ecommerce the retailer
M&S to offer online shopping by Christmas
News Users of the service will be able to purchase goods using M&S charge and debit cards - but not credit cards - according to the high street retailer. Marks and Spencer has announced... [26 Jul 1999]
Silicon.com: Making sense of IT, one year on
Comment Another said: "As BSkyB becomes a retailer and Tesco becomes a publisher, I think the IT director should have experience with content. Web caching was cited as a form of copyright infringement and would... [06 Jul 1999]
Credit card giants plan online liability overhaul
News The move means that in "cardholder present" sales, Visa and MasterCard are liable to pay compensation to the consumer in the instance of fraud - a responsibility presently shouldered by... [23 Jun 1999]
Kewill boosted by rise in ecommerce
News Kewill has already supplied food retailer, Sainsbury's, with a Web-based system that allows it to contact suppliers electronically. UK software developer, Kewill Systems, has cited increased demand for... [18 Jun 1999]
Toys 'R' Us creates Net subsidiary
News Toy retailer, Toys 'R' Us has launched a major ecommerce drive by announcing the creation of a separate Internet sales unit. Meanwhile, the retailer has... [28 Apr 1999]
Next chief tangled in his own Web
News Retailer, Next has snubbed online clothes shopping, while simultaneously announcing a 9.3 per cent fall in profits. Keen's statement follows on the heels of a survey by software consultancy, Quidnunc,... [25 Mar 1999]
WHSmith signs up Microsoft and BT
News UK retailer WHSmith announced today it has signed agreements with Microsoft's MSN and BT to help it develop an online presence. Full details of the agreements with Microsoft and BT have not yet been... [24 Mar 1999]
Beenz numbers the days for traditional cash
News The first merchant to sign up for Beenz is 21 Store - http://www.21store.com - an online consumer electronics retailer and Letts hasn't ruled out more established companies joining in. Dave Birch,... [15 Mar 1999]
DHE offers Web site outsourcing service
News Video rental store Blockbuster is the first retailer to sign up and its site will be fully operational at the end of this month. Carlton Communications subsidiary, DHE is offering... [11 Feb 1999]
Boom or bust: why ecommerce still has a long way to go.
Comment But the knock-on effects of these types of story - which are by no means restricted to this one retailer - are damaging the reputation of ecommerce, and in... [03 Feb 1999]
Onsale offers PCs atCost
News The retailer launched the offer yesterday as part of a campaign to fight off competition as the market for online PC sales thrives. Jerry Kaplan, Onsale CEO, said... [20 Jan 1999]
US shoppers surf their way to a Christmas bargain
News But another online retailer who asked to remain anonymous said Christmas has been disappointing. Ecommerce appears to be fulfilling its promise this Christmas in the US. America Online... [17 Dec 1998]
Supermarket shuns Internet selling, for now
News Dermot Hill, MD of online retailer, CDdirect, said: "Selling on the phone is OK for very well-known brands. However, he added that the company will be setting up an... [06 Dec 1998]
UK retail chain turns its back on ecommerce
News The UK retailer said it has no plans to make a Web-based service part of its home shopping strategy. Frozen food chain Iceland is giving Internet shopping the cold shoulder, at least for... [10 Sep 1998]
In brief: Software firm hails successful move to Web
News Egghead, the US software retailer, has nearly doubled its sales following the switch to online selling. It closed down its chain of 80 stores to concentrate on... [08 Jul 1998]
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