Beth Cox

Former Apple Computer boss John Sculley has departed as a director at buy.com , but the e-tailer has added two new board members with expertise in marketing and supply chain management. The multi-category Internet retailing company, which has seen its stock price go from a 52-week high of $33 to as little as $1.50, was […]

In what represents a stunning triumph of hope over experience, 96 percent of last year’s online holiday shoppers in the United States intend to purchase gifts online again this year, even though more than half of them have experienced “a purchase failure.” That research finding comes from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Harris Interactive. […]

Internet activity in the American e-commerce arena is very largely being driven by the young and the affluent, according to a new research study from the Conference Board. Still, although more consumers are buying more products online, the vast majority of Americans have yet to make their first Internet purchase, the survey found. The numbers […]

For sale: One sock puppet icon. One of the saddest things about the demise of Pets.com is the loss of an advertising icon that made me smile every time I saw it. I had similar feelings for those Budweiser frogs before they took a leap into obscurity. Perhaps the sock puppet and frogs will resurface […]

eBay signed a marketing agreement with HomeSeekers.com Inc. that will offer real estate agents and brokers easy access to the online trading community and increase the number of listings on eBay Real Estate. The real estate category was launched by eBay last July. “HomeSeekers.com and its national network of real estate professionals will create a […]

Online e-tailers Toysrus.com and Amazon.com, acting to remain competitive in the holiday e-commerce wars, both adopted free shipping policies, but with rather major asterisks. Toysrus.com said it plans to offer free shipping for a limited time in November as an extra incentive for consumers to shop early “in order to get this year’s hot products […]

Adding much to the diversity of the Web audience, about 38 percent of Hispanics in the U.S. who are 16 and older are using the Internet on a regular basis, according to a new study from the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA). The typical Hispanic Internet user, as defined by the study, is 28 […]

TMP Worldwide’s flagship online careers site Monster.com acquired privately held JOBTRAK, an online job listing and resume service focused on the college and university market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. TMP said the acquisition “positions Monster.com as a leader in college recruiting by adding co-branded job listing and resume databases for more […]

Beauty products e-tailer eve.com, an idealab! company, has quietly given up the ghost and sold its name to competitor sephora.com. The site now says “Eve.com recently closed for business … we recommend you visit sephora.com.” A spokesperson for sephora.com confirmed to InternetNews.com that they “negotiated with idealab! and purchased eve.com’s name, the URL and access […]

The Justice Department reportedly is stepping up its antitrust investigation of Homestore.com Inc. following its Oct. 27 announcement that it plans to acquire Cendant Corp.’s real estate portal move.com in a $761 million deal. The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition that investigators have issued a new round of civil subpoenas to the […]

Start-up netStruxr and partners Bank of America, IBM and Prudential Insurance are launching what they called “the world’s largest e-marketplace exchange for corporate real estate transactions.” The netStruxr application, called SPACEdirect, is a buyer-centric, Web-based portal that aims to serve the needs of corporate real estate buyers, owners and service providers, the companies said. The […]

If you’re running a retail e-commerce site, you definitely don’t want to hear this: Taxation of e-commerce is inevitable. At least that’s the view expressed by author Thomas W. Bonnett in his new book, “Competing in the New Economy: Governance Strategies for the Digital Age,” just published by Xlibris. Currently there exists a moratorium, which […]