Beth Cox

Fifty of the world’s largest food, beverage, and consumer product manufacturers are teaming up with the industry trade association Grocery Manufacturers of America to explore the creation of a new, open electronic B2B marketplace. The idea is to make the electronic marketplace accessible to all supply chain players, beginning with the procurement of materials, supplies […]

Forrester Research and Open Ratings teamed up to incorporate Open Ratings’ e-commerce rating technology into Forrester’s PowerRankings and other future e-commerce ratings products. The technology developed by start-up Open Ratings provides a means of gathering and processing online survey data for e-commerce ratings. Forrester said it will use this technology to expand the data stream […]

Internet payment service provider E-Commerce Exchange, signed a deal with Planet Payment that allows it to launch a gateway for international merchant accounts offering one-stop e-commerce credit card payment solutions in multiple currencies. The gateway, provided by Planet Payment, an international payment solutions provider, will allow ECX to offer e-businesses the ability to accept credit […]

Staples.com enhanced its affiliate program with a new, all-cash commission structure to encourage other Web site owners to become active participants in the program. Affiliates can now earn from four to 10 percent commissions based on quarterly revenue generated to Staples.com from their host sites. The new commission structure matches cash incentives to the percentage […]

Commerce One Wednesday added another link to its global chain of B2B sites by signing a letter of intent to establish an joint venture company with seven China-based businesses. The Chinese partners said they are prepared to commit up to $40 million of initial investment to develop a business-to-business portal for exchanging goods and services […]

ConsumerREVIEW.com, a source of consumer-generated product reviews, signed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. to provide product reviews to the Yahoo! Shopping e-commerce operation. The agreement gives consumers access to product reviews of golf and outdoor equipment. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Yahoo! Shopping visitors will be able to read abstracts that feature quotes and ratings […]

E-commerce solutions company Digital Commerce Corp. launched StateGovCenter.com, an electronic marketplace designed exclusively for state and local government procurement. StateGovCenter.com customizes state-specific e-commerce sites to meet their individual requirements, the company said. Public employees use a variety of methods for purchasing goods and services including contracts with vendors, Request for Quotes (RFQs), and open market […]

E-commerce and online merchandising provider Styleclick.com Inc. launched a redesigned fashiontrip.com teen-oriented Web site, incorporating its proprietary e-commerce and e-merchandising platform. Visitors to fashiontrip.com now may shop by brand, mix and match outfits, and select complete ensembles hand-picked by a personal stylist. “We’re pleased to replicate Styleclick.com’s successful e-commerce business model, including our first-rate customer […]

Professo launched a modular e-commerce platform offered for private-label resale, making any reseller — Web developer, ISP, VAR, or large retailer — an “instant ASP.” Professo said it also offers a management tool that automates customer billing and service upgrades, as well as the reseller’s crafting of the service offering. Current service modules offered include: […]

flightserv.com launched a new online travel marketplace featuring its proprietary Private Seats program that lets business travelers purchase individual seats on chartered private jets. By combining the power of the Internet with the luxury and convenience of travel by private jet, flightserv.com said it has “introduced the first real travel alternative for today’s professional road […]

Precision marketing company Naviant Inc. will acquire Softbank Marketing Solutions (SMS), an operating division of Softbank Holdings Inc., and a provider of private label one-to-one direct marketing and loyalty membership programs. Financial specifics of the deal were not disclosed. Naviant is moving rapidly to bolster its marketing strengths; just last week the company announced the […]

InterWorld Corp. and Commerce One Inc. signed a strategic marketing and technology alliance to support business-to-business trading through Commerce One’s MarketSite Global Trading Portal, a U.S.-focused business-to-business portal. InterWorld’s (INTW) Commerce Exchange sell-side solution will provide suppliers with seamless access to Commerce One (CMRC) MarketSite, as well as other business-to-business Internet portals on the Commerce […]