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The Day Ahead: Let's hope Amazon's PR staff is paid well
News STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The chief executive of the world's biggest Internet retailer Amazon.com rejected on Monday criticism of the group's expansion strategy amid a sagging share price, saying it would diversify further.
[October 10, 2000, 11:50]
Amazon sues Barnesandnoble.com over 1-Click
News Amazon had filed a countersuit in the same state court, deriding Wal-Mart's efforts to do business on the Internet and accusing the retailer of chilling its employees' ability to look for work elsewhere.
[October 25, 1999, 14:56]
Microsoft said to be developing iPod rival
News Microsoft joins a crowded field of competitors in the music service sector, including an entertainment device and service expected to be launched by Internet retailer Amazon.com. Microsoft is developing a music and video device to compete with...
[June 19, 2006, 13:50]
Dot-coms face a tough 2001
News However he believes the Internet retailer sector will show consolidation. The stock market will take a more cautious approach to the technology sector in 2001 but money will be available to the best companies, according to industry experts.
[January 4, 2001, 8:20]
A Year Ago: Tesco to launch cyber-ordering terminals
News Tesco is also launching a massive e-commerce push with the aim of becoming the leading online retailer. The service, which will be eventually rolled out to all Tesco stores, will allow customers to order goods not available in-store via free...
[September 20, 2000, 7:02]
Tesco to launch cyber-ordering terminals
News Tesco is also launching a massive e-commerce push with the aim of becoming the leading online retailer. The service, which will be eventually rolled out to all Tesco stores, will allow customers to order goods not available in-store via free...
[September 20, 1999, 17:49]
Asda joins forces with AOL
News The grocery store chain, owned by the US' Wal-Mart, will distribute AOL's online-access discs in exchange for becoming the preferred food and drink retailer on AOL Europe's shopping and lifestyle channels.
[August 9, 2000, 10:51]
E-commerce chief leaves Bertelsmann
News Schmidt also led the company's acquisitions of Web retailer CDNow and of online music locker Myplay for about $30m in May. The move was a surprise and marks another setback for the German media giant's Internet efforts.
[November 28, 2001, 14:38]
Open bolsters interactive TV security
News Content providers for Open include Abbey National Bank, electrical retailer Dixons (quote: DXNS) and Manchester United football club. Baltimore will supply Open Interactive with security technology designed to protect credit card transactions and...
[September 20, 2000, 8:42]
NTT joins Web services directory effort
News For example, a home improvement retailer could use a UDDI-based service that finds light-switch suppliers and ranks them according to pricing and availability of products. did for the Internet in the mid-1990s: provide a way for people to find what...
[January 21, 2002, 10:14]
Online protection rackets target clearing houses
News Starnes said that by flooding Web sites of clearing houses with data, the attackers would automatically block databases from sending 'accept' or 'deny' commands back to the retailer. These attacks are only launched at companies that rely 80 or 90...
[October 21, 2004, 16:10]
MP3.com backs Morissette and Amos
News The site will be linked to one operated by Best Buy, a retailer and co-sponsor, where fans can buy CDs by mail. Music upstart MP3.Com is sponsoring a summer concert tour featuring Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos, a sign of growing acceptance by the...
[April 29, 1999, 6:30]
Tesco Online to create 7,000 jobs
News The Tesco Direct service has made Tesco the biggest online grocery retailer in the world, with 250,000 registered customers and annual sales of £125m. The existing Internet home shopping service is already making money and we expect it to grow.
[January 19, 2000, 12:01]
Mobile retailers in domain name duel
News It receives a commission from Carphone Warehouse for every sale it generates for the retailer through the phones4you.co.uk website. The affiliates programme is run by a company called TradeDoubler, which describes itself as "the leading provider of...
[November 18, 2002, 16:18]
Corner shops to get wired
News Littlewoods has pledged to sell more online than any other UK retailer over the next five years," he said. The Internet moves to the corner shop Tuesday as Littlewoods signs a Web deal with convenience store owners T&S.
[November 23, 1999, 13:14]
Pets.com gets put down
News The top online pet retailer said efforts since early summer to raise capital or sell the company were unsuccessful. It is well known that this is a very, very difficult environment for business-to-consumer Internet companies," said chief executive...
[November 8, 2000, 9:49]
A Year Ago: Tesco Online to create 7,000 jobs
News The Tesco Direct service has made Tesco the biggest online grocery retailer in the world, with 250,000 registered customers and annual sales of £125m. The existing Internet home shopping service is already making money and we expect it to grow.
[January 19, 2001, 6:03]
Microsoft moves from 'facts' to interoperability
News For example, one retailer may rely on another company to process credit card purchases, or a corporation might constantly update inventory and shipment information from suppliers and distributors. Interoperability is indeed a serious issue as...
[February 4, 2004, 7:15]
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
News The online retailer said on Tuesday that more than 400,000 items were dispatched in one day, although a spokeswoman declined to reveal the date in question. A Microsoft spokeswoman said it does not ask for proof that the purchaser of the software...
[January 4, 2005, 12:55]
A Year Ago: Security bug on UK retail site
News A day after the government got serious about e-commerce, online computer retailer Insight -- known as Choice in the UK -- has admitted it has a security bug on its Web site. Paul Cusack, UK managing director of Insight UK says, "There are far more...
[December 17, 1999, 6:02]
