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Open Market Inc. said Encyclopaedia Britannica Online has licensed Open Market’s Internet commerce software, Transact, and its catalog software, LiveCommerce. “We initially selected Transact and LiveCommerce to improve the shopping and buying experience for customers who visit our online store,” said Patricia Ginnis, director of e-commerce for Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. “But as we look to […]

800 Travel Systems Inc. launched its Interactive Reservation Internet System (IRIS), a new Internet travel solution on its Web site that allows registered members to reserve airline tickets with the assistance of a trained travel agent. IRIS capitalizes on various interactive Internet technologies, the company said, and runs on IBM’s flagship high-end application server, allowing […]

Australian e-commerce software developer 3Dcubed said it has come up with an international solution to help small and medium sized businesses deal with the introduction of the Euro currency. Already used in over 30 countries, the company’s flagship e-commerce solution ShopFactory solves the Euro blues by including the fixed currency conversion rates for Euro membership. […]

A survey of 33,000 online shoppers indicates that consumer holiday sales made between Nov. 26 and Jan. 3 reached $1.96 billion, according to BizRate.com, which monitors online customer satisfaction. The more frequent online shopper (defined as someone who has made more than five online purchases) spent almost 20 percent more than the average first- time […]

Online DVD rental store NetFlix.com signed a preferred partnership deal with the All-Movie Guide (AMG) that lets consumers directly access NetFlix.com’s selection of DVD movies through the movie reviews and filmographies on the AMG Web site. AMG visitors can browse and order from NetFlix.com’s selection of more than 2,600 DVD titles, all of which are […]

Computer direct marketer Insight Enterprises Inc. said its net sales for the year ended Dec. 31 exceeded $1 billion, an increase of about 59 percent over 1997. “Our. . .e-commerce approach resulted in a more than 350 percent increase in unassisted Web sales in 1998 over 1997,” said chief executive officer Eric Crown. Unassisted Web […]

AGENCY.COM and Razorfish are preparing for separate initial public offerings, and “both could be filing within the next month,” according to a Silicon Alley Reporter story. AGENCY.COM CEO Chan Suh would not comment and Razorfish CEO Jeff Dachis said that the company has no current plans. One source close to Razorfish reported, however, that it […]

infoUSA Inc. has licensed its proprietary database of 16 million U.S. business listings to PowerAdz.com, a newspaper affiliate network. The data will used to provide enhanced Internet yellow pages for PowerAdz.com’s new AdQuest3D Classifieds, and each of its vertical market products. Under terms of the agreement, PowerAdz will also feature strategic links to access and […]

New York City-based CONE Interactive has been appointed the agency of record for two new clients: Day-Timers and togglethis. CONE said it is implementing a strategic branding and public relations program for Day-Timers consisting of the development of key positioning, an industry analyst program and a launch that will target trade, business and consumer media […]

San Francisco-based XOOM.com Inc., an Internet-based direct marketing company, completed its acquisition of Pagecount Inc. As a result, next week the company will launch XOOMCounter With PowerStats, which expands XOOM.com’s free offerings to include a service that allows homepage builders to implement a guest book and track and count their Web site traffic. XOOM.com also […]

Meta-search engine site Cyber411 marked its first anniversary of refusing to run pornographic advertising banners. The site’s creator, Cyber Networks Inc., observed the anniversary by inviting other Web sites to follow its example and ban adult services ad banners. “Admittedly, we did not always have this smut-free policy,” said Mark Galione, vice president for sales […]

Ad-backed Internet access service NetZero Inc. said it has attracted more than 200,000 subscribers in 11 weeks. New advertisers include Compare.net and Deja News Sign-ups are occurring at a rate of at least one every 45 seconds, NetZero said, and the site is delivering more than 100 million page views per month. NetZero said it […]