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Music and video retailer Tower Records has scored the latest victory for brick-and-click stores on the Net, edging out Internet heavyweight Amazon.com as the top online music seller in Forrester Research rankings released Tuesday ...

Just two weeksafter announcing changes in its executive team,controversial Web advertising giant DoubleClick(Nasdaq: DCLK) is laying off some 5 percent of its 2,100-person workforce. ...

U.S.-based online shoppers who buy products from other countries riskbecoming ensnared in the intricate legalities thatgovern overseas purchases and importation, warned the U.S. Customs Service in an alert issued Monday ...

In a bid to chip away at Priceline.com's market share in the online travel sector, discount travel service Hotwire.com said Friday that Trans WorldAir Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have signed on with the company to sell theirinventory of unfilled airline seats ...

Further signifying that e-commerce continues to make headway in the traditional retail arena, a study released Thursday by Forrester Research forecasts that consumers will spend at least US$36 billion on gifts purchased online by 2005 ...

Further confirming that e-commerce is alive and well,the surge in online traffic triggered by the onset of the holiday season caused sporadic system outages over two days at Internet payment network PayPal ...

Although many Internet firms are slashing advertising budgets in favor of direct marketing campaigns, a new study released Wednesdayby Andersen Consulting and Online Insight warns that e-tailersoften miss the mark when it comes to marketing initiatives ...

The traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season on Friday fueled a 27percent surge in online traffic from earlier in the week, according to datareleased Monday by Internet tracking firm Nielsen//NetRatings ...

Further indicating that e-commerce is continuing to transform the traditional retail landscape,a new study released Tuesdayby business services firm Ernst & Young shows thatAmerican consumers will make nearly a third of their total holiday purchasesover the Internet in the coming weeks ...

Although many e-tailers are frantically ramping up their offerings andservices for the holiday season, 42 percent of consumers willnot purchase gifts online within the coming weeks, according to a new surveyby PlanetFeedback.com and BBBOnline, the Internet arm of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) ...

Asian Internet users are taking to e-commerce much slower thantheir American counterparts, according to a report released Monday by research firmNetValue ...

One day after cash-strapped Buy.comannounced it will be shuttering its operations in Australia, thee-tailer surged past Amazon.com to secure the title of top onlineelectronics seller in ForresterResearch rankings ...

Despite a string of well-publicized financial reversals, name-your-own price e-tailer Priceline.com has agreed to forgive a US$3 million loan it extended to a former top executive and will incur a roughly $3.3 million charge in the fourth quarter as a result ...

Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMCS) has agreed to acquire Ticketmaster Corp. in a US$650 million deal that will join their online and brick-and-mortar ticketing and reservations businesses, the companies said Tuesday ...

The amount of money that American consumers are losing to fraudulent Internet schemes is growing,according to a report released Thursday by the National Consumers League(NCL) ...

The escalating industry-wide penetration of business-to-business (B2B) exchanges will eventually give rise to a batch of legal uncertainties that businesses and regulators will be forced to address, according to a report released Wednesday by Forrester Research ...

Cosmetics and beauty supply e-tailer Beautyjungle.com announced Wednesday that it is shutting down operations after failing to secure adequate financing. ...

A new report released Tuesday by PC Data Online shows that traditional and catalog retailers are beginning to flex considerable muscle in today's super-competitive e-tail space ...

High-profile Internet entertainment company Scour.com said Tuesday that it will shut down its controversial multimedia file-sharing and searching network within 48 hours in an effort to resolve pending litigation and smooth the progress of its assets sale in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles ...

Internet grocer Streamline.com announced Monday that is winding down its operations after failing to secure an infusion of capital or find a buyer to acquire the troubled company ...