Beth Cox

BabyPressConference.com, an online hospital maternity introduction service, has acquired urbanbaby.com, a network of resource guides, interactive communities and online shopping opportunities for parents in major metropolitan areas. BabyPressConference.com allows parents to introduce their newborns to family and friends via live, full-motion video over the Internet. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “This acquisition […]

Siebel Systems Inc. signed an alliance deal to integrate its e-business applications software with the business analysis software of Hyperion . The joint effort will deliver an integrated suite of e-business analytic applications, the companies said. Hyperion intends to integrate its suite of packaged e-CRM analysis applications and its Hyperion Essbase OLAP (online analytical processing) […]

Giant Internet retailer Amazon.com, reporting a third quarter pro forma loss of 25 cents per share, said that it foresees continued losses in 2001, although it may be able to contain the red ink to 5 percent of sales. The company said 2001 sales are expected to be “approximately $4 billion.” Amazon reported after the […]

Three days after laying off 10 percent of its workforce, eponymous pharmacy and e-tailer drugstore.com reported a net loss of $45.7 million on sales of $26.5 million. The loss compared to a loss of $41.9 million in the same period a year ago. The good news was that sales for the third quarter of 2000 […]

Woman-oriented online and on-air network Oxygen Media launched Shop O2, an e-commerce Web site that offers product reviews written by other Oxygen shoppers as well as expert articles from around the Web. Users who share their advice with other women by writing product reviews can be rewarded for it. User reviews are graded by other […]

Sporting goods retailer The Sports Authority Inc. launched a new, spiffier e-commerce Web site developed by Global Sports Inc.. The retailer said the revised site features increased search functionality, an improved checkout process, streamlined navigation and sports tips from hundreds of athletes. Global Sports, which has been actively making deals this week, develops and operates […]

Broadband operator Excite@Home and RadioShack Corp. inked a deal designed to acquire new “do-it-yourself” subscribers who wire their computers for Internet access via cable TV lines. Consumers within the Excite@Home broadband footprint will be able to visit participating RadioShack stores and purchase a QuickStart installation kit that includes software and cable modem for broadband access. […]

Yahoo! Inc. upped its ante in the much-contested mobile-commerce fray, delivering Yahoo! PayDirect and Yahoo! Local Sales on Internet-enabled mobile phones in the United States. The launch of the two new services marks the company’s entry into mobile commerce via Yahoo! Everywhere, the portal’s initiative to enable consumers to access Yahoo!’s Web content and services […]

Intel Corp. , on the heels of announcing record revenue for the third quarter, said it is teaming up with e-commerce solutions provider Commerce One Inc. in a three-year deal to deliver integrated and scaleable e-commerce solutions. The agreement includes the formation of a joint engineering laboratory and a joint marketing fund, further extending Commerce […]

Canadian liquidator Maynards Industries Ltd. beat out several other companies with a bid of about $4.5 million in an auction for the physical assets of the bankrupt Living.com furniture store. Maynards President Barry Scott told InternetNews.com that the bid was 59.44 cents on the dollar of the wholesale value of the remaining physical inventory. The […]

Fourteen consumer and high-tech companies, concluding that the Internet is integral to the way millions live today, have formed the Internet Home Alliance, dedicated to “enhancing consumers’ understanding, appreciation and adoption of the Internet lifestyle.” What’s an Internet lifestyle? The alliance said it is a way of life that uses the Internet to enhance the […]

In a move aimed at accelerating its path to profitability, BizRate.com launched a new e-commerce marketplace and began offering premium placement in a dynamically priced “Seller’s Auction” in which merchants may bid for position in product category search results. The new shopping area is called the C3 Marketplace, which the company says delivers consumers “choice, […]