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Although online business-to-business (B2B) transactions currently account for a strong majority of all e-commerce revenue, a report issued Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix forecast that an increasing number of firms plan to use private trading networks (PTNs) for collaboration rather than sales ...

Ailing online grocer Webvan began selling about US$2 million worth of assets Tuesday that it once hoped to use for an aggressive West Coast expansion. Webvan sold goods worth an estimated $1.3 million at an auction held Tuesday in Kent, Washington, near Seattle. Most of those items, ranging from a...

Plans are afoot for Kmart to buy the 40 percent of BlueLight.com it does not already own and end the e-tailer's stand-alone status, according to published reports. A report Tuesday at CBS Marketwatch said that the retail giant was close to an agreement to absorb BlueLight, which launched in Dec...

There's an old saying about kicking a person when he or she is down, but I can't remember how it goes, so here is my take on the people who are crying over the thousands of dollars in rebates they never got from CyberRebate.com: You got exactly what you deserved. Frankly, it's beyond me how the...

The Internet may offer a new channel for selling merchandise, but basic customer loyalty principles first developed in the real world are still central to making money online, according to many of the e-commerce leaders speaking Tuesday in Chicago at a retail forum hosted by Jupiter Media Metri...

Because software piracy and online fraud can cost companies millions in profits and lost goodwill -- and because government agencies do not have the resources to keep pace with cybercriminals -- many high-tech companies have formed their own investigative units to catch Internet con artists. Fo...

Amazon.com and Toys 'R' Us will launch the next phase of their online alliance as early as this week, when Babiesrus.com becomes part of the Amazon site. Toys 'R' Us spokesman Louis Lipschitz told the E-Commerce Times the change will definitely take place by the end of May. "This is something we...

The future of e-commerce lies with multichannel retailers who leverage their Internet presence to enhance the real-world shopping experience, according to speakers Monday at a retail forum in Chicago hosted by Jupiter Media Metrix. "There is very limited room for Internet-only retailers," Jupi...

The booming market for outsourced Internet security services could provide a home for venture capital money previously directed to dot-coms, according to a report announced Tuesday by the Yankee Group. "With the demise of the 'dot-bombs,' many VCs have been looking for alternative ways to invest...

PurchasePro announced Tuesday that its net loss for the quarter was US$14.3 million more than originally reported. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company now says that its net loss, including non-cash charges and amortization of equity-based compensation and go...

Despite the failure, as detailed in the documentary "Startup.com," of govWorks.com to make paying parking tickets via the Net a dream come true, real-world government agencies are working overtime to make Internet services for motor vehicle registrations and driver licenses a reality. According...

Thousands of online consumers are out millions of dollars, according to a bankruptcy filing by e-tailer CyberRebate.com made in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York. Of the top 20 debtors listed on the bankruptcy filing by CyberRebate, a site that promised rebates of up to 100 percent on its hig...

The short-term outlook for online grocers has dimmed considerably, but the long-range outlook remains promising, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix. Jupiter said it has cut its forecast for online grocery sales for 2001 in half, from US$2 billion to $1 billion, largely...

Amazon.com reached beyond retail for the first time Friday, launching a movie-listing site that will be supported by advertising. "In Theaters" will initially be supported by advertising from Buena Vista Pictures, a division of media giant Disney, with other marketing partners invited to join. ...

A projected shift in online user demographics in the coming years will likely fuel an even greater boom for the online travel sector, according to data released Thursday by IDC. One of the sector's key drivers will be an explosion in the population with the "time and funds to travel," the firm s...