Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2001/01/16/coshopper_in_talks_to_buy/

CoShopper in talks to buy Letsbuyit.com

Who said the Swiss were boring?

By Linda Harrison

Posted in On-Prem, 16th January 2001 14:49 GMT

Swiss outfit CoShopper.com today said it was keen to get its mitts on troubled rival Letsbuyit.com.

The company said it had started talks with debt-ridden Letsbuyit, which saw its management leave en mass earlier this month.

Marc Schlett, MD for CoShopper's German sector, outlined the advantages of buying the e-tailer: "Letsbuyit has a complete stock, qualified employees, good customer basis and above all, a high brand awareness," he told AFX, a financial newswire. It also, presumably, comes at a bargain-basement price.

CoShopper, which operates in around a dozen countries including the UK, Chile and Australia, is not the only prospective suitor courting Dutch-registered Letsbuyit.

This week Dealpartners.com, an unlisted French e-tailer, also said it was in talks to buy the company. Newly appointed Letsbuyit execs must be just about talked-out - they are also still discussing with administrators how best to salvage the business, which has not traded since before Christmas. ®

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