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Shop.org, the trade association for online retailers, has added three new members to its staff. Ray Greenly has joined the association as the Director of Member Services. Sherry Syence has been appointed the director of marketing and communications. Susan Nocitra has been named the manager of member operations. Shop.org said the staff additions are part […]

Cybergold Inc. added Cybergold Plaza to its Earn & Spend community, a site where consumers can earn cash rebates of up to 10 percent from 60 name-brand merchants such as L.L. Bean, Lands’ End, Toys “R” Us, JCPenney and Dell Computer. Cash rebates are automatically credited to the shopper’s Cybergold account whenever those shoppers make […]

E-tailers were again the story on Monday, following strong online shopping statistics from this past weekend. Still, investors were ahead of the curve, as last week saw e-tail issues post strong gains. Investors took some of their profits on Monday, as other sectors continued barreling ahead. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed down 15.62 to 719.44, […]

Red Hat Inc. Monday agreed to lend services and support to AutoZone as part of the auto parts retailer’s plan to base its network on Red Hat Linux’s open source systems. Red Hat’s (RHAT) services organization will provide consulting and support services for a network of approximately 3,000 Linux-based intranet terminals in AutoZone’s (AZO) stores […]

Investment capital fund manager Apex Partners has invested FF 22 million (US$3.6 million) in Medisite, a medical site dedicated to medical health professionals. The investment came a few days after launching its redesigned site. Launched in April by specialized communications agency Epsilon Santé, Medisite is a vertical portal which provides health professionals with news and […]

It was a half-day on Wall Street, but Internet stocks showed no signs of slowing down. internet.com’s ISDEX surged 10.83 to 735.06, the Nasdaq composite gained 27.31 to 3447.81, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 19.26 to 10988.91. As the official holiday shopping season began, Internet investors were shopping for etailers. Shopping portal, Amazon.com […]

Shopping site Webtailer.com, conceived by merchants for merchants in an effort to reduce the cost of new customer acquisition, has launched with a promotion for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Participating retailers include Omaha Steaks, Fashionmall, FragranceNet.com, K-Tel, shades.com and others. Webtailer.com said its initial test period results had an average sales conversion rate of 6.2 percent and […]

Ad-linked search engine company GoTo.com said it will acquire Cadabra Inc., an Internet-based provider of comparison-shopping services, for $250 million comprised of $8 million in cash and the balance in GoTo stock. The deal is expected to be completed as early as January 2000. GoTo.com said it will take advantage of Cadabra’s product search and […]

Newcity.com, a portal site linking content from a national network of city and content Web sites, launched Newcityshop, offering targeted, browseable shopping to its users. Newcityshop has attracted more than 50 retailers pitching Newcity.com’s target market of 18-34 year olds. Retailers include drugstore.com; sharperimage.com; moma.org; cooking.com; Proteam.com; CDNow.com; FogDog.com; furniture.com; liquor.com and jcrew.com. “Most online […]

Online trading community eBay Inc. signed a deal with Juno Online Services Inc. to be the exclusive provider of online trading services on JunoLand, Juno’s online community site, and on Shop@Juno, the company’s new online shopping channel. Both JunoLand and Shop@Juno can be reached through links on Juno’s Web portal site. Financial arrangements were not […]

Netzee — Helping Community Bankers Defend Their Turf Are you worried that your local community bank is going to be gobbled up by some national monster now that the landmark financial services legislation has been passed? Or, are you more worried that your local bank won’t cut it in the next century because it isn’t […]

Bull has launched its iSimplify smart card at the Cartes ’99 exhibition. The card memorizes all the online shopping data of a user: passwords, bookmarks or favorites, mail accounts, etc. The password-protected product targets users who have several Internet accounts, passwords or mailboxes. The card can be read through the SmartCard format (PC/SC), or into […]