Thursday, February 1, 2007

CityXpress holiday auctions rack in $2.1 million

CityXpress Corp. said its holiday auction sold 10,000 gift certificates valued at more than $2.1 million.

The Billings (Mont.) Gazette was the top performer, bringing in more than $157,000 and attracting 118 new vendors in its holiday auction.

The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., earned more than $114,000 in revenue; The News Journal in Wilmington, Del., attracted 152 new vendors and the Globe-Gazette in Mason City, Iowa, sold 85 percent of the certificates it offered, CityXpress said.

The auctions were hosted on 21 media Web sites in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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