Web Scraping: Hidden Threat to Retailers

When Resultly’s bots started scraping QVC’s website, the retail giant felt the pain immediately. Server crashes, website downtime, angry customers—and an estimated $2 million worth in lost sales, according to QVC’s internal estimates.1 While the resulting lawsuit was eventually settled out of court, the damage was already done. QVC’s tale is a cautionary one for […]

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