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Online business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce will continue its struggle to take hold in Central Europe, while business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce will see a much more robust growth in the region, the European branch of research firm IDC told the E-Commerce Times on Wednesday. According to a ne...

Looking to capitalize on the demise of many of its competing e-commerce service providers, Digital River announced Wednesday the launch of its E-Rescue Program, aimed at companies and government agencies that are working with e-commerce service providers which are failing or have gone out of bus...

My job is to keep my eyes and ears open and try to put some perspective on Web merchandising and online transactions. (You'll notice I did not use the word "spin." I said "perspective.") What is most important in my line of work is to keep myself grounded and not allow myself to be overly impres...

In an effort to stay focused on selling its core technology products, Egghead.com is handing over the reins to the auction portion of its online electronics store. Egghead will now pay dynamic pricing services provider FairMarket, which has lost several major clients over the past few months, inc...

Mega-travel site Orbitz and online discount travel firm Hotwire, both backed by a consortium of the largest airline carriers in the U.S., said Thursday they have inked a marketing agreement that will provide each company's customers direct access to the other's fares and hotel rates. As part of ...

With brick-and-click retail becoming the dominant trend, Internet marketers cannot dismiss teenagers as a target audience when creating a Web presence even though most teens do their purchasing offline, according to a report released Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix. The study found that while 1...

Although European e-tailers are facing their own wave of closures and consolidation, a study released Tuesday by the Boston Consulting Group found that the continent's online retailing industry is "far from dead," but rather that consumers are growing increasingly enthused about purchasing from b...

Compaq, which says its "vision" is to be "everything to the Internet," relies on online advertising as well as traditional media when devising ad campaigns. Mary Bermel, director of interactive marketing at the company, believes the key to an effective online ad campaign is matching the message t...

Amazon.com said Wednesday it will offer new international shipping plans designed to cut the length of time overseas customers must wait for delivery of goods bought on the e-tail site. Rather than varying shipping terms country by country, the cost and time it takes Amazon to ship goods will n...

Aiming to carve out a spot in the peer-to-peer e-commerce space that has been dominated by players like eBay and eBay-owned Half.com, Grab A Bargain.com on Tuesday officially launched its fixed-price bargain marketplace for the buying and selling of books, music and movies. While notions of Dav...

By now, no one needs to be told yet again what a difference a year can make for e-commerce and the Net. But a stark reminder is taking place in San Francisco this week, in the form of the Webby Awards. This is supposed to be a celebration of all that's right with the Web, mind you. But last year...

While companies continued to increase their online business-to-business (B2B) adoption rate during the second quarter of 2001, most organizations still report that they are in the early stages of full-scale Internet-based buying, according to a study released Monday by the National Association of...

The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into Homestore.com, including Homestore's acquisition of Move.com and agreements with Cendant Corporation, without taking action, Homestore said Monday. Homestore said its acquisition of Move.com from Cendant and several related ...

A slowdown in advertising spending by car dealers will lead to a bigger loss than previously expected at Autobytel.com for the quarter just ended, the online automotive company said late Monday. Autobytel said it expects revenue of US$15 million to $16 million for the second quarter ended June 3...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that it has filed charges against an unlicensed Fort Collins, Colorado chiropractor who allegedly raised over US$300,000 by fraudulently selling stock in his company over the Internet. The charges, which were filed Friday in the...