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According to Web traffic numbers by Media Metrix, the apparel category has continued to surprise many observers by posting a 60 percent increase in traffic for the week ending December 5th.

Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ), the online question-answering service for companies and consumers, announced today that Compaq and Microsoft subsidiary WebTV Networks have expanded and renewed their subscriptions to Ask Jeeves' Corporate Question Answering Service.

"Name your price" service pioneer priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) and online travel sites Travelocity and Preview Travel (Nasdaq: PTVL) announced today that they are forming a marketing alliance that will consolidate access to their combined customer base of 20 million members.

The European Commission, the executive agency of the 15-country European Union, proposed specific initiatives yesterday that would cause e-commerce to skyrocket on the continent -- that is, if they are implemented.

While research into online buying habits has revealed some consistent shopping patterns, not much has been said about the makeup of this army of online consumers.

If you think that Internet time is fast, just look at wireless time. Unwired e-commerce went from zero to Amazon.com in about 12 short weeks.

SmartServ Online (OTC BB: SSOL) has entered into a licensing agreement with Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) to offer end-to-end security and digital signature capabilities to users of its e-commerce platform.

Online network Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) and MyComputer.com, a provider of integrated Web-site management tools, announced a deal today to offer site analysis for businesses that use Go2Net's free Hypermart Web hosting service.

Online customer feedback company Answers.com unveiled a new service Wednesday that claims to take customer interaction to a new level by learning as it goes.

London-based Petspark.com announced this week that it has received an equity investment by Pets.com, marking the first international funding of a European online pet venture.

The initial public offering of Preview Systems (Nasdaq: PRVW), which develops technology that allows e-commerce retailers and other businesses to distribute trial versions of their software, music and other products, was a huge winner on Wall Street on Wednesday. The initial public offering was pric...

As part of the new Amazon.com Anywhere initiative, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and nationwide digital wireless phone network Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) announced today that owners of Internet-enabled Sprint PCS phones can now shop at Amazon.com without a computer.

While the next few weeks may not tell the definitive story of electronic shopping, evidence is emerging that early sales projections were rosier than what actually materialized.

NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the Internet venture formed by the Peacock Network, announced today that it has launched a Web boutique to sell jewelry inspired by one of its daytime dramas.

The decision to buy is made, the online order is placed, and the customer is ready to check out. It's now time to calculate the shipping charges, and surprise! The shipping cost to the consumer is zilch, zero, a giant goose egg. Are e-tailers giving away the store?