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Web retailer alleges anti-Internet high-street conspiracy
News Online electronics site, Intersaver.co.uk, says it has registered an official complaint with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) claiming that high-street stores are operating an anti-Internet monopoly on consumer electronics.
[April 28, 2000, 11:02]
Leading Internet Retailer Builds an Enterprise Service Bus Using In-House Technology
White Papers With plans to replicate its existing e-commerce infrastructure in China, Newegg.com wanted to avoid reusing the point-to-point, database-level integration techniques that it had used in the past, which had made accommodating new business processes...
[February 29, 2008, 0:02]
BT and WH Smith sign Internet deal
News Telecommunications top dog BT (quote: BT.A) and high-street bookseller WH Smith clinched a mutually beneficial Internet deal Thursday making WH Smith Online principal books retailer on all BT's Internet portal interests.
[January 27, 2000, 11:19]
Amazon.com to share customer information
News The Internet book retailer amended the privacy notice on its Web site Thursday to inform customers that the personal information they hand over could be passed on to other companies. The retailer records details about customer shopping habits once...
[September 1, 2000, 16:16]
Amazon accused of breaking data protection laws
News An open letter from independent action group Privacy International condemns the Internet book retailer for transmitting data to self-regulated countries without adequate levels of protection. EPIC had previously sold its publications and the...
[September 19, 2000, 7:02]
Pipex Case Study: Tesco
White Papers Tesco is the UK's leading food retailer, with 2,318 stores throughout the country. As a retailer who prides itself on good value, Tesco realised that it had to keep its corporate overheads to a minimum to continue offering its customers highly...
[January 10, 2006, 23:00]
Can the Net save Marks & Sparks?
News The UK's largest clothing retailer announced poor first-half financial results Tuesday, and CEO Peter Salsbury lightened the blow partly by announcing the company will accept credit cards in stores and on its Web site (www.marks-and-spencer.co.uk...
[November 3, 1999, 7:26]
E-shoppers put faith in high street names
News The online insurer found that UK consumers are much more likely to buy from the Web site of a "household name" retailer rather than an e-commerce site without a physical presence in the shopping centre -- even if they knew and trusted it.
[December 2, 2003, 12:45]
Tesco.com is no e-basket case
News UK retailer Tesco has reinforced its position as one of the UK's e-commerce success stories after forecasting that its Web operations will reach profitability by the end of this year. Tesco's deal with US grocery retailer chain Safeway will give it...
[September 18, 2001, 10:50]
Facing the (digital) music
News The Internet is not an enemy of the retailer," said Bill Woods, director of marketing for Liquid Audio. First, you have to get the distributor excited about it and then you have to get the retailer excited.
[November 23, 1998, 9:38]
The high(er) cost of business online
News According to the survey, a $100 transaction charged on a credit card could end up costing a Web-based retailer $3.10 to collect as opposed to $2.10 to process the same type of purchase at a real-world retailer.
[July 20, 2000, 9:07]
Amazon.com blackouts hit Christmas shopping
News With the holiday season in full bloom, the retailer is in the midst of its busiest sales period, and it has promised Wall Street significant financial growth this quarter. Just ask the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart.
[December 7, 2004, 7:45]
Real undercuts iTunes with 50p Rhapsody
News With MusicNet, "we were a technology vendor and partner and investor and retailer. After this, we won't be a retailer," said Dan Sheeran, vice president of marketing at RealNetworks. Listen licenses Rhapsody to a number of major Internet providers...
[May 28, 2003, 15:17]
Biggest hacking fraud ever
News American online CD-retailer CD Universe, admitted that "a portion of its customer data" had been stolen and that an attempt had been made to blackmail the firm over the return of the information.eUniverse -- parent of CD Universe -- admitted it...
[January 12, 2000, 9:19]
Netscape Online and Woolies target lads
News At the launch of its free ISP Tuesday, AOL announced that Netscape Online is joining with high-street retailer Woolworths to distribute the CDs for the service. Kingfisher,which also owns DIY store B&Q and Superdrug, has struck a deal to become...
[August 24, 1999, 11:20]
E-tailer Boxman seeks liquidation
News Online CD retailer Boxman is seeking voluntary liquidation after failing to raise vital cash needed to keep trading. Since then, several dot-com businesses have crashed including health retailer clickmango and games site URwired.
[October 11, 2000, 13:31]
Beatles judge finds iTunes 'nothing to get hung about'
News A user would be familiar with the notion of buying recordings of creative works from a retailer, and would be capable of not seeing any other association between retailer and the music other than that arising out of the sale itself.
[May 9, 2006, 10:25]
Amazon turns up Loudeye volume
News Internet retailer Amazon.com extended a contract with digital-media services provider Loudeye on Thursday to supply music samples on its Web site. Another company looking to capitalise on the trend and create competition for Apple's iTunes is...
[December 19, 2003, 10:35]
Amazon refuses to hand over book search 'secrets'
News The internet retailer on Friday filed the response and objection to a subpoena Google had filed concerning Amazon's searching and indexing functions for book texts. Amazon.com has declined to hand over information on its book search tools to Google...
[October 26, 2006, 11:20]
Tesco puts broadband in trolley
News The retailer is billing Tesco Broadband as both the "cheapest full 512K (sic) speed, unlimited service on offer in the UK from any major service provider" and "designed by children so adults can understand it".
[August 31, 2004, 16:10]
