BuscaPe Announces the Acquisition of e-bit Information.

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SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- BuscaPe (http://buscape.com/), the largest comparison shopping site in Latin America, announces the acquisition of e-bit Information.

e-bit Information, which is responsible for the bi-annual report WebShoppers, has become the benchmark for eCommerce market data. Market size, number of e-consumers, best-selling products, and other information related to the online retail market are provided. Besides, it is responsible for conducting evaluations on over 1,000 online stores, ranking them in categories represented by 5 medals: diamond, gold, silver, bronze and "under evaluation". e-bit is the only company in the market running surveys on shopping experience satisfaction with the online shoppers themselves. The survey is open to any company and can be done directly through http://www.ebit.com.br/.

e-bit Information will maintain its staff and will continue to operate as an independent company, with no change in its policies towards customers or users.

"This agreement with BuscaPe (http://buscape.com.br/) will boost the visibility of the bitConsumidor certification, further increasing the consumers' trust in our services. We will be part of a large Internet group formed by BuscaPe, Bondfaro, QueBarato (http://www.quebarato.com.br/) and Central de Desejos (http://www.centraldedesejos.com.br/), with presence in 16 countries", said Pedro Guasti, e-bit's Managing Director.

e-bit's customers will receive advertising bonuses this week in order to place their ads on BuscaPe ...