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TheSavingsMall Casts A Discount Net
Description: TheSavingsMall Casts A Discount Net SHC Direct is launching a new online discount service called TheSavingsMall.com, an e-commerce version of a program it marketed to major bank
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PlanetRx Prescribes ePhysician Deal
Description: PlanetRx Prescribes ePhysician Deal PlanetRx.com Inc., a major Internet healthcare destination for commerce, content and community, has formed an alliance with ePhysician for
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Amazon Springs into Lawn & Patio Goods
Description: Amazon Springs into Lawn & Patio Goods Widening its reach yet again beyond books, music and videos, Amazon.com has launched a new lawn and patio store. The new store will feature
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Internetcash.com Plans More Product Launches
Description: Internetcash.com Plans More Product Launches Internetcash.com Inc., which launched prepaid Internet purchasing cards earlier this week, will unveil more products to gain a larger
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New marketing tool debuts
Description: New marketing tool debuts @plan.inc, an online business-to-business exchange, has launched a merchandising and market research system focused on three e-retail categories:
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AOL, Ritz Camera to Cross-Market
Description: AOL, Ritz Camera to Cross-Market America Online, specialty chain Ritz Camera and Phobo.com have entered a marketing alliance that will make ritzcamera.com, boatersworld.com and
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FogDog's New Tricks
Description: FogDog's New Tricks Fogdog Sports says it will launch new specialty shops for fishing, cycling and walking enthusiasts. The three new shops all feature Fogdog's
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BlueLight Adds CFO
Description: BlueLight Adds CFO BlueLight.com, the online retail venture formed by Kmart and Softbank Venture Capital, has recruited Christopher A. Lien as chief financial officer and vice
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Innovonics Shareholders OK Online Deal
Description: Innovonics Shareholders OK Online Deal Shareholders of Innovonics Inc. recently approved a proposed merger with MerchantOnline.com Inc., a credit and debit card processor for
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Blue Sky For Blue Card
Description: Blue Sky For Blue Card American Express Co. expects to have 3 million to 4 million Blue credit cards in the market within the next few months, sources tell Faulkner & Gray. AmEx,
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Youth, Ethnic Markets Are Prepaid Card Target
Description: Youth, Ethnic Markets Are Prepaid Card Target InternetCash.com Inc. has launched a prepaid card for Internet purchases. Consumers can buy the cards in $10, $20, $50 and $100
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E-Commerce Help From Chase
Description: E-Commerce Help From Chase Chase Merchant Services LLC and iXL Enterprises Inc. have announced a strategic relationship that will allow iXL to provide e-commerce services to
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Small-Business Online Help From MasterCard
Description: Small-Business Online Help From MasterCard MasterCard International has launched MarketAccess, an online marketplace for small-business cardholders to buy and sell goods.
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Miadora Raises $20 Million
Description: Miadora Raises $20 Million Online jewelry retailer Miadora Inc. has nabbed $20 million in a third-round financing, led by equity investment firm Freeman Spogli & Co. Other
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Petopia Puts on a Show
Description: Petopia Puts on a Show In an attempt to break out of the pack of online pet supply retailers, Petopia.com will launch the Petopia.com Show, a weekly series on shopping network
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BizRate Browses, Buys
Description: BizRate Browses, Buys BizRate.com, an online marketplace and consumer rating firm, has acquired EBoodle.com and will merge its browser companion with BizRate's existing
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Global Sports Files IPO
Description: Global Sports Files IPO Online sporting goods retailer Global Sports Inc. has filed a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 5,000,000 shares of common
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Geepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Customers?
Description: Geepers Creepers, Where'd You Get Those Customers? GeePS.com Inc. has begun beta testing a location-based, wireless online shopping portal in New York City and San Francisco,
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Retailers Form Worldwide Exchange
Description: Retailers Form Worldwide Exchange Eleven major retailers, including K-mart Corp., Target Corp., Safeway and drugstore giant CVS, plan a Web-based, business-to-business exchange
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FogDog Adds Bricks, But No Mortar
Description: FogDog Adds Bricks, But No Mortar Online sporting goods retailer Fogdog Sports and marketing firm ebrick.com have announced an alliance in which Fogdog will distribute a quarter
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CDNow Faces Critics--and the Music
Description: CDNow Faces Critics--and the Music Responding to reports calling its viability into question, CDnow says it's implementing a new operating plan to pare back its losses. The
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Peapod Mulls Takeover
Description: Peapod Mulls Takeover Troubled Internet grocer Peapod, Skokie, Ill., is weighing takeover offers from United Parcel Service, rival HomeGrocer.com and Netherlands-based Royal
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From CDNow to CDThen?
Description: From CDNow to CDThen? CDnow.com stock tumbled another 21% this morning after an independent accountant said it wasn't sure the company will survive. In an annual report for the
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MotherNature Takes B2B supplement
Description: MotherNature Takes B2B supplement Jockeying for position in a crowded market, online vitamin and health products retailer MotherNature.com plans an expansion aimed at small
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NDC eCommerce Launches Discover Card Acceptance Program
Description: NDC eCommerce Launches Discover Card Acceptance Program NDC eCommerce says it plans to offer merchants the opportunity to automatically accept the Discover Card from consumers
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Visa To Promote Credit Card Payment On eBay
Description: Visa To Promote Credit Card Payment On eBay Online auction site eBay Inc. and Visa U.S.A. today have announced a marketing agreement that will promote Visa as a primary payment
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The Beauty of Eve.com
Description: The Beauty of Eve.com Recent traffic rankings by both PC Data Online and Media Metrix place Eve.com ahead of other beauty sites in what's become a beastly competition. PC Data
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Portal Adds Up To B2B2C
Description: Portal Adds Up To B2B2C Online retail community builder uMember.com Inc. has launched an Internet portal for USA Federal Credit Union, a 50,000-member financial institution in
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Amazon.com Goes Crafty
Description: Amazon.com Goes Crafty Aiming to muscle in on the specialty gift market, Amazon.com has invested $17.5 million in eZiba.com, a site that sells handcrafted products from around
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Online Beauty Gets Ugly
Description: Online Beauty Gets Ugly In a bid to set itself apart from the crowded field of online beauty retailers, Beautymerchant.com has pledged to offer the lowest prices on the Internet.
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Teen site Alloy in marketing deal
Description: Teen site Alloy in marketing deal Alloy.com, an e-retailer and content site that caters to teen and preteen girls, has teamed up with teen community site Candies.com to sell
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Gap Gets Maternal
Description: Gap Gets Maternal Gap Inc. has taken baby steps into the maternity market by launching a new line of maternity clothes to be sold exclusively on its Web site. The newest line
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Rebates, Visa From ebates
Description: Rebates, Visa From ebates Members of online shopping portal ebates.com can now sign up for an ebates.com NextCard Visa. San Francisco-based ebates.com pays its members up to 25%
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Picture-Perfect Deal for Amazon
Description: Picture-Perfect Deal for Amazon Amazon.com says it will be the exclusive retailer for Ceiva, a new Internet appliance. Los Angeles-based Ceiva claims to be the first
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Pets.com Wags Tail At Broadbase
Description: Pets.com Wags Tail At Broadbase Broadbase Software Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., a provider of customer-centric analytic and e-marketing applications, says that online pet supply
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BlueLight.com is Fastest Growing ISP
Description: BlueLight.com is Fastest Growing ISP BlueLight.com, Kmart's independent e-commerce company, has signed 1 million subscribers to its free Internet service in 14 weeks since its
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Firms Know Jack About e-Commerce
Description: Firms Know Jack About e-Commerce Jack Henry & Associates has partnered with OLB.com to provide shopping and fulfillment services for Jack Henry's NetHarbor, a Web portal service
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First Union Builds E-Commerce Marketplace for Small Businesses
Description: First Union Builds E-Commerce Marketplace for Small Businesses First Union Bank will team up with Intelisys Electronic Commerce to launch a new division dedicated to building an
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1-800-Flowers Named #1 Gift Site
Description: 1-800-Flowers Named #1 Gift Site ClicksGuide.com, an online service that rates and reviews e-commerce sites, has named 1-800-Flowers.com the top online gift site. The site got
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Styleclick sees 4Q revenue spike amid 1999 decline
Description: Styleclick sees 4Q revenue spike amid 1999 decline Online shopping network Styleclick.com says its fourth quarter revenue reached $839,000, up 46% from the prior quarter, while
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Etoys at the Gate
Description: Etoys at the Gate Web merchant eToys went all the way to PC maker Gateway to hire away its logistics chief, Theodore F. Augustine. Augustine, 53, will take a similar post at
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Movie Goers Like 'Reel" World
Description: Movie Goers Like 'Reel" World Internet retailer Reel.com was named the most popular Web site for gathering information about films playing in movie theaters, according to a
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Limited Targets Gen Y with LimitedToo.com
Description: Limited Targets Gen Y with LimitedToo.com Not content with outfitting only adult women, apparel retailer Limited Inc. has turned its attention to teens and preteens with newly
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CyberCash, First Data Partner In CashRegister Deal
Description: CyberCash, First Data Partner In CashRegister Deal Internet payment software and services firm CyberCash Inc. and e-commerce and payment services First Data Corp. say that First
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Online Shoppers Can Pay Bills Online, Too
Description: Online Shoppers Can Pay Bills Online, Too NextCard Inc., a leading issuer of credit cards on the Web, has forged a strategic relationship with Paytrust.com that will provide
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The Beauty of Online Shopping
Description: The Beauty of Online Shopping Online beauty sales accounted for approximately 1% of the $25 billion-plus total U.S. beauty market in 1999, but could gain significant market share
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The Price Is Right
Description: The Price Is Right Price still drives the purchase habits of new online customers, but companies need to offer more than good prices to keep customers, according to a recent
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Amazon's Plans E-mmediate Delivery
Description: Amazon's Plans E-mmediate Delivery Amazon.com has invested $60 million in Internet-to-door delivery service (www.kozmo.com) Kozmo.com and plans to offer a one-hour delivery to
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CDNow says it has cash for 6 months
Description: CDNow says it has cash for 6 months Thanks to an infusion from Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp., CDnow says it has $40 million on hand--enough cash for at least six months. The
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E-commerce Tax Committee Member Asks Clinton To End Stalemate
Description: E-commerce Tax Committee Member Asks Clinton To End Stalemate A member of the federal panel on e-commerce taxes has asked President Clinton to reverse the administration's
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