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When it comes to opening an Internet store, businesses have a big question right out of the gate - should I do it myself, or call in the experts?

In an announcement that is sure to spark the home fires at homebid.com's headquarters, the company announced Tuesday that it has received a $25 million (US$) infusion from three venture capital firms.

Tandy Corp.'s Radio Shack could become the first major national electronics retail chain to put its wares online, when it launches an e-commerce business this fall. The largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S. has formed a new division called radioshack.com, which will focus on selling TVs,...

Knowing how to read a customer's mind, predicting his or her hot buttons and giving them what they want is good business for any e-commerce marketeer. But some say today's powerful customer-tracking tools invade the buyer's privacy, expose them to risk and reduce them to stereotypes.

CNET (Nasdaq: CNET), which runs a network of technology-oriented Web sites, expanded its business-related presence on Monday by purchasing Sumo, Inc., a leader in Internet service directories. Sumo's directories help corporations, small businesses and individuals find a variety of Web-related busine...

As the number of e-commerce transactions and the amount of money spent on the Internet continue to skyrocket, the risks incurred by companies conducting e-commerce also increase.

In what looks to be a major challenge to Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) dominance in online book and music sales, leading entertainment retailer Virgin Entertainment Group announced the launch of its online megastore today.

IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is inviting e-commerce companies to take a field trip this summer to explore ways to improve their online businesses. The theme park for this new e- commerce adventure: a new 10,500 square-foot IBM Design Center under construction in Poughkeepsie, New York.

James Barksdale, of Netscape fame, is now heading to e-commerce. The 56 year old former Microsoft nemesis has founded The Barksdale Group, an investment and advisory firm that focuses on Internet software and services start-ups. On Thursday, Barksdale's group announced that it would invest in e-comm...

Ranked among the top three e-commerce software firms in Europe, German-based Intershop Communications announced a 98 percent sales growth in Q1 1999, in comparison with the same period last year. The company also predicted that it will see rising profit for the remainder of the year. While U.S. mark...

CyberCash (Nasdaq:CYCH) the well-known but struggling e-commerce payment processing company, reported strong revenue gains for the first quarter of 1999, but still remained in the red to the tune of $7.8 million (US$). Investors were encouraged by the company's sales increase of approximately 300 pe...

Online automobile buying service Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) reinforced its leadership position in the industry on Thursday when it announced its first-quarter results. The company announced record first-quarter revenues of $8 million, 73 percent higher than the $4.6 million (US$) reported for the ...

NewChannel Inc., an e-commerce technology company, wants to put sales people back into e-commerce, and national shipping company Consolidated Freightways Inc. is ready to give it a try.

While the brouhaha continues in Houston, Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto is quietly facing the same challenges. Like Compaq, H-P sells PCs through distribution channels, as well as servers and legacy systems (mini-computers). What would it do about this new e-commerce thing?

Internet stocks have been "cracking," as they say on Wall Street, all this week. That means CMGI, Yahoo, and even America Online are falling in price. For most of them, this comes despite strong earnings reports.