Beth Cox

InfoSpace.com, a provider of private label solutions for content, community and commerce, said that ActiveShopper, its integrated private label e-commerce shopping solution, is ahead of schedule and will launch in May. The company said ActiveShopper is designed to be a comprehensive integrated e-commerce solution “that will define the standard for the next generation of shopping […]

Los Angeles-based BizRate.com, an e-commerce research and “infomediary” firm, said its research shows that America Online is the leading portal in terms of online purchase referrals on the Web. According to BizRate.com research conducted Feb. 17 to March 16, 7.9 percent of online purchasers cited AOL as the company that referred them to the site […]

Omaha, NB-based infoUSA Inc. signed DoubleClick Inc. in New York as its ad server partner to sell advertising on its Web site. With over one million hits per day, infoUSA is a business-to-business Web site, offering yellow and white page directories based on the company’s proprietary database, along with a variety of its own products, […]

Port Washington, NY-based Global DirectMail Corp., a direct marketer of computer products, launched a television campaign for www.EZbid.com, Global’s Internet auction site. The commercials will be seen on popular cable channels including Bravo, The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Court TV and The Knowledge Channel. Spending details were not disclosed. “Cable television offers a unique […]

Dodgeville, WI-based clothing retailer Land’s End Inc. launched a TV ad campaign designed to increase traffic at its Web shopping site. Lands’ End said the goal of the campaign, by New York agency Biederman, Kelly, Krimstein and Partners, is not only to attract new customers to the site, but also to show existing catalog shoppers […]

New York City-based ad network Real Media Inc. has been appointed exclusive representative for consumer advertising for Physicians’ Online (POL), described as the world’s largest online community of doctors. Real Media will offer POL as part of its “SELECT” portfolio of high-profile, national branded sites. Among the other SELECT sites represented exclusively by Real Media […]

San Francisco-based 911gifts.com signed an advertising agreement with Go2Net, establishing its online gift store as the exclusive gift provider in the Marketplace section of the Go2Net Network’s homepage. Also known as Go2Net Personal, the page provides users with an Internet start page offering customizable news, discussion, and stock information, as well as direct access to […]

New York City-based ad network 24/7 Media will take nearly a 20 percent equity Stake in Seattle-based TechWave Inc. and is entering an exclusive co-marketing agreement with the e-commerce company. 24/7 Media will promote TechWave’s full-service e-commerce enabling services to its more than 2,600 24/7 Network and ContentZone affiliates, and TechWave will promote 24/7 Media’s […]

New York City-based interactive firm 12 Point Rule formed a strategic alliance with 52mm, a multidisciplinary design studio in New York specializing in new media. With the addition of 52mm’s creative team, 12 Point Rule said it broadens its design capabilities while bringing core technological competencies to the partnership, including advanced strategic planning and back-end […]

Dulles, VA-based America Online launched a new Business Travel Center featuring $20 million worth of sponsor agreements with new premier partners including American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Avis and Hertz. Preview Travel, TRIP.com and Vicinity will provide travel planning tools to AOL members using the travel center. The new Business Travel Center, available at Keyword: Business […]

Burlingame, CA-based music service Spinner.com launched Spinner.com Auctions, a music auction partnership with San Francisco-based CityAuction, a geographically targeted person-to-person online auction site. Spinner.com will offer its listeners a place to buy and sell music CDs, vinyl, cassette tapes, audio equipment and memorabilia through the co-branded auction marketplace accessible on the Spinner.com homepage. “Our partnership […]

DoubleClick Inc. signed an agreement with San Jose, CA-based AboveNet Communications Inc. to co-locate its Web servers at AboveNet’s Tysons Corner, VA and San Jose Internet Service Exchanges. “We were looking for a partner who could deliver a reliable and scalable solution for co-location services. AboveNet showed us that they had the business model and […]