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With Jupiter Communications forecasting that overall gift giving will grow from $336 million (US$) this year to over $1.4 billion in 2002, the cyber gift certificate is poised to become all the rage The deciding factor is technology. Software developer C/Base introduced their ecount product only a year ago, and it is now being adopted by several co...
Toys "R" Us has a problem. Its Web site, which has been a lightning rod for controversy ever since the company's Internet division was formed, has been overwhelmed with traffic In fact, to keep the site from crashing, it has been reported that the Paramus, New Jersey-based toy giant is actually putting a limit on how many people can visit the site ...
PC manufacturer Compaq (NYSE: CPQ) and UK telecommunications company Cable & Wireless (NYSE: CWP) announced today that they will join forces in a five-year, $500 million (US$) agreement to provide Internet business services for small and medium-sized businesses The two companies said that they will sell Internet services and shared applications to ...
Although the annual COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada usually centers on PCs, this year's edition is displaying a wide range of alternatives that provide Internet connectivity without a computer "This is the wave of the future," said Adam Grill, president of Odyssey Group, a consulting and investing firm. "If vendors can't grasp the informatio...
Many American Internet users still perceive life with borders. However, if any one message is coming through loud and clear, it might be to "think bigger." Countries of all stripes are gearing up their own electronic commerce operations, and it may soon be commonplace for Americans to shop for products from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and perhaps ...
According to a new report by research firm Datamonitor, e-tailers that fail to utilize Web-enabled live customer service operations could lose $3.2 billion (US$) in sales this holiday season Datamonitor's research found that the key to growing e-commerce profits for online merchants is to maintain customer loyalty by offering live online customer s...
E-commerce portal LinuxMall.com staged the re-opening of its site this week, sporting a strategic redesign with added navigability and content Key investor and partner SCO (Nasdaq: SCOC) contributed resources and Web designers to the effort, which features an online manual for newbies along with entertainment and Linux resources sections.
North Carolina-based XS, Inc., the parent company of XSAg.com, announced today that it has secured $20 million (US$) in financing to develop an auction site that will help beleaguered American farmers buy agricultural goods at discount rates XS plans to use the funds to expand its marketplace and increase awareness among the 350,000 producers and A...
In an effort to implement its newly-announced e-commerce strategy, Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFTW) has launched Internet-centric administration software that is designed to run on the Red Hat Linux distribution The move, disclosed at the first annual Linux Business Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, coincided with the launch of the compan...
Online community GoToWorld.com launched its new Get Paid To Shop program Wednesday, a feature that offers shoppers cash dividends based on the amount of money they spend on the site Although it is patterned after GoToWorld.com's other multi-level referral programs, the Get Paid To Shop program's underlying premise is not unique. In fact, the compan...
Priceline.com, the name-your-price service pioneer, announced today that it has dramatically increased its access to the U.S. air travel ticket inventory with the addition of United Airlines, American Airlines and US Airways to its list of partners The three major airlines are joining current partners Delta, Continental, Northwest, TWA and America ...
Ever since Microsoft was declared a monopoly by U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson a couple of weeks ago, the remedy game has become the most popular pastime among legal experts and pundits There is no doubt about the excitement of the high-stakes drama being played out before our very eyes, as the entire world speculates about what the fi...
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary and Commerce Committees are gathering their troops for a showdown on the House floor over competing bills to control the use of online databases and other information stored on the Internet Rep. Howard Coble's (R-North Carolina) "Collections of Information Antipiracy Act" is set to square off against Rep....
E-commerce is clearly a media favorite at the moment, occupying significant space in most major newspapers and magazines, but most people are still shopping the old-fashioned way Many consumers research products online, only to log off and drive to the mall to make their purchases. Pundits in print and talking heads on TV may debate the reasons for...
According to Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500 report, the fastest-growing U.S. technology companies were all in the Internet and computer industries, with software developer Siebel Systems, Inc. leading the pack with a five-year growth of 782,978 percent Siebel Systems booked revenues of $50,000 (US$) in 1994, growing to $391,539,000 in sale...
Given our litigious society, it was inevitable that the world of e-commerce would eventually find itself dragged into 'real world' courtrooms. And, lest anyone think that Microsoft is the only e-commerce-related company with legal woes, there is plenty of reason to believe that the floodgates are poised to open While Congress does its best to resol...
A new report released today by the Los Altos, California-based Internet Research Group shows that 25 million American households will be using the Internet to pay bills by the year 2003 Although online check writing and bill payment has been available to consumers for more than a decade, the report says that Web technology, new spending by banks an...
Brick-and-mortar entertainment retailer Wherehouse Music and online entertainment superstore CheckOut.com announced a strategic alliance today that makes CheckOut.com the exclusive Internet partner for Wherehouse Music The companies will jointly invest $40 million (US$) in their new partnership.
Linux vendor SuSE announced this week that it has tapped outsource solutions provider Digital River, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRIV) to turn its online information portal into an e-commerce site The deal is one of several key moves that SuSE has publicly announced at the high profile COMDEX show in LasVegas, Nevada.
ABN Amro, the Netherlands' largest bank, announced today that it has moved into the China and Hong Kong markets by taking a 40 percent equity stake in the B2B e-commerce unit of General Electric In its first pure e-commerce venture in Asia, ABN Amro's Asian investment unit took a position in GE EXCpress (HK) Ltd., which was established with a Taiwa...
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