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E-commerce has suddenly become about the "big move." America Online nailed a deal with Wal-Mart. Yahoo! signed with K-Mart. AOL aligned with Circuit City. Microsoft formed a bond with Best Buy. It all happened in a couple of staggering days This flurry of alliance building makes one wonder if Sears is holding secret meetings with Amazon. It also ma...
In the midst of a flurry of co-promotion agreements between retailers and Internet brands, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Best Buy Co.,(NYSE: BBY) announced a strategic alliance today that includes Internet, broadcasting and in-store promotional projects The agreement will include marketing efforts in Best Buy's retail stores, online at BestBuy.com, ...
eCongo.com, a provider of free e-commerce services, announced yesterday that it will host and manage up to 100,000 co-branded Web stores for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and portals that wish to offer free Web stores to their customers "We will authorize up to 1,000 free Web stores to an ISP or portal, who can then offer these free Web stores ...
According to Web traffic numbers by Media Metrix, the apparel category has continued to surprise many observers by posting a 60 percent increase in traffic for the week ending December 5th Media Metrix released its weekly report on unique site visitors yesterday, ranking sites by total traffic and growth percentage. Amazon.com topped the total traf...
If you think that Internet time is fast, just look at wireless time. Unwired e-commerce went from zero to Amazon.com in about 12 short weeks On the same day that Amazon.com announced its Net phone shopping on Sprint PCS, Microsoft announced a pact with wireless leader Ericsson to develop end-to-end solutions for wireless Internet.
There is still a large e-commerce nut left to crack on the Internet: Small to medium-sized business While it has become the fastest-growing business group, its involvement in e-commerce has been spotty at best. How do small companies buy online? How do small companies sell online? Do small companies even go online? ...
AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access The plan, which is designed to help win regulatory approval of AT&T's purchase of MediaOne Group, Inc., would have the telecommunications giant initially open its pipes to number two online service provid...
AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access The plan, which is designed to help win regulatory approval of AT&T's purchase of MediaOne Group, Inc., would have the telecommunications giant initially open its pipes to number two online service provid...
According to figures released by Nielsen//NetRatings on Thursday, toy sites, comparison sites and Net malls saw their traffic soar an average of 70 percent from the first week in November through the month's final week The results showed positive gains in all retail categories, with holiday shopping experiencing an overall traffic gain of 11 percen...
In a direct reply to Amazon.com's launch of a home-improvement section earlier this month, America Online and HomeWarehouse.com announced an agreement Wednesday that will put home-improvement products and expert information on AOL's shopping sites HomeWarehouse.com will appear as major tenant in AOL's Home Improvement and Home Appliances areas at S...
According to a new report from Forrester Research, exceptional customer service strongly increases future sales through repeat visits and positive word-of-mouth The study of 17,000 online consumers shows that 90 percent of satisfied customers are likely to visit again, and that 87 percent will tell friends and family about the site.
IBM and Sprint PCS announced today that the two companies have forged an agreement to develop and test wireless business applications for the on-the-go workforce The new services, which are to be unveiled during the first quarter of 2000, will aim to deliver improvements in existing wireless connectivity by plugging the moving user directly into in...
In a move designed to strengthen its position as a major Internet player, NBC has launched NBC Internet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBCI) as a publicly traded company NBCi also unveiled a new and improved version of Snap, positioning the search and shop site as its flagship Web service. Media Metrix reported in September that NBCi properties now rank collective...
While the results of International Data Corporation's (IDC) Project Atlas, a worldwide survey of Internet usage, confirm that the Internet and e-commerce are now truly a global phenomenon, conventional views about different countries' usage are often surprisingly off the mark "What was unexpected were the differences between individual countries," ...
America Online and United Artists Theatre Circuit announced an agreement today that will make expanded movie information and ticket sales available on all AOL brands, including AOL.COM, Netscape, CompuServe, ICQ, Digital City and Spinner United Artists will receive premier positioning on AOL through AOL MovieFone, a listing guide and ticketing serv...
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...
In a move that comes as no surprise, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) shareholders voted Wednesday to complete a merger with Infoseek Corp. (Nasdaq: SEEK) and spin its Internet assets off into a separately traded company to be called Go.com "As computer processing power increases and the advent of broadband enables the streaming of full motion video, th...
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...
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...
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 ...
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