Paul Nicholls

Digital River said it signed a partnership agreement with game publisher MicroProse Inc. to enable the online sale of MicroProse’s PC games. Digital River said it now manages the Internet sale and delivery of 19 of MicroProse’s top-selling products, including MechCommander and Civilization II, as well as the five most recently released titles. Financial terms […]

GreatFood.com, an online specialty food store, said it expanded its online inventory to more than 650 products by adding gourmet items from 10 new specialty food suppliers. The new suppliers include: Grafton Village Cheese Company, Cinnabar Specialty Foods, Buckeye Beans, Calio Groves, Grimaud Farms, Greenwich Bay Clam, Da Vinci Gourmet, Pacific Cookie Company, Brown & […]

iMALL Inc. said it hired two key executives to further focus the company on e-commerce and will divest its seminar and training division. The company said it discontinued the operations of its seminar and training division based in Salt Lake City, and is in the process of negotiating a sale of the division’s assets. Mark […]

Online purchases are up dramatically over the past three years and now an estimated 43 million users are clicking to Web sites with their credit cards in hand, according to research firm NetSmart. And more and more of them are women. Seventy percent of online consumers reported completing online transactions last year, up from only […]

CyberCash Inc. said the number of Internet merchants using the company’s software and services exceeded 7,000 for the first time. Recent new customers include K-Mart, Fox Sports Online and Apple Computer. “At the end of 1996, CyberCash had about 280 merchants,” said Jim Condon, CyberCash’s chief financial officer. “Today, we’re adding more than that every […]

NetResults Corp. announced the availability of ProShop 2.03, an electronic commerce system. ProShop is designed designed for creating and operating online business-to-business Web stores. It is aimed at vendors who want to provide online service, but are not necessarily Web savvy. Knowledge of HTML is not required. By providing product information, ProShop creates an individualized […]

CyberSource Corp. said it formed a strategic alliance with Hewlett-Packard Co. to deliver joint e-commerce solutions. The solutions will incorporate CyberSource’s on-demand transaction processing, secure digital distribution, fraud detection, export control and global rights applications and services. Integrated into the broader suite of HP’s Covision solutions, CyberSource’s on- demand applications are designed to enable Internet […]

Online video store Reel.com Inc. entered a partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times Online that gives Reel.com strategic placement within the Sun-Times Web site. The Sun-Times will link from Roger Ebert’s movie reviews to Reel.com’s online store, providing a method for visitors to purchase films and also access Reel’s other services. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. […]

SkyTel Communications Inc. and Digital Commerce Corp. launched an e-commerce site designed to make it easier for government agencies to buy paging and messaging services. As part of the new venture, government buyers can place orders online at skytel.fedcenter.com using government credit cards, electronic purchase forms or pre-populated purchase forms for fax transmission. SkyTel said […]

C2B Technologies based in San Mateo, CA said it has signed an exclusive, three-year agreement with Consumers Digest, a provider of consumer-product advice and analysis. Editorial, shopping tips and detailed comparisons from Consumers Digest will be available through C2B’s online shopping platform. C2B also signed deals with DejaNews and Delphi Forums to provide community information […]

Electronic commerce company Open Market, Inc. today announced that Playboy Online licensed its Transact e-commerce software. Under terms of the agreement, Playboy Online, a division of Playboy Enterprises, will use Transact as its e-commerce platform. The software will help drive subscriptions to Playboy’s Cyber Club, as well as maintain the company’s online store and other […]

Thinking Tools Inc., a provider of adaptive simulation products, said it executed a letter of intent to acquire ColorBank Digital Sources and its electronic commerce shopping Web site, ShopFast, in an all-stock deal. ColorBank had revenues of $3.2 million in 1997 and was profitable for 1997 and the first half of 1998, Thinking Tools said. […]