Beth Cox

NetByTel.com launched its Telephone e-Business Platform that “lets online retailers and other e-businesses extend their Web-based marketplaces to anyone with a telephone.” The company offers an automated, speech-enabled interface to client Web sites so that a customer can call from anywhere and transact business over any wired or wireless telephone, instead of requiring an Internet-connected […]

Pre-owned music retailer CD Warehouse Inc. signed a deal with person-to-person e-commerce site Half.com Inc. to become an exclusive third-party online selling partner. CD Warehouse (CDWI), through its Internet sales system, will begin making its extensive inventory of more than one million used CDs available to online shoppers through Half.com’s site. Financial arrangements were not […]

Online computer products retailer Outpost.com launched a new, same-day delivery service in selected markets. “Our overnight free delivery is driving tremendous repeat customers,” said Bob Bowman, president and chief executive officer of the Outpost.com. “With this new service, we address the critical needs of our B2B customers and others who require products the same day.” […]

Even as some research firms warn of an imminent shake-out in the world of e-commerce, along comes another rosy study predicting that B2C online retailing this year will climb to $61 billion in North America alone, up from $33 billion last year. The figures were released by Shop.org, the trade association for online retailers, and […]

E-commerce enabling company ShopNow.com Inc. acquired Freemerchant.com, an e-commerce technology and application service provider serving small and medium size businesses, in a $34 million deal. ShopNow.com said that as a result it will add the Freemerchant Network of more than 65,000 businesses to its b2bNow Network of over 600,000 businesses, the ShopNow Network of over […]

A new study indicates that although browsing auto sales sites is increasingly popular, only 2 percent of the 8.4 million users who made a car purchase after seeking information on the Internet actually bought a car online last year. The report from Internet research and customer relationship management company Cyber Dialogue says that more than […]

E.piphany Inc. completed the integration of RightPoint’s real-time personalization into E.piphany E.4, delivering on product commitments made at the time of the RightPoint Software Inc. acquisition in January 2000. The integrated E.piphany E.4 solution combines one-to-one customer analysis, campaign management and real time personalization technologies, the company said. Customer sites that have already licensed the […]

E-commerce transaction services company CyberSource Corp. said that e-mail payment service PayPal selected its Payment Services and Risk Management Services to handle credit card payments for its growing subscriber base. PayPal, a service of X.com Corp., allows users to send money “instantly and securely” to anyone with a U.S. e-mail address. The service also includes […]

Excite Australia launched Excite Travel, a new co-branded channel on its site being operated in conjunction with travel.com.au, an Australian Internet travel company. The channel will feature “My Travel”, a personalization feature in Excite Travel and on the My Excite Start Page that provides users with updates on favorite holiday destinations and what special packages […]

Australian retail giant Coles Myer, in partnership with GlobalFulfillment.com, launched Music@Now, a music area of its main site featuring about 169,000 CDs, cassettes and albums, with plans to offer up to 1.5 million products during the next quarter, including include videos and DVDs. The move is one of the first steps into e-commerce for the […]

Microsoft Canada Co. and E-xact Transactions Ltd. said they are teaming up to build and market real-time transaction processing services for the e-commerce market. The agreement will allow the companies to combine E-xact’s payment processing technology with Microsoft’s (MSFT) e-commerce platform. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Microsoft Canada and E-xact will jointly develop E-xact’s next-generation […]

ShopNow.com Inc. signed an agreement with search/referral service Ask Jeeves Inc. to provide Jeeves Advisor for the ShopNow Network. Businesses will also be able to use the service to find products and services across ShopNow.com’s b2bNow Network. Jeeves Advisor is designed to serve as a virtual sales assistant by recommending products based on customers’ preferences […]