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According to a new Internet retail index established by the National Retail Federation (NRF), Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online, Internet spending by North American consumers reached $2.8 billion (US$) in January The new NRF/Forrester Research Index revealed that online spending for the month totaled more than half of what con...

Software solutions developer Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has announced a deal to bundle its distribution of the Linux operating system with hardware solutions produced by EBIZ Enterprises (OTC BB: EBIZ) The deal centers around EBIZ's e-commerce Web site, TheLinuxStore.com, and will add factory-installed versions of the Corel LINUX OS package to such...

Open-source based software solutions provider TurboLinux on Tuesday announced that its server product has been deployed, along with a cluster of IBM Netfinity 5000 Servers, to power one of Japan's largest consumer e-commerce Web sites DEODEO, a Japan-based consumer electronics, software and music retailer, has joined a rising number of companies in...

So the storefront is open, the banner is flashing, the products are ready, but the cart is still empty. What to do? How do you get customers to your site? Don't despair. There are many ways to drive eyeballs to your new e-commerce site Let's take a look at what can give you the biggest e-bang for your Web buck.

Legend has it that Microsoft's Bill Gates looked AOL CEO Steve Case in the eye seven years ago and spread the following dose of sunshine: "I can buy 20 percent of you or I can buy all of you. Or I can go into this business myself and bury you." My, have times changed. This year, if the $160 billion (US$) merger of AOL and Time Warner comes off wit...

In a move that could potentially have a significant impact on Internet Service Provider (ISP) competition in the U.S., America Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: AOL) and Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TWX) announced a "memorandum of understanding" Tuesday stating that AOL will not be the exclusive ISP on Time Warner's cable systems When AOL announced its merger with...

Venerable American retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced Monday that it will join with $50 billion (US$) French retailer Carrefour and software giant Oracle Corp. to form a global business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for the retail industry The Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based Sears will share a majority stake in the new GlobalNetExchange vent...

Having generated one quarter of its January passenger revenues from online sales, Southwest Airlines projected Monday that its 2000 e-commerce revenues will top $1 billion (US$) For the fourth quarter of 1999, Southwest reported that revenues from its Web site exceeded $250 million, up 140 percent over the same quarter in 1998.

U.S. President Bill Clinton is apparently pushing governors to reach a compromise position on Internet taxation that would link a moratorium on taxation with a plan for states to simplify their sales tax structures White House press secretary Joe Lockhart reportedly said yesterday that Clinton told a small group of the nation's governors that feder...

A new report by Forrester Research, Inc. shows that gradual consumer acceptance and strained business models will prevent online used car sites from achieving a strong position in the marketplace The report is particularly bad news for Autotrader, Inc. and iMotors, Inc., the two companies that are focused on pioneering the market for used cars onli...

Technical services and support provider Linuxcare, Inc. has announced the establishment of Linuxcare Kabushuki Kaisha, a new Asia-Pacific market operation that will be headquartered in Tokyo The move to set up Linuxcare KK will add to the company's working relationships with regional firms and expand its presence in a market that is increasingly gr...

Getty Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: GETY), one of the world's largest digital image providers, announced today that it will buy offline competitor Visual Communications Group (VCG) from United News and Media, Inc. for $220 million (US$) The Seattle, Washington-based Getty Images is battling for supremacy in the online image marketplace with Corbis, the ima...

The U.S. government has stepped up its efforts to find new ways to utilize e-commerce solutions to purchase goods and services for its agencies and offices around the globe In 1993, the National Performance Review identified problems with the existing federal procurement systems. As a result, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) was pass...

Giant e-tailer Amazon.com and wireless service provider Sprint PCS made separate moves Monday in the rapidly evolving world of mobile e-commerce Amazon.com announced a new URL that allows Internet-ready wireless devices to access its shopping services, and also announced an agreement with wireless phone provider Motorola, Inc. to put a bookmark to ...

Last week, when giant Japanese conglomerate Softbank Corp. announced plans to take a $57 million (US$) stake in the online operation of Toys "R" Us, the "other shoe" dropped at the headquarters of eToys, Inc The reason for the loud thud is that Softbank has been instrumental in the success of such online powerhouses as Web portal Yahoo! and online ...

As the world's most populous country awaits entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese government's Internet arm unveiled the first government-sanctioned trading portal, ChinaTradeWorld.com, to make the country's factory and farm products available to outside buyers The Chinese Ministry of Trade and Economic Cooperation's China Inte...

A number of software company owners, corporate executives and other key players in the technology landscape strongly encouraged U.S. governors to keep better pace with the new economy and electronic commerce at a weekend meeting of the National Governors' Association (NGA) in Washington, D.C The common theme was that in order to remain economically...

Embedded Linux software developer Lineo, Inc. has announced a strategic relationship with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. to advance market options for low-cost Internet access Under the terms of the agreement, which was announced Thursday at a ceremony in Seoul, Korea, Samsung will tap Lineo's Embedix operating system for use in its embedded I...

U.S. Steel Group, one of the United States' oldest industrial companies and easily its largest steel manufacturer, is joining the online business-to-business (B2B) revolution by committing to sell its prime and non-prime steel products on the e-Steel Exchange U.S. Steel has also made an undisclosed investment in the Exchange's owner, the privately-...

In an effort to solidify its position as a major player in wireless electronic commerce, Motorola, Inc. unveiled plans this week to introduce technology that will make all of its mobile phones Internet ready by the end of this year The company, which some industry observers had virtually written off just over a year ago, is taking aggressive steps ...