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PARTNERS &
DEALS ToC - Entrust,
EnCommerce To Merge
- Dutch Firm Rescues Peapod from Brink
- Safeway
invests $30M in dotcom grocer
- CD
Warehouse Partners With Half.com
- Drowning
in dot-coms
---- Entrust, EnCommerce To Merge Internet security company
Entrust Technologies said Wednesday that it will merge with enCommerce, a supplier
of customized software and services for e-business portals.
Dutch Firm Rescues Peapod from Brink Holland-based Royal Ahold plucked
beleaguered online grocer Peapod from the edge of bankruptcy Friday, pledging
to buy 51 percent of the Skokie, Illinois-based firm. Peapod will remain a stand-alone
company, while Ahold will supply goods and services, including the use of its
network of warehouses and distribution centers.
Safeway invests $30M in dotcom grocer
Seeking to ramp up its Internet strategy, grocery store giant Safeway Inc. is
investing $30 million in GroceryWorks.com, an upstart online grocery delivery
service.
CD Warehouse Partners With Half.com Pre-owned music retailer CD Warehouse
Inc. signed a deal with person-to-person e-commerce site Half.com Inc. to become
an exclusive third-party online selling partner.
Drowning in dot-coms
Sm@rt Reseller's Ed Sperling says the only way for B2Cs to survive the coming
slaughterfest is by cementing relationships that will drive
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