyNow and Become.com...

AskTheLocal UK Shopping Search Engine
AskTheLocal is a shopping search engine with a subtle difference; rather than find websites that offer particular products it matches the search query with a postcode to enable shoppers to visit a shop in person to buy the product...