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With their proposed merger still under federal scrutiny, Internet researchfirms Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) and NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT) said late Friday that they will go ahead with a patent infringement lawsuit that had previouslybeen put on hold as a condition of the acquisition ...

Although retail revenues were down overall during the 2001 holiday season and for the year, online retail saw double-digit growth. The e-tail holiday season saw growth in terms of both traffic and dollars spent. ...

Looking to drum up new sources of online advertising revenue, powerhouseportal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announcedMonday that it has stuck a deal with ArnoldMPG to develop new Internet marketing campaigns for the media buying andplanning agency's clients ...

Buoyed by the strong preliminary showing of its fourth quarter results, Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM) said Monday that it expects to hit its profitability target in 2003, approximately one year earlier than the pure-play retailer had previously projected ...

For the first time, the number of women who used the Internet for holiday shopping outpaced the number of men who did so, according to a study released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project ...

Internet drugstores have had a tough time finding a cure for sluggish sales and weak consumer adoption rates in their sector. ...

Many of the top e-commerce companies are enjoying a happy holiday season, with Internet heavyweights Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) among the sites enjoying significant sales gains ...

While many Internet sellers have seen their traffic slow this holiday seasondue to deep retail discounts that drove consumers back intobrick-and-mortar stores, Internet heavyweight Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Wednesday that its sales volume surged morethan 86 percent during the post-Thanksgiving buying period over last year'slevels ...

With the 2001 holiday shopping season entering the homestretch, it seems safe to say that most Internet retailers have put to rest their ghosts of Christmas past -- namely the ghosts that used to go crash and boom on computers nationwide ...

With the holidays drawing nearer, consumers stepped up their online shopping during the first week of December, spending roughly US$2.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings ...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) ...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) ...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) ...

Despite their concerns about the security of personal information given online, only 3 percent of shoppers thoroughly review Web privacy policies on a regular basis, according to a study released Monday by Harris Interactive ...

Shaking off fears of continued economic malaise, roughly 37 percent ofonline consumers are expressing confidence that the holiday shoppingseason will be a strong one and plan to spend more as a result, according toa study released Monday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Harris Interactive ...

A host of offline purchasing incentives triggered a downturn in online sales during October, with spending for the month falling about 10 percent from September to US$3.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online ...

As one of the world's largest enterprise software suppliers, industryheavyweight Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) generates annual revenues of more than US$10 billion through its suite of e-business offerings, including database, tools and application products as well as consulting and support services ...

With electronic bill payment providers looking to meet increasing consumer demand for their services, a study released Monday by The Yankee Group found that 55 percent of customers paying bills online are choosing banks to be their middleman ...

Having long focused on the potential of a high-performance Internet, Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) now also relies on the Web to gain traction among customers and ramp up its brand visibility. ...

Spurred by the spate of recent anthrax scares, U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to electronic billing and payment channels to allay mail safety concerns -- with roughly 32 million Americans expected to view credit card and other statements online by the end of 2001 -- according to data released Monday by Gartner (NYSE: IT) ...