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Delia's online traffic grows Description: Delia's online traffic grows Shoppers to Delia's Corp's Delias.com increased 13.7% during the third quarter to approximately 432,000 from 380,000 as of July 2000. The company
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On time or its free Description: On time or its free Hey, it helped put Domino's Pizza on the map. MuseumCompany.com, an Internet store offering reproductions, inspirations and gift items from museums, is hoping
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Wine.com goes mobile Description: Wine.com goes mobile Wine.com, the online wine seller, has launched the wine.com channel on the AvantGo mobile Internet service. With the launch of this channel, wine.com becomes
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DestinationRX launches a pharmacy shopping-comparison site Description: DestinationRX launches a pharmacy shopping-comparison site DestinationRx, an online shopping site for health, beauty and pharmaceutical products, is launching a comparison
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Kozmo tells customers to ante up Description: Kozmo tells customers to ante up Kozmo.com introduced a twist to its under-an-hour delivery model-a fee. The company that touted free delivery began charging $1.99 for all orders
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New shopping portal to soothe the squeamish Description: New shopping portal to soothe the squeamish WebBuyingGuide.com, an online shopping portal, is positioning itself as a way for consumers to feel secure in shopping online.
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Zany Brainy goes it alone on its web site Description: Zany Brainy goes it alone on its web site Zany Brainy Inc., a retailer of educational toys, has ended its Internet joint venture with Online Retail Partners Inc. and will assume
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Bluefly renews its Yahoo! Deal Description: Bluefly renews its Yahoo! Deal Bluefly Inc., an Internet retailer of designer fashions at outlet store prices www.bluefly.com, today announced it has renewed its relationship
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Nike new site offers made-to-order items Description: Nike new site offers made-to-order items NikeTown Online has a new look and new technology that lets shoppers create personalized products. Visitors can use what Nike calls Nike
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All that glitters Description: All that glitters Two online luxury sites added well-known product lines as holiday shopping gets into full swing. eLUXURY, added leather-goods retailer Coach to its online
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Discover Card and Excite@Home launch a one-stop e-commerce solution for merchants Description: Discover Card and Excite@Home launch a one-stop e-commerce solution for merchants Discover Business Services, a division of Discover Financial Services Inc., today announced a
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A new performance measuring service Description: A new performance measuring service Keynote, a San Mateo, Calif., company that measures performance on the Internet, released the first results of its monitoring of retailing web
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Holiday online retail advertising off to a slower start Description: Holiday online retail advertising off to a slower start Although holiday online advertising activity this season is nearly four times what it was last year, online advertisers
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DGSE launches jewelry site Description: DGSE launches jewelry site Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange Inc., which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, numismatics and precious metal products via
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PlanetRx.com gets prescription for cash Description: PlanetRx.com gets prescription for cash PlanetRx.com shareholders have granted management authority to access the previously secured $50 million in equity financing from Alpha
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Pre-holiday computer-related e-retail sales vary by category Description: Pre-holiday computer-related e-retail sales vary by category Predictions that holiday sales might not live up to e-retailers' expectations this year are being re-evaluated as
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Packing it in Description: Packing it in Another online retailer has gone under. Furniture retailer Urbandesign.com is shutting down, although its web site will remain in operation to help customers with
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The shift to online shopping Description: The shift to online shopping Consumer attitudes toward online shopping have made a major swing since last year, says a new a Goldman Sachs/PC Data study. Respondents to the
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Get your motor running Description: Get your motor running Motorcycle.com, the home of Motorcycle Online magazine, launched CycleSaver, a discount shopping club for motorcycle parts, accessories and apparel.
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Sharper Image's Net sales grow 116% from November '99 to November'00 Description: Sharper Image's Net sales grow 116% from November '99 to November'00 Internet sales for Sharper Image Corp. increased 116% in November over November 1999, while total sales grew
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Network Commerce Announces New Membership Program On FreeMerchant.com Description: Network Commerce Announces New Membership Program On FreeMerchant.com Network Commerce Inc., the global technology infrastructure and services company, today announced a new
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Experienced online shoppers will spend 43% of their holiday shopping budget on the Internet, says Gartner Description: Experienced online shoppers will spend 43% of their holiday shopping budget on the Internet, says Gartner More than four out of 10 experienced online retail buyers will do at
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Clickthebutton Announces Record-Breaking User Growth Description: Clickthebutton Announces Record-Breaking User Growth More 1 million customers installed Clickthebutton.com's web comparison shopping tools on their computers in November, the
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J.C. Penney's Internet sales surge Description: J.C. Penney's Internet sales surge J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reported web-based sales in November of $39 million in and $206 million year to date, compared to $16 million and $54
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Amazon opens wireless phone store Description: Amazon opens wireless phone store Amazon.com launched a wireless phones store, www.amazon.com/wirelessphones, that will compare price, features and services of wireless
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J. Crew's Internet strategy is working Description: J. Crew's Internet strategy is working J. Crew Group Inc. earlier this year adopted a strategy of migrating customers from its catalog to its web site. The strategy is working.
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Technology vendors form a consortium to address e-business challenges Description: Technology vendors form a consortium to address e-business challenges Compaq, Computer Associates, Dell, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corp., SAP and
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Sears and AOL team up Description: Sears and AOL team up Sears and AOL team up --> Sears, Roebuck and Co. and America Online Inc. have launched a series of in-store and online promotions, including new ways for
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Discountmania opens oxymoron store Description: Discountmania opens oxymoron store Discountmania.com launched an online discount luxury store it says will carry top name brands in watches, fragrances, sunglasses and
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At least one dot-com retailer gets more money--Diamond.com Description: At least one dot-com retailer gets more money--Diamond.com Diamond.com, seller of certified diamonds, fine jewelry and brand-name watches on the Internet, announced today that it
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Flooz.com, American Greetings.com renew partnership through 2002 Description: Flooz.com, American Greetings.com renew partnership through 2002 Flooz.com Inc., an e-commerce enabler and creator of online gift currency and online greeting company
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Q3 e-retail up 15% over Q2 Description: Q3 e-retail up 15% over Q2 The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce estimates U.S. retail e-commerce sales for third quarter 2000, not adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and
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A new online shopping promotion from the Discover card Description: A new online shopping promotion from the Discover card Riverwoods, Ill.-based Discover Financial Services today unveiled DESKSHOP 2.0, an Internet shopping service that
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PetSmart takes a $6 million hit on its dot-com acquisition Description: PetSmart takes a $6 million hit on its dot-com acquisition PETsMART Inc. today announced a $6 million non-cash equity loss resulting from PETsMART.com adjusting certain balance
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Survey points out privacy concerns Description: Survey points out privacy concerns A new survey by Fiderus, Research Triangle Park, N.C., prepared by Yankelovich Partners, found that 48% of regular Internet users list privacy
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TV Time Description: TV Time In spite of a year of big-spending dot-coms dropping like flies, the airwaves are again alive with the buz of shopping online. Flooz.com Inc., creator of online gift
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Anti-tax group warns of Internet taxation Description: Anti-tax group warns of Internet taxation A National Taxpayers Union study has identified several unresolved tax issues that it says could threaten online commerce. NTU advocates
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CHAMP selects eB2B Commerce to communicate with retailers over the web Description: CHAMP selects eB2B Commerce to communicate with retailers over the web CHAMP, a division of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, designers and manufacturers of golf spikes and
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Abercrombie & Fitch Selects Celarix to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency Description: Abercrombie & Fitch Selects Celarix to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency Celarix Inc., provider of web-based supply chain technology, today announced that retailer Abercrombie &
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A faster way to get that caffeine fix Description: A faster way to get that caffeine fix Talk of a niche market on the InternetÑcoffee drinkers in Factoria, Wash., can now use their web-enabled cell phones to order and pay for a
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Lands' End opens in Italian cyberspace Description: Lands' End opens in Italian cyberspace Lands' End has launched a full-service e-commerce web site in Italy. The launch is the sixth international e-commerce site launched by
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Peachtree hungry for eGrocer.com Description: Peachtree hungry for eGrocer.com Peachtree Network Inc., Montreal-based online grocer, will acquire the assets of eGrocer.com from Fulgent Technologies for common shares in
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Going where the kids are learning Description: Going where the kids are learning SmarterKids.com, web-based educational-toy retailer, will target its products to schools after the holidays, President Al Noyes tells Internet
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Yahoo Shopping available on web-enabled phones Description: Yahoo Shopping available on web-enabled phones Yahoo Inc. today announced the availability of Yahoo Shopping on web-enabled mobile phones in the United States. Shoppers can
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Egarden.com's b2b Internet network grows Description: Egarden.com's b2b Internet network grows Egarden.com Inc., a business-to-business e-marketplace subsidiary of U.S. Home & Garden Inc. for the global lawn and garden products
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iQVC launches sporting goods store with Global Sports Description: iQVC launches sporting goods store with Global Sports Global Sports Inc., and iQVC have developed and are operating a sporting goods store for iQVC. The new Ready Set Sports
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ecampus revamps web site Description: ecampus revamps web site Online new and used textbook retailers ecampus has relaunched its web site to speed shopping. The site now has a tabbed navigational system and modular
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Replicating the real world online: BlueLight e-specials Description: Replicating the real world online: BlueLight e-specials E-retailers have done a lot to rebuild the real world shopping experience online. Now Kmart Corp.'s BlueLight.com is
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Barewalls.com goes corporate Description: Barewalls.com goes corporate Cambridge, Mass.-based Barewalls.com, an online retailer of art prints and posters, launched the Barewalls Business Index. The index is offered
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Worldly gift site launches Description: Worldly gift site launches Ethny Inc. recently launched its e-commerce web site, which will offer merchandise from around the world including bath and body products, home
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