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Start-up lucy.com said it plans to launch a retail sporting goods and apparel site designed to meet the needs of active women of all ages, interests and fitness levels. The company is backed by venture capital firms Sutter Hill and Foundation Capital. Currently, the product selection and atmosphere of traditional sporting goods stores overwhelmingly target […]

Pet supply e-tailer PETsMART.com Inc. signed an exclusive partnership with Big Dog Holdings Inc., a developer and retailer of branded, lifestyle consumer products, to co-market and co-promote each other’s products and services. As part of the agreement, each company has taken an unspecified equity interest in the other to further solidify the alliance. PETsMART.com and […]

Fashion and home furnishings retailer Bluefly Inc. said it has completed $10 million worth of second-round financing led by affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners LLC. The investor group also includes Pilot Capital Corp., a firm specializing in private equity investments in technology companies, and an additional, unidentified investor. “In the month since we closed […]

Infrastructure company Covad Communications, Co. Thursday announced plans to expand its digital subscriber line services and now claims accessibility to 40 percent of homes and businesses in the United States. Covad (COVD) added 49 metropolitan areas in 19 states to bring its network to 100 metropolitan areas around the country. Cities include Las Vegas, Salt […]

3 Potato 4, Inc. Thursday released the latest version of its online search tool, SHO. SHO is designed to allow users to search, sort, and compare the results found from multiple search engines on single screen. According to 3 Potato 4 co-founder Brad Stone, “SHO simultaneously searches multiple sites and delivers specific Web results that […]

Australian online media group LibertyOne Ltd Thursday announced plans to list on the Nasdaq by the end of the year. The company expects to raise AU$50 million and AU$70 million through the offering. Its stock will continue to be traded on the Australian Stock Index (ASX). LibertyOne, which owns half of the joint venture for […]

AmericasBaby.com Inc., parent company of BabyFurniture.com and BabyGifts.com, said it has received more than $9 million in first-round funding from private investors. Also, the company named Preston Bealle as president and CEO. He had been president and CEO of Jumbo Inc., an entertainment and shareware site, until it was sold to Mecklermedia, now internet.com. Before […]

Affiliate marketing company Be Free Inc. launched B-INTOUCH, an e-mail marketing service designed to expand affiliate e-commerce capabilities to anyone with an e-mail address. The company said B-INTOUCH gives merchants an opportunity to commerce-enable Internet users who don’t have their own Web sites. Merchants can recruit anyone with an e-mail address as an e-marketer, enabling […]

Auto parts e-tailer CarParts.com launched real-time customer service on its site in conjunction with PeopleSupport. Using a joint customer-care management approach, consumers may interact with PeopleSupport.com’s eReps to obtain real-time assistance for general information 24 hours a day. In addition, customers have the option to directly query CarParts.com’s sales specialists, who will answer specific, part-related […]

As expected, Yahoo! Inc.’s search engine dominated the field as the most popular for users to find information on the Net, according to a recent study. The study, released by WebSideStory’s StatMarket.com, found that Yahoo! (YHOO) accounted for 43.55 percent of all search engine referrals as of August 29. That’s more than three times its […]

Unisys Brasil this week announced it developed an e-commerce solution to power a new online music retailer. Unisys, through its service provider subsidiary Uninet, will provide e-commerce applications for Organizações Globo’s online music retail subsidiary Som Livre. Under terms of the US$ 7.5 million agreement, Uninet developed the storefront’s firewall and encryption of users’ personal […]

E-commerce integration company kinzan.com delivered its SiteMan family of software products and services, designed to give centralized control over e-commerce functions on hundreds of independent Web sites. The company said the application gives organizations such as franchises, associations, portals, corporations and others control of distributed networks such as sites created by members, affiliates and customers. […]