Beth Cox

Online investing service provider E*TRADE Group Inc. today announced it signed an agreement to extend its reach to five Central European countries. Under terms of the agreement, E*TRADE Central Europe, Inc., which is jointly owned by two German financial services companies, the New York Broker Group and the Berliner Freiverkehr Group, will have the right […]

Vancouver, British Columbia-based London Drugs said it selected Emerge Online as its interactive agency to develop an extensive Web site and electronic commerce strategy. The account win represents one of the trends emerging in electronic commerce–large traditional retailers increasingly turning to focused “boutique” firms to forge their online future. “Retail marketing in Canada is about […]

Lycos, Inc., Japan’s Sumitomo Corp., and Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) today announced a joint venture to launch Lycos Japan. Under terms of the agreement, Lycos will have a 40% ownership stake, Sumitomo a 50% stake, and IIJ a 10% share. Together the companies will reportedly invest $9 million in start-up capital. Lycos and Sumitomo will […]

Survey: Europeans Choose Explorer Over Navigator A survey conducted by INTECO Corporation indicates that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may have overtaken Netscape’s Navigator as the browser of choice in Europe. The research shows that in France, Germany, and Britain more people are using Internet Explorer than Navigator. Sixty percent of users in France and 54 percent […]

Canada’s ClickThrough Interactive signed an exclusive agreement to represent the toronto.com for Web advertising sales and sponsorships. Toronto.com, the home page launched this week by Torstar Electronic Publishing, is the most comprehensive source of online information for the entire Toronto area. The site features properties such as the Toronto Star, Toronto Star CitySearch, torstar.com, and […]

Two Canadian Web marketing and development leaders announced this week they have aligned to vie for their share of the coming trillion-dollar trade in multinational electronic commerce. The alliance brings together Ottawa and Toronto-based digIT Interactive, a digital marketing firm, and Nepean, Ontario’s Systems Interface, a Web-based systems integrator. The deal follows a year of […]

Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI) today announced plans to develop marketing channels in the Asia-Pacific area for its WorldNIC Services. To further this effort, the company signed a marketing agreement with NY-based Domain Asia, Inc. to build channels in China, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The company said it is responding to an increase in the […]

Tempe, AZ-based Insight Enterprises Inc., a direct marketer of computers, signed a definitive agreement to purchase a U.K.-based computer direct marketer, Choice Peripherals Limited. Additionally, Insight has acquired a related Choice company, Plusnet Technologies Limited, doing business as Force9, an Internet Service Provider and Web site hosting/development company. Under the terms of the agreements, Insight […]

Forrester Research Inc. today announced the launch of its newest service, European New Media Strategies, along with a debut report that paints a bright picture for Internet revenues in Europe. The study, “Europe’s Internet Growth,” predicts that online revenues in Europe from business trade, consumer retail, and content will climb from a combined $1.2 billion […]

Microforum, a worldwide content provider of multimedia products and Internet services, this week signed an agreement with The Microsoft Network Canada. The agreement is a partnership with Microforum’s online software superstore, Softmania, offering MSN subscribers such special promotions as free, unlimited next-day shipping anywhere in Canada. The promotion is valid for software products purchased on […]

Japanese Financial Reforms to Spur Online Information Industry Information services companies and start-ups are rushing to exploit business opportunities after the launch of Japan’s “Big Bang” financial reforms. Fujitsu, Hitachi and NEC joined forces in March to promote a protocol for stock transactions via the Internet, anticipating that deregulation of commissions on stock trades could […]

Microforum Inc. subsidiary Internet Frontier (iFront) recently launched Canada-based Business Depot’s instant Web creation center. Business Depot is one of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing office supply retailers. Through iFront, Microforum has been handling all of Business Depot’s Internet-related initiatives, including the company’s official bilingual Web site and online store. The instant Web creation center, named […]