Beth Cox

Online pharmacy FamilyMeds.com said it plans to launch what it called “the first online Spanish-language Internet pharmacy companion site targeting U.S. Hispanic consumers.” The move “will allow us to offer enhanced service to our visitors as well as a more comprehensive solution for our managed care partners,” said Ed Mercadante, president and chief executive officer […]

Lots of e-commerce sites struggle through upgrades while trying not to lose a single sale, but online bookstore Borders.com is taking a different approach — they’re shutting down for the weekend beginning at 6 p.m. Friday. The site, operated by Borders Group Inc., will be rejuvenated with upgrades in every area from commerce to content, […]

Internet retailer Egghead.com signed with managed e-business services company Electron Economy to use its Internet Transaction Operations Network (ITON) for e-commerce transportation and delivery management. Egghead.com plans to use the ITON technology platform to evaluate freight and transportation costs and to measure delivery effectiveness. Electron Economy will use “Intelligent Commerce Agents” within ITON that will […]

Onebox.com, an Application Service Provider in the wireless and Internet communications markets, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of financing, bringing the total amount of private funding to nearly $70 million. This round was led by Meritech Capital Partners and includes investments from Bowman Capital Management and international venture capital firms Vision […]

Sun Microsystems and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance operation, this week acquired Trustbase Ltd., whose subsidiary, JCP Computer Services, provides secure public key infrastructure enabling technology for financial institutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. JCP’s technology will be integrated with iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions to offer financial institutions a secure business-to-business infrastructure solution. “With the […]

Third Voice Inc., a provider of “sticky note” technology for Web users, delivered Third Voice 2000, which gives people the power to turn any word or phrase on any Web page into active words that are launch pads for online commerce, research and communication. Third Voice 2000 “changes the nature of hyperlinks by automatically retrieving […]

Softbank Corp. and the Intercontinental Group launched I-Group, an Internet business incubator featuring “mentor capital” services. These services include management, partnership, investor and recruitment mentoring; access to Softbank’s “netbatsu” network and a venture capital fund. “I-Group’s aim is to attract and select the highest caliber entrepreneurs by offering the best available ‘mentor capital’ and resources […]

Insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG) signed a marketing deal with ZonaFinanciera.com, a provider of online financial services and information for Latin America. The deal lets AIG expand its reach for online sales of auto and homeowners insurance provided by AIG member companies in select Latin American countries. The agreement will enable customers in […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Managemark Inc. said they are teaming up to integrate Managemark’s electronic business applications with Sun’s StarOffice suite of office productivity software to deliver new economies of scale for next generation portals. In support of the agreement, Sun and Managemark will launch a joint campaign in the first quarter of 2000 to […]

E-business profiling software company Personify Inc. said it has added 25 new clients since last September, including L.L.Bean, Williams-Sonoma and Nordstrom, as well as dot com brands including 800.com, OurHouse.com, RealEstate.com and living.com. The company also said it is expanding into a widening range of business sectors including business-to-business solutions providers, department stores, specialty retailers, […]

PhotoLoft.com said it has been tapped to provide online photo storage, file sharing and e-commerce infrastructure for Canon’s new service, the HyperPhoto Network, set to launch in April. The HyperPhoto Network is the first service introduced under Canon USA’s newly launched imageLand.net initiative, offering consumers a bricks and mortar/online integration via which you can drop […]

Only four percent of households in France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and the UK have purchased online in the past three months, largely due to lack of experience and security concerns, says a new report. European shoppers resemble early online shoppers in the U.S. — well-educated, high-income, urban males who mainly buy CDs, books and software, […]