Expanded E-Commerce Management (ECM) Deployment
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CONTENT, PORTALS & COMMUNITY NEWS

ToC

• GM pushes for Toyota to join e-commerce site

• Vertical Portals Pick Up Steam

• Disney's Go.com narrowing focus

• Yahoo! Plans 'Group Buy' Service

• Internet shoppers are a new source for charitable donations

• New Ranking Service Shuns Leading E-tailers

• Will NBC viewers become Net shoppers?

• CNET gained 6M shopping 'leads' in December

• Commerce: E-Marketplaces Getting Connected

• Marketplaces Where Businesses Meet

• B2B E-Commerce Transforms Chemical Industry

• Web Markets Booming

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GM pushes for Toyota to join e-commerce site
General Motors is intensifying its talks with Toyota Motor to involve the Japanese automaker in TradeXchange, and it is open to offering Toyota a stake in the new business-to-business e-commerce site, a senior GM official said today.

• CNET News.com

• http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1530179.html

Vertical Portals Pick Up Steam
Microsoft, SAP and a host of newer players are seeking new ways to reach target markets.

• Sm@rt Reseller

• http://www.zdnet.com/ebusiness/stories/0,5918,2425765,00.html

Disney's Go.com narrowing focus
The company's online directory is changing its Web strategy, narrowing its focus to play up its strength as an entertainment destination.

• CNET News.com

• http://www.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1534017.html

Yahoo! Plans 'Group Buy' Service
Navigation hub Yahoo! is preparing to launch an aggregated selling service in the second half of the year, a move signaling that the idea of "group buying" may be on the verge of becoming a mainstream part of Web commerce

• Inter@ctive Week

• http://www.zdnet.com/ebusiness/stories/0,5918,2423012,00.html  

Internet shoppers are a new source for charitable donations
Each morning, Paula Duffy powers up her computer and takes on the weight of the world.

• The Nando Times

• http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0%2C1643%2C500149260-500181422-500740788-0%2C00.html

New Ranking Service Shuns Leading E-tailers
Customer service portal Feedback Direct joined the ratings game this week by launching the Feedback 50 online companies with the best customer service operations.

• E-Commerce Times

• http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000105-7.shtml

Will NBC viewers become Net shoppers?
NBCi and ValueVision will invest in Roxy.com, an online consumer electronics store, as part of a broader strategy to turn TV viewers into Net shoppers.

• ZDNet

• http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2417839%2C00.html

CNET gained 6M shopping 'leads' in December
The online technology company CNET Inc. Thursday said December shopping activity on its site was more than double year-ago levels.

• Media Central

• http://www.mediacentral.com/channels//inetecomm/01_06_2000.reutr-story-N06339605.html

Commerce: E-Marketplaces Getting Connected
Name the commodity or service and there soon will be an Internet marketplace specializing in bringing together buyers and sellers for that sector.

• Inter@ctive Week

• http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0%2C4164%2C2419165-3%2C00.html

Marketplaces Where Businesses Meet
In the world of business-to-business Internet commerce, it has become difficult to keep up with the rapid-fire creation of so-called e-marketplaces -- the darlings du jour of the investment community.

• New York Times

• http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/cyber/commerce/24commerce.html

B2B E-Commerce Transforms Chemical Industry
Chemical auctions, exchanges and a variety of e-commerce sites have altered the way that chemicals are bought and sold worldwide, according to Forrester Research.

• E-Commerce Times

• http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000125-3.shtml

Web Markets Booming
A bumper crop of electronic marketplaces blossomed onto the Internet scene Monday.

• Inter@ctive Week

• http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0%2C4164%2C2426872%2C00.html

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