Beth Cox

USABancShares.com said it will launch a new private label Web site specializing in facilitating the online banking needs of business-to-business e-commerce. Under the brand B2Banc.com, the site will provide FDIC-insured banking services and stock brokerage services will offer a series of customized financial packages designed for B2B site operators to include ISP access and long […]

Smart bot provider Artificial Life Inc. launched an e-commerce site called net-tissimo.com in a joint venture with the Bon appetit group of Switzerland. The site allows customers to use a virtual butler as their main interface using Artificial Life’s smart-bot technology. Net-tissimo.com customers can communicate with the virtual butler robot in natural language. The bot […]

You might call it the business-to-business-to-government market. NetClerk Inc. has launched a beta program that allows regulated local contractors (plumbing, electrical, roofing, etc.) to navigate the entire permit application process over the Web as well as leverage their back office using NetClerk servers instead of old-fashioned filing cabinets. No more wasted waste time driving to […]

Teen network iTurf Inc. entered a strategic partnership deal with Chicksticks.com, a commerce and content site for snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding.

Amazon.com and Virgin.com are among the companies setting the pace in the emerging field of wireless e-commerce, says consulting firm Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, which claims that 1999 saw the first wireless e-commerce holiday season. The company says that consumers are already purchasing products from Amazon.com using the wireless-enabled Palm VII and Sprint PCS’s […]

A study of online holiday shopping habits shows while electronic commerce is steady growing, merchants have some work to do. According to PeopleSupport.com, shoppers who purchased gifts online bought an average of six gifts this season, with an average purchase price of $134 per gift. Thirteen percent of these holiday shoppers spent over $100 on […]

Holiday shoppers continued to crowd the online stores as the number of visitors from home and work to e-commerce sites increased 37 percent for the week ending Dec. 19, versus the week ending Dec. 20 last year, according to new figures. Web measurement firm Media Metrix also said the number of unique visitors also increased […]

The leading holiday shopping Web sites last week overall performed almost as well as during the pre-holiday e-shopping season, according to new figures. The “Keynote 1999 e-Shopping Holiday Watch” study reported that this is the second consecutive week that the leading sites have performed so well, suggesting that the online holiday shopping season may be […]

Virtualis Systems Inc. delivered HiRize 4.1, an enhanced version of its proprietary suite of 22 Web site creation and management tools. The Web-based applications feature faster load times, faster shopping cart and catalog creation and an improved user interface. HiRize 4.1 tools are available with hosting options ranging from $36 to $1,499 per month. “In […]

One-fourth of all U.S. business-to-business purchasing will be done online by 2003, predicts a new industry study that says the market is growing at the rate of 33 percent a year. The study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) predicts that U.S. business-to-business e-commerce will reach $2.8 trillion in transaction value in 2003. “In 1998, […]

Internet customer care solutions company PeopleSupport Inc. said it has partnered with IBM, Intershop and several other companies to provide full-service, end-to-end e-commerce solutions for major e-businesses. The partners include technology firms such as Kana and Intershop; systems integrator firm XUMA; infrastructure hosting company Exodus; fulfillment company Shipper.com, and IBM’s Web Integrator Initiative. “Through these […]

E-commerce company Rbid.com added 24 new shopping sites and merchants to its Rmall online shopping site, bringing the total to more than 200 shopping and service opportunities. Rbid.com also signed to become an affiliate with the FindWhat.com Network, a new search engine offering solutions both to consumers trying to quickly access specific information, and to […]