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GTE launched GTE E-Commerce Solutions, a suite of e-commerce and Web-hosting apps and tools that employ Mercantec’s SoftCart technology. GTE said its newest e-commerce offering helps small businesses and entrepreneurs combine technology with business strategy to establish and maintain reliable online businesses with minimal financial investment. GTE E-Commerce Solutions provide technical support, marketing guidance and […]

Intel Corp. Monday released LANDesk Management Suite 6.3, the latest upgrade of its systems management solution. Intel LANDesk Management Suite 6.3 extends its Web-based architecture to include Web-based reporting of system information. The suite delivers heightened scalability to provide support for large, networked systems. The new solution also enables custom queries, Web-based report generation and […]

Amazon.com Inc. turned another page in the annals of successful e-tailing Monday with its announcement that it had served its 10 millionth customer, the first e-commerce site to do so, in less than four years. Amazon began online bookselling in July of 1995 and by October 1997, it became the first e-tailer to serve 1 […]

Amazon.com Inc. turned another page in the annals of successful e-tailing Monday with its announcement that it had served its 10 millionth customer, the first e-commerce site to do so, in less than four years. Amazon began online bookselling in July of 1995 and by October 1997, it became the first e-tailer to serve 1 […]

iMALL Inc. and First Data Merchant Services Corp., a subsidiary of First Data Corp., signed an agreement with SmartAge Corp. to deliver e-commerce services to about 250,000 existing members as well as its new business customers. As a result, SmartAge customers will be able to build commerce-enabled Web storefronts or add e-commerce features to their […]

North Bergen, NJ-based Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. incorporated its Internet business, VitaminShoppe.com, as a separate subsidiary focused on e-commerce. Kathryn Creech, founder of Hearst’s HomeArts Network, has been named president and chief executive officer of the e-commerce subsidiary. VitaminShoppe.com, launched in April 1998, had first quarter 1999 revenues in excess of $2 million, the company […]

Encino, CA-based ARTISTdirect Inc., which operates several music destination Web sites, said it has closed on $15 million in equity financing. Investors include Chase Capital Ventures, Bowman Capital, Flatiron Partners, Cassandra Capital, Psilos Group Ventures and Constellation Ventures, part of the Bear Sterns Asset Management Group. The ARTISTdirect.com network includes official stores for artists such […]

New York City-based LivePerson, a provider of outsourced real-time sales and customer service chat solutions for e-commerce sites, said it has received an additional $1.6 million in financing, bringing the company’s total financing to date to $4.6 million. The financing came from Allen & Company Inc.; Sculley Brothers (led by John Sculley, former CEO of […]

Propelling the business beyond the Slurpee, Japanese conglomerate Softbank Corp. Thursday joined forces with Japan’s 7-Eleven convenience store chain to sell books and CDs online. The joint venture, called E-Shopping Books, will offer a book-selling service heavily modeled after Amazon.com, according to published reports. The new service will offer online reader book reviews and other […]

Duluth, GA-based bib.net Corp., formerly American Realty Management Services Corp, said it acquired e-commerce bookseller ReligiousMatters.com Inc. for $3 million in bib.net common stock. bib.net said it plans to retain the staff of ReligiousMatters.com and its president, Mark Duncan , who will become marketing director for the company. bib.net said it inherits a contractual relationship […]

Los Angeles-based Modacad Inc. creator of the fashion e-commerce site styleclick.com, said it plans to change the name of the company to styleclick.com. The planned name change is subject to shareholder approval at the company’s upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting. “Styleclick.com is the brand name of the company’s newly launched e-commerce site and accurately reflects the […]

Singapore Telecom (SingTel) and US-based Commerce One have partnered to offer a business-to-business e-commerce marketplace for Asian traders. Built on Commerce One’s MarketSite platform, the site is designed to provide Asian businesses with access to the global business community. “Electronic procurement is a critical element in SingTel’s regional e-commerce strategy. This partnership will help to […]