BigStar Out of E-tail Biz

July 6, 2001

Beleaguered Internet company BigStar Entertainment has quietly abandoned the online retail portion of its business, no longer selling videos and DVDs but still offering entertainment news and a movie-information archive, like rivals IMDB.com and IFILM.

BigStar had offered 45,000 videos and DVDs for sale at its site via third-party affiliates. But customers trying to order items now are receiving e-mail notifications from the company explaining that e-tail is just too tough a business at which to make money.

The Hollywood Reporter

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