Today’s Deals: Overstock.com Scores Gear.com Stock

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
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Scorecard:      C+

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  EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 12–CarParts.com announced its
  second acquisition of the year, privately held CR Computing
  Solutions, a provider of inventory and business management systems for
  warehouse distributors and jobbers in the automotive aftermarket parts
  industry, for an undisclosed number of CarParts shares. Based in San Juan
  Capistrano, CR Computing Solutions develops and markets a comprehensive
  suite of wireless technologies and web-enabled software applications that
  manage inventory, point of sale, accounting, ordering, shipping and other
  activities unique to warehouse and jobber operations. Together, CR and CarParts will further lower the cost of
  warehouse and jobber operations by allowing manufacturers, WDs, jobbers and
  installers to engage in fast, accurate and secure online transactions with
  customers and suppliers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Scorecard:      B+

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  SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 12–Overstock.com, the Internet leader
  for name brands at clearance prices, announced its acquisition of
  Gear.com, the No. 1 closeout sporting goods e-tailer, and its $2.5
  million purchase of Miadora.com and
  Jewelry.com’s inventories. Under the terms of the acquisition, in return
  for an undisclosed amount of stock, Overstock.com will obtain all of Gear.com’s stock, and with that, its
  inventory valued at an estimated $14 million retail, which will be added to
  Overstock.com’s sporting goods department. For more analysis, see Kelly Black’s
  
  DealTracker.
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  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12–Continuing its pledge to be the Web’s most
  comprehensive destination for the legal community, law.com has added
  real-time document collaboration services to its growing host of technology
  tools through the acquisition of DocumentForum.com. Providing a
  Web-based collaborative solution for document development aimed at the
  legal community, DocumentForum’s
  service allows users to meet online and create, edit or revise documents in
  real-time, which will immediately be offered through law.com’s Web site.
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 12–Affinity International Travel
  Systemsannounced that it has signed a letter of
  intent to acquire Miami based StarTravel Group, d/b/a Star Travel.com, an Online Internet
  Travel Company that is focused on the rapidly growing and underserved U.S.
  Hispanic and Latin American market and also the exclusive travel provider
  for QuePasa.com. The acquisition is expected to
  not only open a new market for Affinity, but also allowing them to expand
  its services to the European countries of Spain and Portugal at least a
  year earlier than previously planned. Terms of the transaction were not
  disclosed.
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