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One Stop IPO
Description: One Stop IPO 1StopSale.com Holdings Inc. has announced that it has started an initial public offering of 5 million shares of common stock priced at $0.20 per share. The IPO is
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A new measurement of online/offline apparel
Description: A new measurement of online/offline apparel comScore Networks, Inc. a provider of Internet infrastructure services, STS Market Research, a survey research company based in
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Amazon Says it Erred on Price Test
Description: Amazon Says it Erred on Price Test Amazon.com on Wednesday issued a statement that calls a recent five-day price test that offered different DVD prices to different site visitors
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Navigating the Blue Nile
Description: Navigating the Blue Nile Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc. this week signed a shopping agreement with America Online Inc., to be a new anchor tenant within the Jewelry
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Shopping Safari
Description: Shopping Safari Minneapolis-based Resaleworld Inc., which is launching its SaleSafari.com site today, is allowing Minnesota-based shoppers to have the first crack at the
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Playing the odds with warranties
Description: Playing the odds with warranties WarrantySuperstore.com, which sells extended warranties direct to consumers, has started promoting its site with a free interactive game that can
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GourmetMarket.com Gobbles Up VirtualGourmet.com
Description: GourmetMarket.com Gobbles Up VirtualGourmet.com San Francisco-based GourmetMarket.com has signed a letter of intent to acquire rival online specialty foods retailer
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WorldWide Retail Exchange membership grows to 41
Description: WorldWide Retail Exchange membership grows to 41 The WorldWide Retail Exchange today announced the addition four new members: Bangkok-based Makro Asia; and U.S. retailers Meijer
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Office Depot opens its eighth and ninth web stores
Description: Office Depot opens its eighth and ninth web stores Office Depot Inc. has launched new electronic commerce sites for its office supplies in Japan under its Office Depot brand
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800.Com opens east coast distribution center
Description: 800.Com opens east coast distribution center 800.Com, Inc., has opened a distribution center in New Castle, Del. The Delaware facility begins shipping this week and allows
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CD Warehouse Closes e-Door
Description: CD Warehouse Closes e-Door CD Warehouse Inc. has suspended operations of its web site, cdwarehouse.com. As a result, the company expects to realize a pre-tax, nonrecurring charge
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Store of Knowledge joins ShoppingList.com
Description: Store of Knowledge joins ShoppingList.com ShoppingList.com has signed Store of Knowledge to its shopping comparison program. Store of Knowledge is affiliated with 26 public
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New COO for Webvan
Description: New COO for Webvan Webvan Group Inc. today announced the appointment of Robert Swan to the newly created post of chief operating officer. Swan was Webvan's chief financial
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Priceline expects to fail analysts' estimates
Description: Priceline expects to fail analysts' estimates Priceline.com said today it anticipates third quarter 2000 revenues will be below the range of analysts' estimates for the company.
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AT&T Survey Indicates More Online Holiday Shopping
Description: AT&T Survey Indicates More Online Holiday Shopping This holiday season, consumers' expectations will be higher than ever when they shop on the web, according to an AT&T survey.
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Survey Finds Online Privacy "Gap"
Description: Survey Finds Online Privacy "Gap" Ninety percent of online marketers say self-regulation is adequately protecting the privacy rights of consumers at their own companies -- but
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Most Web Sites Lack the Basics, Study Says
Description: Most Web Sites Lack the Basics, Study Says Most web sites don't incorporate minimum standards for usability and lack basic components, which can result in frustrated customers
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NASCAR Site Adds Horsepower
Description: NASCAR Site Adds Horsepower eFANshop and KnightRidder.com are teaming up to operate the online store of ThatsRacin.com, a NASCAR news site. The store is scheduled to go live in
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Shopping With Sound
Description: Shopping With Sound E-retailers have tried everything to boost web shopper conversion rates, now hovering at about 2%. One of the latest technologies to tackle the issue debuts
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Forrester ups Predicted Online Sales
Description: Forrester ups Predicted Online Sales Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass., increased its prediction of online spending this year by $6 billion. Speaking today at the NRF.com
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Cross-Channel Validation
Description: Cross-Channel Validation A joint study done by the National Retail Federation, J.C. Williams Group and BizRate.com found that consumers' shopping and buying behavior is
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Coalition to Fight Fraud
Description: Coalition to Fight Fraud E-commerce merchants, including buy.com, and Expedia.com, have partnered with American Express, card processors, Paymentech and First Data Corp., and
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Filtering Web Use at Work
Description: Filtering Web Use at Work With personal use of the Internet at work a brewing issue, software providers are bulking up offerings that allow network administrators to see what
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Ashford.com Closes $25 Million Credit Line
Description: Ashford.com Closes $25 Million Credit Line Ashford.com announced the closing of a three-year, $25 million revolving credit facility from Congress Financial Corporation, a unit of
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A new 1-800-flowers.com and AOL agreement
Description: A new 1-800-flowers.com and AOL agreement 1-800-flowers.com today announced a new five-year agreement with America Online Inc. that effectively extends and enhances their
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Dept. of Commerce Hosts e-Business Conference
Description: Dept. of Commerce Hosts e-Business Conference The U.S. Department of Commerce is co-organizing and will host a conference featuring leaders from industry, academia and government
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The resurrection of Miss boo
Description: The resurrection of Miss boo Miss boo, the virtual shopping gal-pal, returns to Boo.com this fall with a new look, new information, new items and a new owner. This time around,
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August online spending up 5 %
Description: August online spending up 5 % Online spending in August increased to $4.2 billion in August from $4 billion in July, according to figures out today from The National Retail
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Webvan reveals its timetable for technology conversion and priorities for 2001
Description: Webvan reveals its timetable for technology conversion and priorities for 2001 A lot of dot-com competitors have been watching Webvan Group Inc. to see how the company will
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Would you go Online for Half a Million Bucks?
Description: Would you go Online for Half a Million Bucks? RealTime Media, Inc., an online promotions company, and Frontline Marketing, an in-store marketing company, have partnered on an
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The Power of Music
Description: The Power of Music Emmis Communications Inc.'s KPWR-FM, Power 106 in Los Angeles, and nTunes.com launched this week its private-label CD store. NTunes created a customized CD
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Egghead.com Emphasizes B2B
Description: Egghead.com Emphasizes B2B Egghead.com Inc. has revamped its web site to better address the needs of its core small- to medium-sized business customers. Changes range from adding
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Fox, DreamWorks and Universal Invest in Kozmo.com
Description: Fox, DreamWorks and Universal Invest in Kozmo.com Kozmo.com said today it has received investments from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DreamWorks International
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FogDog Outlet Opens
Description: FogDog Outlet Opens Online sports store Fogdog.com has launched an outlet store site, featuring products from Fogdog's 16 concept shops and 28 specialty stores ranging from
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Coming out to shop
Description: Coming out to shop PlanetOut, an Internet media company for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community whose shopping portal has links to many leading e-retail sites,
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There's A Gizmo in the Flowers
Description: There's A Gizmo in the Flowers Gizmo Inc., a web marketing platform, is working with 1-800-Flowers.com to allow 1-800-Flowers.com customers to receive up-to-the-minute
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Who's spending the most time online?
Description: Who's spending the most time online? Here's a new challenge for retailers trying to attract shoppers who will buy a lot online: The heaviest users of the Internet tend to be
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Web Users Online for More than One Hour Daily
Description: Web Users Online for More than One Hour Daily Americans spent an average of 77 minutes online and viewed an average of 50 different web pages per usage day during August,
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NBCOlympics.com to sell Adidas sports apparel
Description: NBCOlympics.com to sell Adidas sports apparel NBCOlympics.com, a joint venture between NBC and Quokka Sports, will sell Adidas America Inc.'s sports apparel throughout the web
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A new meaning to a greeting card with feelings
Description: A new meaning to a greeting card with feelings Ecards.com announced that it will go live today as the first Internet greeting card site enabled with TouchSense technology from
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DHL building e-commerce infrastructure
Description: DHL building e-commerce infrastructure DHL Worldwide Express will build its next-generation e-commerce system on the BEA E-Commerce Transaction Platform. Specifically, DHL
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No longer a man's world: Women's online presence is growing
Description: No longer a man's world: Women's online presence is growing Women now account for 37.1 million of all U.S. adult Internet users, representing 49% of the total active online
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BabyAge.com Adds BrandStamp Product Registration
Description: BabyAge.com Adds BrandStamp Product Registration BrandStamp Inc., which has a patent-pending product registration technology and database of purchase and demographic information,
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A B2B Online Toy Player
Description: A B2B Online Toy Player 1stop-toys.comhas launched a B2B web site this week that will provide an Internet toy marketplace where willing buyers can meet willing sellers. Instead
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Shipping Service for the Dot-com Age
Description: Shipping Service for the Dot-com Age At Internet speed, overnight is no longer the standard that defines fast shipping. So says 800SameDay.com, a New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based
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Prof. Says e-retail will improve second time through
Description: Prof. Says e-retail will improve second time through Consumers should encounter improved service from web retailers during the upcoming holiday season, says Ball State University
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Yahoo brings bn.com into its line-up
Description: Yahoo brings bn.com into its line-up Since the 1970s, sports fans have grown to expect, rather than be shocked by, superstars signing blockbuster free agency deals. But
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Today's estimate of online holiday shopping comes from Forrester: $10 billion
Description: Today's estimate of online holiday shopping comes from Forrester: $10 billion Online spending this holiday season will double last year's total, reaching $10 billion, says
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Bigger Sizes Expand Nordstrom Offering Online
Description: Bigger Sizes Expand Nordstrom Offering Online Seattle-based Nordstrom.com today launched on online boutique featuring apparel for the larger woman in partnership with Emme
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CoolSavings nets three big fish
Description: CoolSavings nets three big fish BestBuy.com, LensCrafters, and Sears Home Central have signed extensive advertising contracts with CoolSavings, a provider of e-marketing services
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