Clint Boulton

Online pet product supplier Pets.com this week made a dash for worldwide expansion by agreeing to make an equity investment in Petspark.com, a UK-based community site. With the deal, Pets.com said it will be able to leverage its commitment to consumers, expertise in the pet e-commerce space and deep knowledge of the pet industry with […]

Lycos Inc. continued its integration of popular products Tuesday with its procurement of the Allaire Corp.’s ColdFusion intranet platform to develop its e-commerce destination, LYCOShop. ColdFusion enables Lycos (LCOS) to bundle best-of-breed merchants into LYCOShop, its new online shopping destination and transform a vast network of merchants into one comprehensive shopping experience. LYCOShop has integrated […]

Leading e-commerce periodical provider RoweCom Inc. Tuesday snatched up global news aggregator NewsEdge Corp. in a $227 million stock deal. RoweCom (ROWE), which will exchange .26 shares of common stock for each share of NewsEdge stock, said the purchase will create a comprehensive e-media news, information and services environment. The combination of RoweCom and NewsEdge […]

Continuing its rapid rollout pace, the Sun-Netscape Alliance Monday introduced a Net bill presentment and payment solution it hopes will spread the use of electronic billing. Currently, banks offer their consumers the ability to pay only a few of their bills online. Using iPlanet BillerXpert Consolidator edition software, banks will be able to offer a […]

In a continuation of its strategy to develop regional trading sites, eBay Inc. Monday rolled local versions in 23 addition cities and announced a deal with Athlete Direct to let customers bid on equipment signed or worn by professional sports’ most popular athletes. eBay boosted its number of nationwide local sites to 53 to continue […]

OAO Technology Solutions Inc. Friday received a signed letter of intent to provide custom software application services for a global technology company in a deal worth $70 million. The 10-year contract will be for the development and integration of custom application software. Delivery is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2000 with full […]

News Digital Media, a division of News Corp., is forming a new unit that will handle the company’s Internet investments. News Digital Ventures will serve as an investment vehicle for News Digital Media, bolstering the company’s Internet holdings. It’s primary purpose is to leverage News Corp.’s (NWS) global marketing and distribution platforms, as well as […]

PurchasePro.com Inc. and Sprint Friday signed an e-commerce deal worth $136 million that has Sprint promoting PurchasePro.com’s business-to-business e-commerce solution to its clients. Sprint will purchase 900,000 shares of PurchasePro.com common stock and may earn up to an additional 900,000 shares of PurchasePro.com common stock if revenue targets are met. The agreement positions Sprint (FON) […]

A federal district judge has granted leading online retailer Amazon.com a preliminary injunction protecting its patented 1-Click technology and barring online competitor barnesandnoble.com from copying it. U.S. District Court Judge Marsha J. Pechman’s preliminary injunction issued late Wednesday bars barnesandnoble.com from using a copycat version of 1-Click technology while the lawsuit is pending. Amazon.com (AMZN) […]

America Online Inc. Thursday teamed with online careers network Monster.com in a four-year, $100 million career management resources pact. Monster.com, the flagship brand of TMP Worldwide Inc. (TMPW), will lend its services across seven AOL (AOL) brands. Monster.com will become the exclusive career-search across AOL, AOL Canada, AOL.COM, CompuServe, ICQ, Netscape Netcenter and Digital City, […]

In a move that would give barnesandnoble.com the edge over its rival Amazon.com the company is experimenting with a service in New York City that provides same-day delivery of books purchased on the Web — directly to consumers’ doorsteps. Using bike messengers and delivery vans to zip books to customers’ doorsteps in the city, barnesandnoble.com […]

America Online Inc. Wednesday announced it has signed $100 million in e-commerce and marketing agreements for its ICQ instant messaging service. The company also said its ICQ community had passed 50 million registered users. ICQ is slowly introducing select services and marketing relationships with these valuable brands in ways that make ICQ even more valuable […]