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Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch launched a new online information and ticketing service for Denver CitySearch. The Denver CitySearch local portal site integrates information about current and upcoming events, including seating options and sight lines, with the ability to purchase tickets to the events online. “CitySearch has evolved to become more than just a source of information, with […]

Skokie, Ill.-based Internet grocer Peapod Inc. said plans to open a centralized distribution center in the San Francisco area during the second quarter and will aggressively re-launch its service in that market. San Francisco is the third market in which Peapod will have implemented its new centralized fulfillment service model since December 1998. Peapod’s new […]

Web hosting company LiteSpeed Technologies Ltd. signed an agreement to offer its customers the use of Mercantec’s SoftCart, an electronic commerce application used for online sales transactions. The agreement will allow LiteSpeeds’ customers to create a new virtual store or add commerce capabilities to an existing Web site. Product information from existing inventory, point of […]

USA Networks Interactive said its Internet Shopping Network division will launch an online jewelry store in the second quarter of this year. The site, offering fine jewelry, watches, costume jewelry and fashion accessories for men and women, will also be branded throughout all of USAi’s cable, broadcast and Internet networks. The site will include jewelry […]

The prime driver at IBM now is e-business strategy, and recently its focus has shifted to small and medium sized business, especially in a country like India, which promises loads of potential. IBM Global Services (India) Private Ltd., which has been concentrating on the services business, will now address the problems of e-commerce in India. […]

mySimon Inc. signed a distribution agreement with Bell Atlantic’s Web yellow pages directory site BigYellow, giving users of the directory a way to shop and compare prices across the Web. mySimon’s shopping bot will power product search and comparison features for BigYellow’s Shopping Guide for all of mySimon’s currently supported categories, including books, electronics, computers, […]

BellSouth and San Jose, CA-based Breakthrough Software Inc., a provider of e- commerce software, signed an agreement by which BellSouth will host e-commerce Web sites built using Breakthrough’s online store development product, ShopZone. The new solutions are aimed at small- and medium-sized business customers. The agreement allows customers to create their own e-commerce Web sites […]

Singapore-based design and contract manufacturer and products distributor, GES International Ltd. has just launched its fully integrated Digiland e-commerce and call center management services. The e-commerce services were set up under GES’ marketing and distribution arm, Digiland International Group of Companies. End users and resellers can either place their orders via the telephone or via […]

HotOffice Technologies Inc. Wednesday expanded its Web-based intranet service by targeting small businesses outside the United States. The company said it decided to begin international sign-ups because of tremendous interest from businesses around the world. “We’ve had enormous demand for HotOffice coming from international companies that want to share information and collaborate with colleagues both […]

The Spokane, Wash. franchise of cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. has denied a request by a high-speed upstart to use its cable lines to offer its own product to subscribers in that community. Internet Ventures Inc. markets a high-speed Internet offering under the name PerkiNet that would have competed with TCI’s @Home. Internet Ventures works to […]

Furniture store operation Room Plus Inc. said it plans to launch an e-commerce shopping service within the next three or four months to complement its current retail showrooms. The company currently has an information-only site. “We are uniquely suited to operate an interactive furniture store on the Internet as we are both a manufacturer and […]

Technology publisher CNET Inc. made its second acquisition of the week Wednesday with its $11.5 million purchase of software site WinFiles.com. CNET agreed to pay WinFiles owner Jenesys LLC $5.75 million once the transaction closes and will make an additional $5.75 million payment 18 months after the closing. WinFiles.com offers a variety of shareware, freeware […]