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  • Streamline.com: Start the Deathwatch
  • The Deal with Online Returns
  • GE to create multi-industry marketplace
  • ShopperBox Launches Beta Test of E-Commerce Delivery Solution
  • Kinko's Gets FedEx to Deliver Web Customers
  • MP3.com To Go Brick-And-Mortar
  • IT speeds delivery of Web orders
  • The Paradox of Rosettanet
  • Trust but Verify
  • webMethods, AristaSoft Create High-Tech Platform
  • Saturating the Medical Supply Market
  • Major Labels to Sell Music Online
  • Delivery Tricky in Latin America
  • FTC Action Could Spur Outsourced Fulfillment
  • Next From Amazon.com: Cars, Jewelry?
  • Seagate To Revamp Online Direct-Sales Site
  • The Shipping News
  • Commerce One, SAP to Build Energy Exchange
  • Sell Music Offline to Sell Online

Streamline.com: Start the Deathwatch
A bleak financial picture worsens for the Westwood online grocer, which without an emergency financial infusion will go under within weeks.

The Deal with Online Returns
A survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that few shoppers actually return items purchased from online sites, and those that do are not so dissatisfied with the return process that it adversely affects future shopping behavior. The bad news, however, is that many more would make a return but are turned off by the expense and hassle of the process.

GE to create multi-industry marketplace
General Electric, already one of the top sellers of electronic purchasing systems, said it's forming a Web-based marketplace that will be available to all industries in the fourth quarter.

ShopperBox Launches Beta Test of E-Commerce Delivery Solution
Seattle.internet.com's coverage of the South Sound continues...

Kinko's Gets FedEx to Deliver Web Customers
A new co-branded site will power the copy-shop chain's sprint to the Net, while FedEx adds document printing to its online menu.

MP3.com To Go Brick-And-Mortar
In a rare instance of a dot-com going brick-and-mortar, MP3.com, the embattled online music retailer that has been under fire from the recording industry, reportedly plans to participate in a chain of storefront entertainment complexes.

IT speeds delivery of Web orders
E-retailers and Net-based companies are making big progress in IT systems-integration work, resulting in greater efficiency in deliveries of Web orders.

The Paradox of Rosettanet
RosettaNet wants standards for the way information-technology components are bought and sold, but can it implement them fast enough for the new economy

Trust but Verify
Indentrus wants to bring the Cold War adage to B2B, but it faces an uphill battle

webMethods, AristaSoft Create High-Tech Platform
Companies collaborate on an integration solution for high-tech industry

Saturating the Medical Supply Market
Everthing4MDs is the latest in a string of medical-supply exchanges

Major Labels to Sell Music Online
EMI, Universal and Sony plan to begin selling songs over the Internet by the end of the year.

Delivery Tricky in Latin America
The final leg of E-commerce is hampered in many parts of Latin America because postal service in many areas is erratic at best.

FTC Action Could Spur Outsourced Fulfillment
The Federal Trade Commission's settlement last week with seven online retailers who had trouble shipping goods as promised during last year's holiday season could be just the opportunity needed by providers of outsourced fulfillment services.

Next From Amazon.com: Cars, Jewelry?
The beleagured online retailer is apparently paving the way to sell big-ticket items, according to domain name registrations it has filed.

Seagate To Revamp Online Direct-Sales Site
Seagate Technology plans to overhaul its online direct-sales effort within the next month or two, as the disk-drive vendor tries to figure out its e-commerce strategy.

The Shipping News
The international freight industry is plagued by red tape and inefficiency. A few startups, along with a few established players, and starting to change that.

Commerce One, SAP to Build Energy Exchange
The marketplace, named Enporion, will utilize jointly developed e-commerce software.

Sell Music Offline to Sell Online
For bands to be successful online, they have to have a solid offline marketing plan. That's the theory John Dawes lays out in his new book.

 

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