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Weekly Internet Spending Tops $1 Billion for First Time
Description: Weekly Internet Spending Tops $1 Billion for First Time Online shoppers are keeping cyber registers ringing as they continue to meet industry projections for a prosperous holiday
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Holiday Web Traffic Steadies
Description: Holiday Web Traffic Steadies Though up 41% over Thanksgiving week, last week's e-commerce traffic rose just 2% from Dec. 5, according to Media Metrix, New York City. "We are
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Toys 2: Toysmart at Head of Class in Traffic Gains
Description: Toys 2: Toysmart at Head of Class in Traffic Gains According to Internet traffic firm Media Metrix, Toysmart.com is the second biggest gainer in unique visitor traffic among
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Web's Real Toy Story Still to Come
Description: Web's Real Toy Story Still to Come Toysrus.com squeaked by eToys.com to become the Web's top toy site in a study of home Internet users by PC Data Online. Yet despite this year's
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Cyber Buyers Get Hyper
Description: Cyber Buyers Get Hyper Even though they constitute only 19% of the online population, "Hyper Buyers" account for half of all electronic commerce spending, according to e-commerce
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Firm Says 'R' Word Looms for Web Retailers
Description: Firm Says 'R' Word Looms for Web Retailers Although many online retailers remain focused on fulfilling an onslaught of orders just days before Christmas, some industry experts
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Paymentech, Canuck Style
Description: Paymentech, Canuck Style Toronto-based Paymentech Canada, a unit of Paymentech Inc., is launching credit card and electronic payment programs for Canadian direct marketers that
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At Long Last: Wal-Mart-AOL Drop Veil on Alliance
Description: At Long Last: Wal-Mart-AOL Drop Veil on Alliance Ending weeks of rumors regarding a partnership, (www.wal-mart.com) Wal-Mart Stores and (www.aol.com) America Online today
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Work Shopper, Not Harder
Description: Work Shopper, Not Harder Half of all online holiday purchases will be made from the workplace, according to an online poll conducted by (www.rewardsplus.com) RewardsPlus, a
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Web Shopping Experience Improving, Keynote Says
Description: Web Shopping Experience Improving, Keynote Says Although online shoppers' frustration may be high as a result of sluggish Web store performance and site unavailability in recent
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Circuit City-AOL Deal Electrifies Web Shopping
Description: Circuit City-AOL Deal Electrifies Web Shopping After weeks of rumors that America Online would sign a marketing agreement with Wal-Mart Inc., AOL has announced a cross-marketing
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Virtual Bank Casts Wider Credit Card Net
Description: Virtual Bank Casts Wider Credit Card Net Net.B@nk is expanding its Web-based loan center with a new low-rate, e.card-enabled Visa credit card through a marketing agreement the
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Not Such a Holly-Jolly Christmas
Description: Not Such a Holly-Jolly Christmas Despite jolly commercials and rosy sales predictions, unprecedented Web traffic and site outages are bringing out the inner-Grinch in some
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This Is A Test Of The E-Retailing System
Description: This Is A Test Of The E-Retailing System Since mid-October, Patricia Seybold Group has been testing online retailers' ability to satisfy holiday gift shoppers' requirements for a
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Attention Kmart Online Shoppers!
Description: Attention Kmart Online Shoppers! Kmart shoppers can now get free Internet access through the discount retailer's BlueLight.com and have access to personalized content and
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Gift Engine Driving E-Tailers
Description: Gift Engine Driving E-Tailers (www.giftedsolutions.com) Gifted Solutions has released its proprietary Gift Services Engine following a series of what it says were "highly
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Net Shoppers Just Say 'Nyet' to Taxes
Description: Net Shoppers Just Say 'Nyet' to Taxes Nearly 60% of consumers say they would make fewer online purchases if they had to pay sales tax, according to a new survey by BizRate.com
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Wine Sites Merge, Bottle Retailers
Description: Wine Sites Merge, Bottle Retailers Internet wine and spirits portal @wine.com has acquired eWine.com, and the company will change its name to eWine.com, effective immediately. In
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AOL-Wal-Mart Pact Nears
Description: AOL-Wal-Mart Pact Nears After weeks of rumors, (www.wal-mart.com) Wal-Mart and (www.aol.com) America Online are reportedly close to inking a cross-marketing deal under which AOL
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Last Week's Shopping Tab: $900 Mil
Description: Last Week's Shopping Tab: $900 Mil Web shoppers spent more than $900 million at online retail sites last week, up more than 60% from the previous week. According to a Goldman
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Sock It To Me
Description: Sock It To Me Now you can name your own price for pantyhose. (www.priceline.com) Priceline's WebHouse Club says that this week it is adding 10 new product categories, including
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Report Sees 3 Affiliate Models Emerging
Description: Report Sees 3 Affiliate Models Emerging A new report from (www.forrester.com) Forrester Research Inc. foresees shifts in affiliate programs, with e-retailers and their media
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Pets.com Barks Up IPO Tree
Description: Pets.com Barks Up IPO Tree Online pet-supply retailer (www.pets.com) Pets.com says it aims to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. The company plans to
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A Swat at Cybersquatting
Description: A Swat at Cybersquatting Thanks to the new Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, domain name speculators soon may be out of business. The law, recently signed by President
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Deal Lets Consumers Shop the Web Sans Computer
Description: Deal Lets Consumers Shop the Web Sans Computer Giving frenzied Christmas shoppers one more option, Internet titan Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) and digital wireless phone network
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Tech Firms Join Forces
Description: Tech Firms Join Forces A group of major technology companies has announced its support and plans to develop the Account Authority Digital Signature and proposed Accredited
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With Fraud, Fear Outpaces Reality
Description: With Fraud, Fear Outpaces Reality Despite widespread beliefs to the contrary, credit card theft affects few online shoppers, a recent joint survey by BizRate.com
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Vital Cyber Deal
Description: Vital Cyber Deal (www.vitalps.com) Vital Processing Services Inc. and (www.cybersource.com) CyberSource Corp. have announced that they are integrating Vital's VirtualNet Internet
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Next Ranking Of Online Retailers
Description: Next Ranking Of Online Retailers San Francisco-based Visa issuer (www.nextcard.com) NextCard Inc. today published a ranking of online retailers listed in order of purchase volume
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Oasis Intends To Satisfy Thirsty U.S. E-tail Market
Description: Oasis Intends To Satisfy Thirsty U.S. E-tail Market (www.oasis-technology.com) Oasis Technology Ltd. has launched a strategic and operational U.S. expansion program to meet the
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People Power Doubles Web Business
Description: People Power Doubles Web Business A new study by research firm Yankelovich Partners (www.yankelovich.com), Norwalk, Conn., shows a 100% increase in consumers who purchase
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Borders Inks Webcast Deal
Description: Borders Inks Webcast Deal (www.border.com) Borders.com is teaming up with digital media company Centerseat to create Borders Vision, a series of Webcasts designed for book and
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Are Visions of a Bright e-Christmas Fading?
Description: Are Visions of a Bright e-Christmas Fading? Fears that online merchants will lack enough stock or deliver goods too late are expected to drive about half oft Web shoppers to
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Wells Aims To Makes Online Shopping Easy
Description: Wells Aims To Makes Online Shopping Easy (www.wellsfargo.com) Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, is piloting the Wells Fargo EasyOrder online shopping service for automatic
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Wall to wall at the e-mall
Description: Wall to wall at the e-mall Online shopping networks appear to be paying off for investors, consumers and merchants. (www.shopnow.com) ShopNow.com of Seattle today reported that
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