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Dollars and digiscents at the e-Candy site
Description: Good customer service and an easy-to-use site may not be the only way to get consumers to shop online. Los Angeles-based eCandy.com Inc., aiming to attack more than one of the five senses during online shopping, has partnered with Oakland, Ca.-based Digiscents Inc. to promote Digiscents iSmell technology that allows computer users to smell the candy they want to buy from the site.
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Personal Web Use At Work Doesn't Work
Description: Personal Web Use At Work Doesn't Work Half of those Americans with Internet access at work mistakenly believe their employer would not be held liable for any offensive material
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New Online Retail Group Formed
Description: New Online Retail Group Formed A new group, the eRetail Association, has been launched for e-commerce professionals. Members will benefit from networking opportunities, member
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Firm Sprinting to Deliver "Harry Potter"
Description: Firm Sprinting to Deliver "Harry Potter" CitySprint 1 800 DELIVER, which provides same-day delivery services, estimates that between 4,000 and 6,000 copies of the children's book
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Hudson's Bay Co. Plans Online Move After 330 Years
Description: Hudson's Bay Co. Plans Online Move After 330 Years 'Hudsons Bay Co., Canada's oldest retail corporation, has formed an alliance with IBM Canada Ltd., Microsoft Canada Co. and
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Consumers Want Drugs Online
Description: Consumers Want Drugs Online Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research reports that consumers are warming up to the idea of ordering prescriptions online and predicts the number
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iVillage Delivers Baby Deals
Description: iVillage Delivers Baby Deals iVillage Inc. says that it will sell the commerce business assets of its iBaby.com to Babygear.com. While specific terms of the deal were not
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Got Potter?
Description: Got Potter? Customers of Kozmo.com can look forward to the arrival of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" starting between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on Saturday,
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Gear.com Dresses For Success
Description: Gear.com Dresses For Success Online sporting goods retailer Gear.com has raised $12 million in new capital, says the Seattle-based firm. Investors include the Madrona Venture
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Funding Sweetens BeeLineShopper Money Pot
Description: Funding Sweetens BeeLineShopper Money Pot BeeLineShopper.com, which provides grocery shopping services that begin online and are completed in the store, says it has closed its
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Wine Lovers Unite!
Description: Wine Lovers Unite! WinesPlus.com says it plans to launch a new component of its consumer Web site, a "winery consortium" or hub where online consumers have access to the Web
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More Than Just English Needed To Sell Online
Description: More Than Just English Needed To Sell Online Because 50% of all online sales will take place outside of the U.S. by 2004, American companies must implement multilingual Web
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S1's VerticalOne Enters RDA With Fiserv
Description: S1's VerticalOne Enters RDA With Fiserv Personal account aggregation and transaction services enabler VerticalOne Corp., has joined with its parent company, S1 Corp., for a
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Global Firm Sports New E-Shop
Description: Global Firm Sports New E-Shop Global Cyber Sports.Com Inc. has launched a new "E-shop" featuring high-quality apparel and merchandise branded with the BMW-Williams Formula 1
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Making A Play For No. 1
Description: Making A Play For No. 1 Toy and children's products e-tailer eToys Inc. was named the best Internet toy store by Gomez Advisors Inc., Lincoln, Mass., in the research firm's
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Beauty & The Merchant
Description: Beauty & The Merchant Beautymerchant.com says that orders by new customers have increased for the second quarter of 2000 over the first quarter. The online store presently
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SuperSearch Finds Best "eDeals"
Description: SuperSearch Finds Best "eDeals" Leading comparison shopping site BESTeDEAL.com has launched SuperSearch, which it says is a new technology that enables consumers to search in
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Online Secured Credit Card Is Next From NextCard
Description: Online Secured Credit Card Is Next From NextCard NextCard Inc. says it will beta test an online secured credit card this fall, with the intent to launch the product before the
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RocketCash In NetZero's Orbit
Description: RocketCash In NetZero's Orbit NetZero Inc., a provider of targeted advertising and commerce-supported free Internet access, has signed an agreement to acquire privately held
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First Data Partners With eCongo
Description: First Data Partners With eCongo Merchant processor First Data Corp. has signed a deal to market its processing services through eCongo.com Inc., a provider of free e-commerce
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"One-Stop, Does-It-All" Web Site
Description: "One-Stop, Does-It-All" Web Site Bay Bancshares Inc. has launched a newly designed online banking and online shopping Web site, developed with electronic banking software
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Topps Sporting Card Deal With eBay
Description: Topps Sporting Card Deal With eBay The Topps Co. Inc. has signed a three-year agreement with online auction site eBay to offer etopps, a line of sports cards to be bought and
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Consumer-Direct Sales On The Rise
Description: Consumer-Direct Sales On The Rise The consumer-direct channel will generate one of the largest-scale shifts in economic history, accounting for 12% of all U.S. retail sales by
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Virgin Web Device Offers Online Shopping Keys
Description: Virgin Web Device Offers Online Shopping Keys Los Angeles-based Virgin Entertainment Group and the Internet Appliance Network are offering Virgin-branded Webplayer Internet
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Shot In The Arm For Online Health & Beauty
Description: Shot In The Arm For Online Health & Beauty The U.S. online market for pharmaceutical, health and beauty products will "explode" from less than $250 million in 1999 to more than
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EC Integrators Fail To Make Grade, Report Claims
Description: EC Integrators Fail To Make Grade, Report Claims U.S. firms will outsource nearly $20 billion in 2000 for the strategy, marketing, design and technical services associated with
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Bank-Branded Online Shopping
Description: Bank-Branded Online Shopping Internet banking and e-commerce solutions provider Q UP, a subsidiary of S1 Corp., has released version 2.0 of the Q UP E-Commerce Portal Solution,
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Hickory Farms Tries Fry
Description: Hickory Farms Tries Fry Hickory Farms says that it has hired Fry Multimedia, a developer and host of e-commerce sites, to help the specialty food and food gift marketer enhance
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Webvan Puts Home Grocer In Its Shopping Cart
Description: Webvan Puts Home Grocer In Its Shopping Cart Webvan Group Inc. has acquired HomeGrocer.com Inc., its rival online grocery service, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.2
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E-Commerce Provider To Recommend Imperial Bank
Description: E-Commerce Provider To Recommend Imperial Bank Imperial Bancorp will become the preferred merchant acquirer for Seattle-based Vitessa Corp., a virtual warehouse that supplies
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Big Daddy
Description: Big Daddy Online sales for Father's Day 2000 totaled about $91 million, almost triple the $31.8 million from Father's Day 1999, according to Web shopping portal and online data
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Execs R Us
Description: Execs R Us Toysrus.com has hired four executives to drive the toy retailer's Internet strategy. New vice presidents are Michael Blancone, who also is chief logistics officer,
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I-Alliances With Redeeming Value
Description: I-Alliances With Redeeming Value Kids Own America has implemented e-commerce marketing "I-alliances" with Reader's Digest World, Nationalgeographic.com, Britannica.com, buy.com,
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T-Shirts.com Dresses For Success
Description: T-Shirts.com Dresses For Success T-Shirts.com Inc. has closed $7 million in first-round funding, including an investment from Hollinger International Inc., says the Chicago-based
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Peapod Expands to Connecticut
Description: Peapod Expands to Connecticut In its first expansion since its financial rescue by international food giant Royal Ahold, Internet grocer Peapod will offer online shopping and
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Who Wants To Hook A Millionaire?
Description: Who Wants To Hook A Millionaire? Affluent North Americans-those with investable assets of at least $1 million-use the Internet more than other consumer groups, according to the
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ExpressAutoParts Keeps On Truckin'
Description: ExpressAutoParts Keeps On Truckin' Online consumer automotive parts retailer ExpressAutoParts.com has announced a marketing agreement with Web portal Yahoo! Inc., Santa Clara,
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Visa Launches Secure E-Commerce Initiative
Description: Visa Launches Secure E-Commerce Initiative Visa International has announced a new global e-commerce initiative that it expects will reduce Internet transaction disputes by up to
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Online Shopping, Credit Union Style
Description: Online Shopping, Credit Union Style uMember.com Inc., an online membership discount store, and Patelco Credit Union, have teamed up to give members the ability to engage in
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The Lap of eLuxury
Description: The Lap of eLuxury The long-awaited LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton luxury goods Web site has finally debuted at eluxury.com. The site features 2,200 luxury products from 60
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Beenz Exec Resigns
Description: Beenz Exec Resigns beenz.com inc., the developer of beenz web currency, has announced that Philip Letts, the company's president, chairman and chief executive officer, has
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Yahoo! Heads for Standoff with French Court
Description: Yahoo! Heads for Standoff with French Court Yahoo! says it will not limit French Web users access to the sale of Nazi memorabilia on its auction site, despite a court order
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BlueLight Makes Debut
Description: BlueLight Makes Debut Months in the making, Kmart Corp. has launched its revamped full-fledged online store, BlueLight.com, over the weekend. The site, named for the discount
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CDNow Still Needs White Knight
Description: CDNow Still Needs White Knight CDnow says it's still seeking and investment or merger partner and that there's no assurance it will receive an offer by June 30, the date it
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FogDog Launches Women's Sports Site
Description: FogDog Launches Women's Sports Site In an apparent bid to compete with Lucy.com and other sites geared toward women, sporting goods e-retailer Fogdog Sports has opened a sub-site
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eBay Casts Winning Bid for Half.com
Description: eBay Casts Winning Bid for Half.com Auction giant eBay will acquire Half.com, a person-to-person trading marketplace. Half.com brings together buyers and sellers to trade used
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Target, AOL Ink Marketing Deal
Description: Target, AOL Ink Marketing Deal Upscale discounter Target Corp. has followed the lead of rivals Kmart Corp. and WalMart Stores by unveiling a broad in-store and online marketing
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How Much Is That Merger in the Petstore.com Window?
Description: How Much Is That Merger in the Petstore.com Window? E-retail's long-forecast category-by-category consolidation continued today with the announcement that Pets.com will acquire
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Report: Better Online Customer Focus Worth $19B
Description: Report: Better Online Customer Focus Worth $19B Creative Good, a New York consulting firm focused on the experience of online shopping, estimates that e-commerce sales could
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Best Buy Debuts New Site
Description: Best Buy Debuts New Site Best Buy Co. has raised the curtain on its redesigned e-commerce site, promising to integrate its 350 retail stores with its catalog and online
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