Spammer Exposes Customer Data

Spammer Exposes Customer Data

21y Beth Cox

Spammer Exposes Customer Data

A seller of pirated Norton software, who inundates the Net with spam touting his cheap prices, leaves open a back door to buyers' personal information...

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A New Lease on Life for Homestore?

A New Lease on Life for Homestore?

21y Beth Cox

A New Lease on Life for Homestore?

Still recovering from an accounting scandal, the online real estate play settles an old dispute and signs a new marketing agreement with AOL. AOL Name...

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E-Tailers Enjoying Pre-Holiday Sales Crush

E-Tailers Enjoying Pre-Holiday Sales Crush

21y Beth Cox

E-Tailers Enjoying Pre-Holiday Sales Crush

Online shopping figures show consumers are consistently spending more this season. Read More...

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E-Commerce Racks Up a $2 Billion Week

E-Commerce Racks Up a $2 Billion Week

21y Beth Cox

E-Commerce Racks Up a $2 Billion Week

Estimated sales figures from several measurement firms show that consumers are serious about online shopping as holiday outlays are up 30 to 40 percen...

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SBC Simplifies Names, Offerings

SBC Simplifies Names, Offerings

21y Beth Cox

SBC Simplifies Names, Offerings

The provider of voice, DSL and networking services brings its subsidiaries under a single brand to clear up any customer confusion and better compete ...

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Gateways to Come Loaded with Pressplay Tunes

Gateways to Come Loaded with Pressplay Tunes

21y Beth Cox

Gateways to Come Loaded with Pressplay Tunes

Just in time for a holiday advertising campaign, Gateway signs a deal with Pressplay to pre-load the music service -- and lots of tunes -- on new comp...

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Fake Domain Sellers Nailed

Fake Domain Sellers Nailed

21y Beth Cox

Fake Domain Sellers Nailed

The FTC wins a settlement in a scam involving the sale of phony dot-USA domains in a spam campaign that capitalized on American patriotism after 9-11....

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Get Ready, Get Set, Shop!

Get Ready, Get Set, Shop!

21y Beth Cox

Get Ready, Get Set, Shop!

Black Friday was a nice boost for online sales as lots of consumers avoided mall madness and simply shopped the Web; one estimate shows a 61 percent s...

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Spammed for the Holidays

Spammed for the Holidays

21y Beth Cox

Spammed for the Holidays

As retailers bolster their sales efforts, some junk-mail solutions companies expect to see a surge in unsolicited commercial e-mail. Read More...

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USA Interactive Sees Gold in E-Coupons

USA Interactive Sees Gold in E-Coupons

21y Beth Cox

USA Interactive Sees Gold in E-Coupons

Barry Diller's e-commerce conglomerate will spend about $370 million for Entertainment Publications and take more of the coupon publisher's discounts ...

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Even the Good Guys Want to Sell You Something

Even the Good Guys Want to Sell You Something

21y Beth Cox

Even the Good Guys Want to Sell You Something

As if the proliferation of commercial spam wasn’t enough, must we now waste our time sifting through pitches from the good guys? Read More...

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RIAA Was Right ... The Sky Is Falling

RIAA Was Right ... The Sky Is Falling

21y Beth Cox

RIAA Was Right ... The Sky Is Falling

It appears the music industry's fears were justified; new figures show that e-commerce music sales are down 25 percent as file sharing and CD-burning ...

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E-gifting: The 'E' Stands for Europe

E-gifting: The 'E' Stands for Europe

21y Beth Cox

E-gifting: The 'E' Stands for Europe

Merchants across the pond are better at using integrated sales techniques, says an industry report predicting $15.77B in holiday sales there. Read Mor...

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Demise of Mall.com Spotlights Online Ad Risks

Demise of Mall.com Spotlights Online Ad Risks

22y Beth Cox

Demise of Mall.com Spotlights Online Ad Risks

Mall.com e-commerce site disappears, taking with it the hopes, dreams and advertising budgets of a number of online start-ups and smaller entrepreneur...

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Autobytel, priceline.com Join Forces

Autobytel, priceline.com Join Forces

22y Beth Cox

Autobytel, priceline.com Join Forces

The two undertake a joint marketing scheme that opens further carbuying options to priceline.com users, and opens the door for priceline.comto tap the...

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Match.com Hooks Up With EarthLink

Match.com Hooks Up With EarthLink

22y Beth Cox

Match.com Hooks Up With EarthLink

The online dating company is bringing 4.9 million more people together toits vast web of users. Read More...

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Hint to Merchants: Start the Push Now

Hint to Merchants: Start the Push Now

22y Beth Cox

Hint to Merchants: Start the Push Now

Jupiter Research finds that online shoppers plan to start theirholiday buying early and will spend an estimated $13.1B, up 17 percent from 2001. Read ...

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Fandango Looks for Some Synergy

Fandango Looks for Some Synergy

22y Beth Cox

Fandango Looks for Some Synergy

The movie ticketing operation works a deal with e-commerce outsourcer UCS and Buy.com that will help market movie-related merchandise to ticket buyers...

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Yahoo! and Fox Extend Partnership... Doh!

Yahoo! and Fox Extend Partnership... Doh!

22y Beth Cox

Yahoo! and Fox Extend Partnership... Doh!

Expect to see Homer and the rest of Fox's television season permeate the pages of Yahoo! in a giant Fall advertising blitz. Read More...

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Hotwire Scores a Delta Deal

Hotwire Scores a Delta Deal

22y Beth Cox

Hotwire Scores a Delta Deal

The discount travel site adds the last of the major U.S. air carriers to itslist of partners. Read More...

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Asia's Wholesale Voice and Data Services Market

Asia's Wholesale Voice and Data Services Market

22y Beth Cox

Asia's Wholesale Voice and Data Services Market

Frost & Sullivan gives a quick run-down on the challenges faced by second-tier players in Asia's wholesale voice and data services market. Read More...

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They Keep Growing ... and Growing

They Keep Growing ... and Growing

22y Beth Cox

They Keep Growing ... and Growing

The government reports that retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter were up about 24 percent from a year ago. Read More...

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A Curiously Quirky Ad Campaign

A Curiously Quirky Ad Campaign

22y Beth Cox

A Curiously Quirky Ad Campaign

The creative for new Altoids Sours combines TV with a retro look (rememberwhat a geek you were in high school?) with some hot online technology. Read ...

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Equifax Buys Naviant

Equifax Buys Naviant

22y Beth Cox

Equifax Buys Naviant

The $135 million deal will create an e-marketing giant with extensive e-maildatabases capable of targeting millions of consumers. Read More...

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iVillage, Overstock Team Up

iVillage, Overstock Team Up

22y Beth Cox

iVillage, Overstock Team Up

A new co-branded shopping site extends the reach of discount retailerOverstock and aims to bolster revenues at the women's network. Read More...

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Bluestreak Extends Buying Streak

Bluestreak Extends Buying Streak

22y Beth Cox

Bluestreak Extends Buying Streak

In its second acquisition in as many months, the Newport, R.I., marketing technology firm buys Takira, of San Francisco. Read More...

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E-Commerce - Color It Green

E-Commerce - Color It Green

22y Beth Cox

E-Commerce - Color It Green

More than half of all U.S. retailers reported profitability from their online sales efforts last year, says a new research report from an industry gro...

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