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Boo.com May Have a Buyer
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Better Call Mom Again
Description: Better Call Mom Again Fulfillment issues continue to plague dot-com retailers with as many as one-third of all Mother's Day orders placed online left unfulfilled, according to a
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Judge Says No More Crawling
Description: Judge Says No More Crawling A California Judge ruled that auction aggregator Bidder's Edge Inc. cannot use spiders or bots to search auction giant eBay Inc.. But James Carney,
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Online Toy Retailers Are Still Ahead Of Offline Stores
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Buy Any Thing On AnyDay.com
Description: Buy Any Thing On AnyDay.com Cambridge, Mass.-based AnyDay.com, a free online calendar and scheduling service with more than 3 million members, is launching the AnyDay.com
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MovieTickets.com Launches for Holiday Weekend
Description: MovieTickets.com Launches for Holiday Weekend MovieTickets.com Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., launched its online movie ticketing service in time for Memorial Day weekend. The company
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Report Sees Internet Car Sales Revving Up
Description: Report Sees Internet Car Sales Revving Up Sales of new cars over the Internet, though stalled at $2.1 billion in 1999, will accelerate to $27.3 billion in 2004, according to
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Comics, Action Figures Add Up To Hobbyist Site Acquisition
Description: Comics, Action Figures Add Up To Hobbyist Site Acquisition Hobbyist e-tailing and entertainment site eHobbies.com has completed a deal to acquire NextPlanetOver, whereby NPO
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"First Step" M-Commerce Agreement
Description: "First Step" M-Commerce Agreement Electronic commerce and payment services firm First Data Corp. and wireless data services and systems provider Aether Systems Inc. will jointly
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E-Retailers Target ATM Users
Description: E-Retailers Target ATM Users Food.com, San Francisco, is renewing an advertising deal on select Wells Fargo & Co. ATMs after the Internet food company experienced sales growth
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Chadwick's Unveils Web Store
Description: Chadwick's Unveils Web Store Chadwick's of Boston, which sells off-price, name-brand women's apparel through various catalogs under that name and others, has launched its first
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FTC Calls for End Of Online Privacy Regulation
Description: FTC Calls for End Of Online Privacy Regulation A Federal Trade Commission report to Congress is recommending that legislators pass additional online privacy legislation requiring
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Study: Online Shoppers Raising the Bar on Fulfillment
Description: Study: Online Shoppers Raising the Bar on Fulfillment Outsourcing order fulfillment, though often the best choice financially for e-retailers, must reflect the fact that online
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BlueLight's Free ISP Sets Sights on 8 Million More Customers
Description: BlueLight's Free ISP Sets Sights on 8 Million More Customers BlueLight.com, the e-retail venture being developed by the Kmart Corp. and Softbank, says it will begin a second
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Toysmart shut Down Amid B2B Bid
Description: Toysmart shut Down Amid B2B Bid Toysmart.com says its Friday closing occurred when a planned switch to business-to-business operations failed to attract financing. "In the past
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Touch, Feel & Buy
Description: Touch, Feel & Buy Home furnishing and decorating e-tailer Everythingdecor Inc., has officially launched its Web site, www.everythingdecor.com. The site combines online shopping
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Only 3 E-retailers Get Top Marks from Consumer Reports
Description: Only 3 E-retailers Get Top Marks from Consumer Reports Consumer Reports Online, having studied 50 Internet merchants for six months, has assigned "excellent" ratings to only
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BroadVision in Corporate Portal Venture
Description: BroadVision in Corporate Portal Venture E-commerce software developer BroadVision Inc. says it will team up with Bank of America in forming a standalone company focused on
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Same-Day Delivery Wish Comes True With A Click
Description: Same-Day Delivery Wish Comes True With A Click WishClick Inc., a provider of all-occasion gift services to online retailers, and Sameday.com, an e-commerce fulfillment and
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Living It Up At Amazon
Description: Living It Up At Amazon Home furnishings e-tailer living.com has partnered with Seattle-based Amazon.com to open the new "Home Living" store at Amazon.com. In early February, the
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Big Site On Campus
Description: Big Site On Campus The Fledgling has launched an "e-commerce marketplace" for college students. The site features dorm-room items such as alarm clocks, bedding, bath and laundry
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Study Sees Huge Online Impact on Offline Spending
Description: Study Sees Huge Online Impact on Offline Spending For every $1 spent online, the Internet influences $8 in offline purchases, according to a new study by Jupiter Communications.
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The End of Boo?
Description: The End of Boo? Shareholders of Boo.com, unable to line up a buyer or secure additional financing, have put the sportswear e-retailer into receivership. According to the Wall
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DoubleClick Names 7 to Consumer Privacy Panel
Description: DoubleClick Names 7 to Consumer Privacy Panel Ad serving network DoubleClick, recently under assault from privacy advocates over its plans to match consumer Web browsing habits
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Web Sales Make a Point at Sharper Image
Description: Web Sales Make a Point at Sharper Image Sharper Image Corp., San Francisco, says its first-quarter Internet sales soared 261% over last year, reaching $8.4 million compared to
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Another Gomez Ranking In The Cards
Description: Another Gomez Ranking In The Cards Gomez Advisors, an e-commerce consulting firm, has created an Internet Credit Card Scorecard for its consumer Web site, which it says is viewed
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On Wisconsin!
Description: On Wisconsin! Marshall & Ilsley Corp., a banking and e-commerce technology firm based in Milwaukee, has released MiWeb Store, an e-commerce solution that provides small- to
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NextCard-Amazon Cobrand Card Deal
Description: NextCard-Amazon Cobrand Card Deal Internet-based card issuer NextCard Inc. has launched a cobranded Visa card with online retailer Amazon.com Inc. The card, which Seattle-based
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C-Commerce Technology Enables iShop Network
Description: C-Commerce Technology Enables iShop Network C-Commerce Technology Enables iShopNetworkFrontline Communications Corp. has announced that iShopNetworks Inc., a wholly owned
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Reel.com Screens New Design
Description: Reel.com Screens New Design Movie site Reel.com has unveiled a redesign that includes a deeper database, more streaming media, the ability to search for movie show times
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A Changing of the Chiefs at Priceline
Description: A Changing of the Chiefs at Priceline Priceline.com says Richard S. Braddock will step down as CEO and will be succeeded by Daniel H. Schulman, the company's president and chief
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AltaVista, uBid.com To Create Cobranded Site
Description: AltaVista, uBid.com To Create Cobranded Site E-commerce auction site uBid.com and Internet portal AltaVista Co. have forged a one-year agreement naming uBid.com as the content
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Thanks, Mom!
Description: Thanks, Mom! 1-800-Flowers.com reports record orders and traffic in the two weeks leading up to Mother's Day. The company says more than 3.3 million unique visitors browsed its
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SecureClick Disposes Of Online Security Fears
Description: SecureClick Disposes Of Online Security Fears Cyota Corp. has introduced SecureClick, an online payment security model in which consumers never send their real card number over
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Chip Cards Safest For Web Shopping, Consumers Believe
Description: Chip Cards Safest For Web Shopping, Consumers Believe Consumers are more likely to view smart cards as a safe vehicle for Internet shopping as compared to credit cards without a
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HomeGrocer Goes Deep in the Heart of Texas
Description: HomeGrocer Goes Deep in the Heart of Texas Internet supermarket HomeGrocer.com has launched its online service in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with the opening of a new customer
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Higher Web Sales Fail to Offset Lands' End Drop
Description: Higher Web Sales Fail to Offset Lands' End Drop Though first-quarter sales via its Internet site nearly doubled the same period last year, Lands' End reported an 8.1% decline in
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IPO Off for American Greetings.com
Description: IPO Off for American Greetings.com American Greetings says it is withdrawing its application for an initial public offering of a minority interest in its Internet division,
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H&Q Analyst: The Bricks Strike Back
Description: H&Q Analyst: The Bricks Strike Back In e-retailing, brick-and-mortar stores are finally getting their due. That's the word from the Chase Hambrecht& Quist 28th annual technology
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E-Stuff It To Me
Description: E-Stuff It To Me Online financial software provider Home Account will enable its clients to include electronic bill stuffers in their customers' online statements. Everyville,
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Priceline Inks Marketing Pact
Description: Priceline Inks Marketing Pact Priceline.com's WebHouse Club, whose members name their own price for retail goods and shop for them at a discount at local stores, says it has
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E-catalog Company Adds 8 Merchants
Description: E-catalog Company Adds 8 Merchants Shop2u.com, an e-commerce newcomer that delivers full-color electronic catalogs via e-mail, says Macy's by Mail, the Company Store,
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Patent Portal Opens
Description: Patent Portal Opens Need a patent attorney fast? Take it online. PatentCafe.com has entered an alliance with LawOffer.com, becoming what it calls "the first intellectual property
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Lend Me An Aria
Description: Lend Me An Aria Credit card issuers Providian Financial Corp. has signed an exclusive credit card alliance agreement with leading Internet banking provider Digital Insight Corp.
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A "whole" lot of living going on
Description: In the market for some new solar panels? How about information on homeopathic or holistic health remedies? Or are you searching for clothes made with organic and natural fibers? If that doesnt suit your fancy, how about some hemp floor mats or shower curtains?
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SmarterKids gives toy-buyers an education. But will kids love puzzles as much as Pokemon?
Description: A particularly useful feature is MySmarterKids and its patent-pending SmartPicks system, which allow parents to customize their shopping and content-browsing. After parents set up learning profiles for each child, the site matches learning needs, goals and styles with merchandise tested and approved by teachers on staff. This feature is unique, but isnt showcased as well as it could be, since the site doesnt use cookies to identify those who have set up MySmarterKids. Instead, visitors who have used the feature see the same home page as everyone else, rather than a tailored one that takes them directly to their profile and product picks.
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Gap gets maternal, but only online
Description: Pregnant Netizens didnt have to wait until Mothers Day for a gift from Gap Inc.: a new line of maternity clothes being test-marketed on the retailers Web site. Ever since launching Baby Gap, says a company spokesperson, mothers have been vocal about maternity clothes.
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Picture this: E-retailers aim to zoom, spin and model their way to higher sales
Description: In todays competitive retail market, these enhanced visualization tech-nologies appear to be proliferating. Online retailers that sell highly differentiated products are desperately trying to find ways to display the properties of those products on the Internet, says Ken Cassar, senior retail analyst with Jupiter Communications. While the purchase of replacement or commodity product has become a no-brainer on the Web, consumers remain less willing to buy online what they cant see or feel first. In fact, 84% of consumers in a Jupiter survey last year said that the need to see, touch or try on certain products would ultimately be a barrier to purchasing a wider range of products online.
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Yall come back: the repeat shopper hang up
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Money blues at CDnow
Description: First Beyond.com, then Cybershop, and now Internet powerhouse CDnow faces a grim financial test. For the past month, analysts and market watchers have been playing the online music retailers song, and it sounds a lot like The Partys Over. The company has hired New York investment banker Allen & Co. to identify options, including a merger or sale.
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