Articles by Lori Enos

McDonald's Corporation (Nasdaq:MCD) has taken a baby step into e-commerce by investing in San Francisco, California-based Food.com, a company that offers an online food takeout and delivery service Food.com raised $80 million (US$) in total funding from such companies as McDonald's, Kraft Foods, TV Guide and Blockbuster Video. Terms the deal were n...

Hoping to offer one stop shopping for customers anxious to develop a Web presence, San Francisco, California-based Wells Fargo announced eStore Business Solutions, which will provide an end-to-end e-commerce solution for mid-sized (companies with revenues between $10 and $250 million US$) companies Not only will the eStore Business Solution provide...

Number two auto manufacturer Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced Thursday that it will partner with B2B auction site ZoneTrader.com to sell its surplus capital equipment at online auctions Under the terms of the agreement, ZoneTrader.com will be responsible for managing the disposition of all Ford equipment that is not covered under a service ag...

A survey released this week by Forrester Research, Inc. reports that e-tailers are now using electronic mail as a major means of generating repeat business from customers According to Forrester senior analyst Jim Nail, e-mail is effectively changing the way marketers work. "Marketers are hunters -- following the tracks of consumers and scattering p...

Online travel sites Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) and Preview Travel (Nasdaq: PTVL) announced the completion of a merger today that reportedly creates the largest travel site on the Web and the third-largest e-commerce site overall Travelocity.com has a long history in the travel market. The company was founded in 1996 by SABRE, which possesses a ...

While new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that low prices continue to lure U.S. shoppers to the Internet, data from @plan (APLN) indicates that U.S. consumers are taking security issues seriously enough to consider abandoning e-commerce for the safety of the real world ...

China Commodity City, which has been appraised as the largest commodities market in China, has formed a partnership with Tianrong Internet Products and Services, Inc. (TIPS) to develop China Commodity City's global B2B e-commerce site, expand the English language portion of the company's current site, and upgrade the site's infrastructure to international B2B standards...