Beth Cox

A record number of moms will receive gifts purchased from Internet merchants this year, says a new survey of shoppers. The survey of more than 8,300 online buyers conducted April 19-24 found that nearly 90 percent of those who purchased Mother’s Day gifts online last year plan to do so again this holiday season, according […]

B2B e-commerce solutions company Commerce One signed a deal with e-commerce infrastructure solutions provider Netegrity Inc. to license the latter’s SiteMinder product and will bundle it into the Commerce One MarketSite Portal Solution. Commerce One said the arrangement will help to provide its customers with a secure portal management infrastructure on which to build e-marketplaces […]

E-commerce and streaming media solutions company GlobalMedia.com this week signed a licensing deal with fashiontv.com, which also launched a beta version of the fashiontv.com integrated media player. Paris-based fashiontv.com will use GlobalMedia’s media player, streaming media and e-commerce solutions to provide a rich media destination for site “for the fashionable and those who simply enjoy […]

PeopleSoft this week launched PeopleSoft MarketPlace, a B2B exchange that enables employees, customers, and suppliers to connect and do business over the Internet. The operation is part of the company’s new MarketPlace Solutions Division, which will be headed by former Oracle Corp. executive Kerry P. Lamson. He will oversee development, strategy, sales and marketing for […]

Online gift certificate and personal Web account company Ecount launched the Webcertificate shopping card good at any brick-and-mortar merchant that accepts credit cards. Recipients of Webcertificates have always been able to spend their Webcertificates at any online store, and now they can venture into the real world. Webcertificates allow recipients to decide upon the gift […]

Listen up, Metallica: More than 66 percent of 5,200 online music shoppers surveyed have not paid for (and would not expect to pay for) digital music downloads, according to a new research report. The report from research firm Greenfield Online, entitled e-Merging Music II, found that in total, 45 percent of respondents have downloaded music […]

Comparison shopping company Deja.com Inc. launched a wireless application of its Precision Buying Service, an online resource for researching and buying products. The company also announced a multi-channel distribution strategy highlighted by an agreement with OmniSky Corp., provider of a wireless Internet service for handheld devices such as the Palm V. OmniSky launched a new […]

A new report says that online spending by consumers in the UK is on the rise, and likely will reach £20 billion by 2005, up from £1.7 billion this year. An increasing range of interactive devices such as interactive digital TV and mobile phones is expected to drive the growth in the online retail market […]

A coalition of Internet B2B portals and an independent company that rates vendors on transactions are teaming up to launch the Forum for Trust in Online Trade. The coalition consists of SGSonSITE, FasTurn Inc., MeetChina.com, PaperExchange.com, Rebound and VLINX.com; together they leverage the expertise of Sociiti Ginirale de Surveillance SA, with expertise in verification, testing […]

Inktomi Corp. established alliances with Escalate Inc. and Vcommerce Corp. to deliver advanced e-commerce infrastructure solutions for portals and destination sites. The initiative will allow portals using the Inktomi (INKT) Commerce Engine to create their own branded stores that link directly to manufacturers, enabling lower prices for online consumers and higher margins for portal-based commerce, […]

Where2Net, an application service provider (ASP) of e-commerce and mobile-commerce solutions, is partnering with ConsumerREVIEW.com to deliver consumer-generated product reviews into real-world retail stores. Where2Net will integrate content from ConsumerREVIEW.com into its trademarked Touch and Mortar eMerchandising solution. As consumers begin their shopping in retail stores, they can find product information tailored to their needs […]

eCommony Inc. launched its patent-pending PayToCard Network — a person-to-person credit card payment-enabling technology for use over the Internet. The company said the PayToCard Network offers every Web site, host, portal and ISP a complete drop-in person-to-person (P2P) payment infrastructure. Any Web site can enable P2P e-commerce and for the first time, individual consumers can […]