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How information---not just shopping---boosts sales and keeps consumers coming back
Description: Retailers experienced in using content say the right type of contentwhich means high-quality content updated regularlycan boost a companys overall image as well as revenues. They also contend that merchants cannot create the right type of content without an in-house content department. You need content to support commerce, says Jennifer C. Lind, an associate with REI.com, the Internet business unit of Recreational Equipment Inc., a Seattle-based co-op with a worldwide chain of stores that offers clothing and equipment for outdoor enthusiasts. It provides value above and beyond what you can offer in a traditional retail store. REIs Internet business unit operates three web sites.
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IBM becomes an ASP's ASP
Description: IBM becomes an ASP's ASP IBM and Mercantec today announced usage-based pricing for service providers that host e-commerce sites for their customers, leveraging IBM's
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Dot-something or other
Description: With Internet domain name registrations expected to hit 500 million in the next several years, demand for web site names will outstrip whats available on general, top-level extensions like dot-com and dot-net. So new suffixes will be launchedrecycling an old problem as cyber squatters race to register those of interest to prominent Internet players, to be sold later at inflated prices.
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SmarterKids.com increases Q3 2000 revenues by 109%
Description: SmarterKids.com increases Q3 2000 revenues by 109% Net sales for third quarter 2000 at SmarterKids.com, the online education store and resource for parents, reached $1.51
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ReturnBuy and ReturnCentral team up to provide a complete returns solution for retailers
Description: ReturnBuy and ReturnCentral team up to provide a complete returns solution for retailers ReturnBuy, creator of a returned-merchandise marketplace on the Internet, has formed a
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Fort Points Partners offers integrated Internet services model
Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Polo hits the web
Description: Polo hits the web Ralph Lauren's Polo.com is slated to debut this weekend with an initial base of some 600,000 registered shoppers who've signed up for the site online since
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MotherNature.com to be liquidated
Description: MotherNature.com to be liquidated The highly competitive online vitamin and supplement market will become less so by one player following the announcement this week that
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Adding A Life of Luxury
Description: Adding A Life of Luxury Ashford.com, a luxury and premium products online retailer, has added a home and lifestyle department to its web site. Ashford.com now offers unique gifts
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Drugstore.com alerts customers to FDA warning
Description: Drugstore.com alerts customers to FDA warning Drugstore.com this week notified more than 10,000 customers electronically of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's safety warning
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MotherNature.com to be liquidated
Description: MotherNature.com to be liquidated E-retailers are rating customer service, fulfillment and on-time delivery high in their priorities as they prepare for the holiday season,
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A new way to do affiliate marketing
Description: A new way to do affiliate marketing Merchandising Avenue Inc. is preparing to launch what it is touting as a new way to do affiliate marketing. With the Merchandising Avenue
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Accesspoint Picks Up SafeDebit
Description: Accesspoint Picks Up SafeDebit Accesspoint Corp., an e-commerce payment application service provider, has signed a letter of intent to offer the NYCE electronic funds transfer
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Pets.com bites the dust
Description: Pets.com bites the dust The beleaguered online pet store category took another hit today as San Francisco-based Pets.com said it would cease operations, immediately laying off
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Fifteen Shoppers to Win Their buy.com Holiday Purchases
Description: Fifteen Shoppers to Win Their buy.com Holiday Purchases Buy.com and Visa are running a promotion to let shoppers win back their money. Shoppers who make purchases at buy.com
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Borders.com edges out Amazon.com in latest Forrester research
Description: Borders.com edges out Amazon.com in latest Forrester research Borders.com has knocked off perennial champion Amazon.com by the slimmest of margins in the latest PowerRankings of
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JCrew joins Flooz
Description: JCrew joins Flooz Flooz.com Inc., the online gift currency creator, has added J.Crew to the Flooz.com merchant network. As part of the network, jcrew.com shoppers will be able to
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BlueLight.com's latest effort to bring its customers online: a low-cost computer
Description: BlueLight.com's latest effort to bring its customers online: a low-cost computer First it offered free Internet access as a way to lure its largely un-webified, middle- and
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Alloy Online becomes a content provider for AT&T Digital PocketNet service
Description: Alloy Online becomes a content provider for AT&T Digital PocketNet service Alloy Online, Inc., a leading Internet destination and content provider for teens and young adults, and
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Next Card's instant financing for big-ticket purchases
Description: Next Card's instant financing for big-ticket purchases NextCard, the leading issuer of consumer credit on the Internet, today announced the launch of its consumer finance
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Yahoo! hits the slopes
Description: Yahoo! hits the slopes Yahoo! Sports Outdoors' Ski and Snow section is beefing up for Old Man Winter by making up to the minute reporting on ski and weather conditions across the
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Amazon.com and filmmaker Ken Burns launch jazz store
Description: Amazon.com and filmmaker Ken Burns launch jazz store In anticipation of the January 2001 PBS broadcast of Ken Burns's new documentary, Jazz, Amazon.com, today launched a special
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New site groups small retailers
Description: New site groups small retailers DownOnMainStreet.com Inc., an Atlanta-based e-commerce facilitator, launched its site to bring small business to the Internet. The site features
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Peapod, Giant try to win DC
Description: Peapod, Giant try to win DC Internet grocer Peapod and Giant Food Inc., a leading supermarket chain in the mid-Atlantic region, have launched Peapod by Giant online shopping and
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Most web shoppers would vote online
Description: Most web shoppers would vote online Americans accustomed to shopping the web say they'd like to cast their vote there, too. In a new BizRate.com survey of more than 7,200
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CUShopper expands its jewelry selection
Description: CUShopper expands its jewelry selection CUShopper, a California-based provider of direct and online shopping to credit union members, will offer an expanded line of both brand
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Beautymerchant.com enters the iVillage.com portal
Description: Beautymerchant.com enters the iVillage.com portal Beautymerchant Inc., an Internet retailer of cosmetics, fragrances and personal care products, has become a sponsor in the
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Victoria's Secret relaunches site
Description: Victoria's Secret relaunches site Victoria's Secret has redesigned its web site to include The Wish List, Gift Search, Electronic Gift Certificates and a collection of
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What do e-customers want? Reliability
Description: What do e-customers want? Reliability Many consumers are wary and distrustful of online retailers, and these feelings prevent online retailing from becoming even bigger than it
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zBox rolls out its delivery boxes in San Francisco
Description: zBox rolls out its delivery boxes in San Francisco zBox Co. today announced it will roll-out the first of its smart home delivery boxes, the zBox, in San Francisco. This
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Visa Buxx Starts Here
Description: Visa Buxx Starts Here Capital One today launched the Capital One Visa Buxx card, a reloadable, prepaid card that teenagers can use anywhere Visa is accepted for both online and
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Office Depot's Redesigned Site
Description: Office Depot's Redesigned Site Office Depot launched its redesigned site today, which provides customers with increased speed and ease of use as well as new search and service
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Ms. Boo's back
Description: Ms. Boo's back After a meteoric rise and then a much- publicized fall from grace that made it a poster child for dot.com failures, online fashion retailer Boo.com relaunched
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iSolve and GoTo in auction agreement
Description: iSolve and GoTo in auction agreement iSolve Inc., a provider of surplus inventory management solutions to businesses and exchanges including corporate barter, has entered into an
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Yahoo launches a new market research tool to measure consumer interests and campaign effectiveness
Description: Yahoo launches a new market research tool to measure consumer interests and campaign effectiveness Yahoo! Inc. a global Internet communications, commerce and media company today
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Another Music & Movie Option Emerges
Description: Another Music & Movie Option Emerges Half.com and buy.com today announced a strategic alliance in which every CD, DVD and VHS listing from Half.com will be available for sale on
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eBillit launches payment alternative to credit cards
Description: eBillit launches payment alternative to credit cards eBillit today announced that it will launch a suite of billing solutions next week to allow Internet services, digital goods
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BlueLight.com launches its full online shopping site with new consumer interface
Description: BlueLight.com launches its full online shopping site with new consumer interface BlueLight.com today launched its new, comprehensive online shopping site with hundreds of
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Brightpoint to provide integrated services for buy.com
Description: Brightpoint to provide integrated services for buy.com Brightpoint Inc. announced today that its subsidiary Brightpoint North America Inc. will provide buy.com with a variety of
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Toysrus.com's architect of the Amazon deal will resign
Description: Toysrus.com's architect of the Amazon deal will resign Toysrus.com announced that Jonathan F. Foster, who played a key role in the company's recently announced and launched
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M+J Savitt Luxury Jewelry Boutique joins eLuxury.com
Description: M+J Savitt Luxury Jewelry Boutique joins eLuxury.com eLUXURY, the newly-launched luxury Web site offering a wide assortment of the best brands, luxury services and lifestyle
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Online holiday shopping will triple, says Purdue University study
Description: Online holiday shopping will triple, says Purdue University study The amount of online Christmas shopping this year will triple from last year's $2 billion to more than $6
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Internet Business's International Inc. acquires Auction-Sales.Com Inc.
Description: Internet Business's International Inc. acquires Auction-Sales.Com Inc. Internet Business's International Inc. has completed the acquisition of Auction-Sales.com Inc.. The terms
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Hewlett-Packard and uBid.com team up
Description: Hewlett-Packard and uBid.com team up Hewlett-Packard Company and uBid, a leading business-to-consumer Internet auction company, today announced an agreement whereby HP will
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IBM's new talking web browser
Description: IBM's new talking web browser IBM is introducing a talking web browser that works with e-business web sites, allowing many visually impaired and blind users to buy, sell and
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GoTo acquires SearchUP Inc.
Description: GoTo acquires SearchUP Inc. GoTo, a leading provider of pay-for-performance search, comparison shopping services and auction services to web sites across the Internet, today
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JPMorgan is bullish on Amazon
Description: JPMorgan is bullish on Amazon "It's only a matter of time until Amazon turns the skeptics into believers," says the latest analyst's report from JPMorgan. "Some of the skeptics
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CardStore.com Launches Corporate Card Service
Description: CardStore.com Launches Corporate Card Service CardStore.com, the on-demand solution for personalized print communications, today launched a corporate card service at
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Hanover Direct Subsidiary, Keystone Internet Services Signs Multi-year Agreement With SmartBargains
Description: Hanover Direct Subsidiary, Keystone Internet Services Signs Multi-year Agreement With SmartBargains Hanover Direct Inc. announced today that Retail Convergence Inc. has entered
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Wizmo enters re-selling agreement with Talisma
Description: Wizmo enters re-selling agreement with Talisma Wizmo Inc. announced today a reseller agreement with Talisma Corp., full-service providers of customer relationship management
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