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Retail giant Neiman Marcus (NYSE: NMG) announced the launch of an e-commerce Web site today that will offer apparel, accessories, home furnishing and holiday gifts to upscale buyers.

This week, when E*Trade Group, Inc. reported a $27 million loss (US$) in its fiscal fourth quarter, both the press and company officials spun this negative development into positive news.

Austin, Texas-based Mall.com, Inc. has announced that its multi-retailer Web site will launch this Sunday to coincide with the televised Mall.com 500 Indy Racing League Championship on ABC.

In a precursor to its integration into the NBC Internet conglomerate, Xoom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: XMCM) announced a deal yesterday with FreeShop.com (Nasdaq: FSHP) to create a section on its site for FreeShop's varied offerings.

In an effort to "capitalize on the emerging Internet economy and electronic commerce," Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. announced yesterday that it is putting its RCA brand consumer electronics products on sale on the Internet and will ship orders directly from its warehouses to consumers.

The holiday shopping season is almost here. While most small retail business owners and managers know they would like a bigger piece of the online holiday sales action this season, many do not know what they should be doing about it. No need to despair: Quick action now can make it happen.

eSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT) has added to the momentum of the open-source software market in the Asia-Pacific region by signing a distribution agreement with Singapore-based IT Resources Pte Ltd.

Online auto retail referral site Autobytel.com(Nasdaq: ABTL) announced today that it has agreed to acquire A.I.N. Corporation, the owner of CarSmart.com, in a cash and stock deal valued at $31.8 million (US$).

As part of the magazine industry's continuing effort to find its footing on the Web, Conde Nast's Internet division CondeNet will begin selling Williams-Sonoma products on its Epicurious Web site on November 1st.

When 30 year-old Hani Hajje founded Torrance, California-based Power Solutions, Inc. in 1995, the Internet was still perceived to be a risky, unknown business quantity.

Web-based movie superstore Reel.com (Nasdaq: HLYW) announced the launch of its Holiday Store today, offering gift recommendations as well as gift packages, box sets, low-price movies and live chats with Reel.com representatives.

Earlier this week, an interactive TV service began offering its UK customers e-commerce services ranging from shopping to banking via their TVs.

Shares of direct marketing company FreeShop.com (Nasdaq: FSHP), which promotes products and services with samples, free trial offers and coupons, climbed nearly 11.5 percent on Wednesday, gaining 1-3/8 to 13-3/8 after the company announced a five-year agreement with eBay.

"Name-your-price" sales pioneer priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) filed suit against Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) in a Connecticut federal court today, claiming that the software giant's Expedia.com subsidiary infringed upon its patented hotel price matching service.

According to a report by industry analyst firm Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT), business-to-consumer e-commerce is expected to reach $380 billion (US$) worldwide in 2003.