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GUESS?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) the famous Jeans and casual clothing manufacturer is making another foray into the world of online shopping with a trendy, too-cool-not-to-shop Web site aimed at Generation X. The newly redesigned site, www.guess.com, blends e-commerce, fashion, information and cutting-edge ...

Shares of discount retailer CyberShop (Nasdaq: CYSP) are rocketing ahead in early trading today, after the company announced the launch of its online auction service, CyberShop Auctions. At about 10 a.m. ET, CyberShop stock was trading up 2-5/8 to 13-1/2, nearly 25 percent higher than Thursday's clo...

Those of us in the Internet industries are accustomed to finding common cause in times of controversy. On issues of liberty or taxation your interests and those of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) are usually the same interest.

Your server logs are sprouting some new entries. In the last week Microsoft released the beta version of its Internet Explorer 5.0 browser, while Netscape (an AOL shop) is expected to respond soon with Version 5.0 of its Communicator.

In response to industry-wide concerns over the fate of Netscape, which has been acquired by America Online, AOL issued a statement on Wednesday, which appears to be aimed at countering industry criticism over a possible loss of Netscape's independent identity and ability to innovate.

Shares of online auction house eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) stormed ahead in early trading today after the companies announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the four-year deal, eBay, a rumored acquisition target of AOL, will pay AOL $75 million (US$) in exchange f...

High-speed ISP Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) and CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH), the well-known online payment processing company, announced that they have signed an agreement to join forces to provide a new e-commerce offering for small to medium-sized companies.

In an attempt to raise brand awareness and online sales, Dell Computer announced Tuesday that it has started an affiliate program that will allow other Web sites to earn commissions on sales by linking to Dell's home page. Right now, Dell says its online sales are about 25 percent of its total sales...

People ask me all the time, what's the one thing I can do now to grow my Internet business? My answer is simple and direct. Answer your e-mail! Answer it now and answer it well. Everyone who e-mails you is looking for an excuse to buy from you, or looking for a reason to trust you. If you give the...

USATODAY.com, which describes itself as "the number one general interest news site on the Internet," has announced several significant electronic commerce deals with leading online commerce companies. New agreements signed within the first two months of 1999 alone will yield close to $5 million (US$...

CyberSource Corporation, a provider of e-commerce transaction services, announced this week that has enhanced its eTransaction SuiteSM to include the Internet's first real-time delivery address verification service.

Online publisher CNET, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired KillerApp, Corp. in a stock deal valued at approximately $46 million (US$). KillerApp, Corp. owns and operates KillerApp.com, an e-commerce site which provides online comparison shopping services for computer and co...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) announced Monday that the companies have partnered to make IBM's e-business and e-commerce solutions available to the more than 92 million users of Novell's Netware operating system.

America Online does not have a good record when buying Web software companies. (Remember Navisoft?) So now that its acquisition of Netscape Communications Inc. is complete, there may be reason for those of us in e-commerce to be nervous.

CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNWD), the leading music e-commerce company, announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with First USA, the world's largest Visa credit card issuer. The alliance makes First USA the exclusive credit card issuer on CDnow, giving First USA significant online advertising and...