Beth Cox

Sports information company SportsLine.com Inc. , publisher of CBS SportsLine.com, terminated its agreement with MVP.com Inc., saying the sports e-commerce company is “overdue” on its scheduled payment for the fourth quarter. MVP.com, which “helps individuals achieve their personal best in sports and outdoor activities,” markets sporting goods merchandise and apparel. Is the company striking out? […]

Yahoo! Inc. , which has been aggressively building out its e-commerce infrastructure, launched Yahoo! ShoppingVision, an app that lets shoppers view streaming video content and simultaneously purchase relevant merchandise. Calling it “a new way to buy products conveniently on the Web,” Yahoo! said that it has signed a content distribution and marketing agreement with national […]

Online careers site Monster.com, the flagship brand of TMP Worldwide, said it has reached a milestone –11 million job seeker accounts, doubling the number of such accounts in the past six months. The company said it added one million new job seeker accounts in less than a month. To date, Monster.com said it has a […]

Petitions seeking a vote on establishing a labor union are being circulated among 400 customer service reps at Amazon.com and the giant e-tailer reportedly is calling meetings to discuss how to handle the organizing effort. The union push comes from Seattle reps who “feel that Amazon has strayed from its goals of providing superior customer […]

Yahoo! Inc. bulked up its online shopping area, adding new merchants including saksfifthavenue.com, Target, Circuit City, JCPenney.com, eToys, Handspring and Crutchfield. The e-commerce enabler also launched a new holiday gift center, “designed to help consumers take the guesswork out of finding the perfect gift.” Featured in the gift center is Yahoo! Shopping’s gift recommender, which […]

BlueLight.com, the fast-growing e-tail competitor from Kmart Corp. , took direct aim at eToys and Toys R Us today by launching a newly expanded online toy store for the holiday shopping season. The beefed up toy area features a Shop by Age function, recommendations for gift-giving and a variety of educational and award-winning toys from […]

Pet products retailer PETsMART Inc., which operates more than 530 pet superstores in the United States and Canada, said it will pay $30 million in cash and assets for a controlling interest in online pet operation PETsMART.com. The company also said the move will help to produce lower-than-expected financial results for the third quarter, with […]

Garden.com on Wednesday said it will begin a phased shut-down while it pursues the sale of its assets, including remaining inventory and its URL. Shares of the Internet-based garden products retailer were down over 35 percent in Wednesday trading. The stock’s all-time high is $15. The company, founded in December of 1995, said it will […]

America Online Inc. , which grew itself into prosperity by appealing to the masses, is branching out into the world of luxury goods e-tailers. Calling it the “Miracle Mile of the Internet,” the interactive services company launched a new Luxury Shops area on Shop@AOL, the company’s multi-brand online shopping destination. Saks Inc.’s saksfifthavenue.com, the retailer’s […]

Stock of e-business software company Oracle Corp. was up about 10 percent this morning after it signed a multi-faceted deal with financial services giant Citigroup . The deal will integrate Citibank payment and settlement technology into e-marketplace applications, and also covers a number of other fronts. The announcement comes a day after Citigroup reaffirmed its […]

While the price of a first-class stamp is expected to rise to 34 cents, the U.S. Postal Rate Commission is also recommending the development of two new discount rates for first-class: the first to lower the rate for preprinted, bar-coded courtesy reply envelopes used by consumers to pay bills; and the second for letters bearing […]

Citigroup Inc. affirmed its commitment to the online medium, launching Cititrade, a brand new standalone discount brokerage service, and a spiffed up online banking operation called Citibank Online. The direct, discount brokerage service was developed by Citicorp Investment Services and was designed “to deliver superior service by combining high tech with high touch,” the banking […]