InternetNews Staff

Attention retailers: if you haven’t set up an Internet presence, you’re not only missing the boat, you’re losing valuable market share and sales to your e-tail competitors. According to a new report from Jupiter Communications, less than 10 percent of online e-tail dollars in 2002 will be incremental. That means e-tailers will be stealing business […]

Free intranet service Intranets.com Tuesday announced strategic partnerships with NewsEdge Corp., Digital River, GoTo.com and Stockpoint to deliver online business services and content. With the partnerships, Intranets.com plans to offer comprehensive, customizable applications for intranet customers. NewsEdge will offer customized industry-specific news, and Stockpoint signed on to build a personal finance area that features portfolios, […]

Auto sales site Autobytel.com recorded higher revenues but posted a net loss in the second quarter of $6.0 million, or $0.33 per share, compared with a net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.37 per share, in the comparable period a year ago. Revenues for the quarter rose to $9.2 million, up from revenues of $5.4 […]

Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries T-Mobil and T-Online announced a joint product offensive to bring more users into Germany’s mobile Internet market. Under the new deal, T-Online Internet access will be provided free to T-Mobil users in a campaign to promote wireless Internet. Clients will pay only the wireless bill as T-Online initiates new price cuts in […]

iCanBuy.com, an online e-commerce site for teens and kids with parental approval, signed seven new partners: eToys Inc., AlloyOnline, Graffiti Online, KidFlix.com, rallycaps.com, Ezone.com and Store4Kids.com. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. “Top Internet retailers, like eToys appreciate our attention to tight security and our strict stance on privacy,” said Paul Herman, CEO of iCanBuy.com. iCanBuy.com’s […]

According to a study released Monday, online purchasing and window shopping each dropped by 3 percentage points in the first quarter and most items in virtual shopping baskets also declined during the spring. Greenfield Online Inc. reported that the e-shopping drop was the first in its history of quarterly tracking studies of e-commerce. The company’s […]

The Olson Group and USWeb/CKS were selected by Newlywed gameshow host Bob Eubanks and business partner Larry Donizetti to help create a lifestyle Internet portal for newlywed couples. The lifestyle portal is the brainchild of Eubanks, the well-known newlywed expert and host of TV’s Newlywed Game for more than 25 years. Eubanks will be an […]

Brazilian Netizens’ primary goal on the Internet is to send and receive e-mail, according to an online survey conducted by free e-mail site ZipMail and ad agency F/Nazca. The two companies claim that the survey is the first research collected on the habits and behavior of Brazilian Internet users. According ZipMail and F/Nazca research, 87 […]

In an effort to beef up its consulting offerings, USWeb/CKS Friday acquired business-to-business commerce strategists eMitchell Madison Group. USWeb/CKS will issue up to 14.4 million shares for MMG over the next two years, valuing the deal at just over $300 million based on Thursday’s market close. “We’ve done an excellent job growing our strategy organization […]

French business school INSEAD Friday announced the results of a survey sponsored by British Telecom’s Global Information Exchange which polled 35 leading Internet companies on factors which respondents felt contributed to online success. Respondents, which included industry giants such as Dell Computer Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Inktomi Corp., tipped their hats to the potential […]

“Name-your-price” retailer Priceline.com Inc. Friday hinted it may branch out to add to consumer auctions in a move that will create another competitor to market leader eBay Inc. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Priceline said it might extend its patented business model to consumer-to-consumer transactions. If the company follows through with […]

German operator T-Mobil and Sweden’s wireless giant Ericcson Thursday announced the two companies have deployed the first live trial of General Packet Radio Services technology for wireless Internet services. Ericsson’s GPRS system will enable T-Mobil (Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH) to offer wireless Net access and other IP-based services at wireline speeds. Ericsson GPRS packet-switching equipment […]