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Wine.com (formerly VirtualVineyard.com) completed a financing round in which it raised more than $50 million from a group led by TH Lee.Putnam Internet Partners. The TH Lee.Putnam Internet Partners’ investment is $20 million. The funds will be used for global expansion and to expand the site’s content through strategic acquisitions and partnerships, Wine.com said. Other […]

Infomedia Inc. launched Deal of Day , a site designed to present “the best bargains offered by major merchants online.” Not a merchant in itself, Deal of Day acts as a shopping agent, helping consumers find the best deals on music, movies, books, games, toys, sporting goods, pet supplies, gifts, flowers and other items. Visitors […]

Online retail sales are expected to grow by upwards of 500 percent over the next two years, according to more than half of those responding to a recent survey. The United States Chamber of Commerce KPMG survey polled 150 policy makers, company executives and association heads. Nineteen percent of the survey respondents predicted Internet sales, […]

Athletic and leisure footwear company The Athlete’s Foot launched an e-commerce site as an extension of its traditional retail stores. The site provides “live” customer service representatives through real-time chat capabilities. Select athletic footwear can be viewed as 3-D images. And products bought online can be exchanged at any of The Athlete’s Foot’s 500 domestic […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) introduced its E.Procurement Marketplace for clients who need to reduce the costs of buying on the Web and don’t want to spend hard-won capital on systems to do it. EDS said it is differentiating its service by managing Internet procurement processes for clients over a secure network that matches buyers […]

Women.com Networks Inc. rolled out She Gets Dressed, an apparel and accessories online marketing effort. While Women.com currently sells products through over 60 e-commerce partners, She Gets Dressed represents its first direct online retail effort to consumers. “We have built a highly scaleable transaction platform for She Gets Dressed that will give Women.com the opportunity […]

“Making purchases” has emerged as the fastest-growing online activity, according to a study released by America Online and marketing research firm Roper Starch Worldwide. In fact, the study found that e-commerce is becoming central to the Internet consumer experience. The study is the second annual America Online/Roper Starch Cyberstudy, a sample of approximately 1,000 adult […]

Leading online home furnishings site HomePoint.com Thursday borrowed PeopleSoft’s enterprise software to power its back-office system. The software will be implemented across the HomePoint.com organization to support a range of business functions, including order management and fulfillment, inventory control, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and customer service. This new system will be fully integrated […]

In a recent survey, the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL) questioned Internet professionals and associations on what they felt should be the rules and principles to fight against spamming. The CNIL report on mail merging and the protection of personal data concerns regarding phone, fax and regular mail merging as well as e-mail mass […]

Leading real estate Web portal Homes.com Thursday announced plans to add a new eCommerce auction module to its consumer and business-to-business product suites. The auction service, scheduled for a nationwide rollout in the first quarter of 2000, will be placed in the Homes.com consumer portal and the real estate professional product suite, which will allow […]

Three men accused of software piracy Tuesday agreed to a settlement of damages with the software giant Microsoft. The three software pirates from the Bautzen region of East Germany had manufactured and distributed some 200,000 illegal copies of Microsoft programs, and faced trial in a Leipzig regional court. Microsoft had originally been claiming 10.5 million […]

French bank Société Générale has launched “Sogenactif”, a complete e-commerce solution to help its customers transition into e-business. The solution is made of one main module and two options. The main module, “Sogenactif paiement”, takes advantage of the secured payment SIPS of Atos, which uses the SSLN protocol, and the transactions are all managed by […]