Quixtar's sales successes have landed it in rankings and articles documenting the power of e-commerce as a retailing channel. Quixtar has been the focus of a number of articles, including some of those listed below:
Internet Retailer - June 2007
Independent Business Owners (IBOs) powered by Quixtar helped the company once again reach its ranking as the top online retailer in the Health & Beauty category and 22nd overall based on Web sales in Internet Retailer's annual Top 500 Guide to the Web.
Health - June 2006
Nutrilite® Intestiflora-7TM is featured as a probiotic that can help with the digestion of dairy products, which is especially helpful for up to 50 million Americans who are lactose intolerant.
Forbes - November 2004
Alticor, parent company of Quixtar, is ranked the 19th largest privately owned U.S.-based company, based on revenues.
MiTechNews.com - August 2004
Quixtar's fifth year in business, which ended August 31, 2004, posted record revenues of more than $1.1 billion, up $65 million from the previous year.
The Grand Rapids Press - August 2004
Quixtar celebrates its fifth anniversary with a record-setting single sales day of $12 million on August 31, 2004.
Stores - September 2003
Quixtar is ranked seventh on the National Retail Federation's list of the “Top 100 Internet Retailers“ based on sales.
The New York Times - July 2002
Among surprises in ComScore's rankings of the top online retailers was Quixtar, which finished 6th, outperforming Sears.com, Barnes & Noble.com and other higher profile dot-com companies.
Business 2.0 - December 2001
Quixtar has been a leader in online Health & Beauty for years. In the “Numbers“ section of its December 2001 issue, Business 2.0 ranked Quixtar No. 1 in sales for the online Health & Beauty category, with 20.5% of the estimated $1.45 billion market segment. Based on the analysis of Nielsen/NetRatings and Harris Interactive eCommercePulse, Quixtar was ranked ahead of Drugstore.com (12.2%), Merck-Medco.com (5.7%), Avon.com (4.5%), and MaryKay.com (4.1%).
DLTtape News - December 1999
“Quixtar launched its business on September 1, 1999, and has quickly become an e-commerce leader, with sales of $518 million in its first year. Quixtar provides users in the U.S. and Canada an array of services ... .“
The Industry Standard - November 1999
Quixtar is one of the newest online merchants to offer an affiliate program with its Partner Stores.
The Industry Standard - October 1999
Quixtar's approach to e-commerce will be to blend “high tech“ and “high touch.“
Information Week - September 1999
Quixtar is among a new brand of retailers turning to the web.
Business 2.0 - August 1999
An analyst from Forrester Research believes Quixtar's business model is a natural for the Internet.
