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NetGrocer To Test Kiosks in Grocery Stores

NetGrocer, an online food delivery service that focuses on shipping packaged goods, has struck a deal with supermarket chain Stop & Shop to test in-store kiosks for its Web service. ...

The Online Auction Giant and the Fleas

Talk to just about anyone in the online auction business who isn't EBay and before long the conversation will degenerate into a David versus Goliath metaphor. ...

Sites That Hawked Anthrax Remedies Settle with FTC

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it has settled cases against two Web sites accused of fraudulently selling treatments and tests for anthrax in the wake of last fall's terrorist attacks. ...

Enron’s Brilliant E-Commerce Vision

Even amid the ruins of energy giant Enron, EnronOnline was a still-shining jewel. ...

Report: Surfers Stay Longest at Online Banks, Brokers

Online consumers spent more time at online bank and brokerage Web sites in January than at any other type of site, including portals and search engines, according to a new report from Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). ...

Buy.com Hops on Free Shipping Bandwagon

In a sign that Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) free shipping offer may be pressuring other e-tailers, Buy.com has announced it is offering a similar deal to its shoppers ...

Web Self-Service Strikes Out

A popular theme in e-commerce these days is that companies can leverage their Web sites to improve overall performance. Within this philosophy, self-service -- using an Internet presence to help customers find answers to their questions -- is a hot topic. ...

Report: Online Customer Service Tops IT Shopping List

Corporations will spend more to upgrade online customer service than on any other information technology effort in the next two years, according to a report released by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). ...

PayPal Tumbles as EBay Buys Back Billpoint Stake

With a single transaction, EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) managed to do what lawsuits and a raft of other bad news could not: The auction giant brought high-flying PayPal's (Nasdaq: PYPL) stock back to Earth. ...

Who’s Minding the Merger Minders?

Someday I hope to understand how the U.S. government decides which mergers are allowed to go forward and which get stopped dead in their tracks. ...

U.S.: E-Commerce Tops $32B in 2001

U.S. e-commerce purchases topped the US$10 billion level in the fourth quarter of 2001 and totaled $32.6 billion in the year as a whole, growing much faster than overall retail sales, according to new figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ...

E-Commerce and the Enron Fear Factor

Any doubt that fallout from the collapse of energy giant Enron -- which crumbled under the weight of a massive accounting scandal -- would reach the world of e-commerce was put to rest about two weeks ago. ...

Monster Revenue Falls as New Rival Launches

Monster.com parent company TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW) said the job board saw revenue drop in the fourth quarter but continued to post profits and remains positioned for growth in a challenging business climate. ...

Trolling for E-Commerce Trillions

Those who have watched e-commerce grow up probably had a lump in their throats when they read the news that research firm IDC predicted worldwide online sales will reach the US$1 trillion mark in 2002. ...

Sabre Bids $345M for Control of Travelocity

Sabre Holdings (NYSE: TSG) said Tuesday that it will seek to buy all outstanding shares of Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY), a move that would give Sabre full control of the travel site. ...

New Year, Same Old CyberRebate Nonsense

The Enron bankruptcy -- all US$60 billion of it, complete with political shockwaves and thousands of evaporating pensions -- should put the dot-com devastation into perspective. And for most of us, it probably does. After all, even e-commerce flameout champion Webvan couldnt nose over the $1 billion bar. ...

PayPal IPO Off to Spectacular Start

Bruised and battered by a week of bad news, online payment company PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) finally staggered into the Wall Street spotlight, becoming the first Internet IPO in nearly a year. ...

Amazon Rings in V-Day with New Wedding Registry

In a bid to increase sales -- especially in its electronics, tools and kitchen (ETK) segments -- Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) launched a long-planned wedding registry Thursday. ...

Can Dot-Com Resurrection Pay E-Commerce Dividends?

In the aftermath of the dot-com shakeout, surviving e-tailers have swooped in to buy the assets of defunct companies, relaunching once-dead sites to capitalize on existing brand names or e-tail foundations. So far, anecdotal evidence seems to show that when the price is right, bringing dead dot-coms back to life can be a sound strategy. ...

Tax, Travel Sites Top Traffic Race in January

January saw not only the usual annual rush to tax-related Web sites, but also an unexpected jump in traffic to several Internet travel companies, according to data released Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). ...

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