21 Dec 2000
The Body Shop is combining its e-commerce operations with its existing retail and mail...The Body Shop is combining its e-commerce operations with its existing retail and mail-order businesses after ending a partnership with Softbank Technology Ventures. The Body Shop will buy specific assets of the jointly owned company, The Body Shop Digital, paying either dollars 6m in cash or through ...
30 Nov 2000
InStyle magazine, the spin-off from Time Inc-owned People magazine, is abandoning plans for an e-commerce...LONDON (Brand Republic) - InStyle magazine, the spin-off from Time Inc-owned People magazine, is abandoning plans for an e-commerce venture, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The magazine had planned to launch the initiative at the beginning of next year, selling fashion accessories online using ...
28 Nov 2000
-based music-swapping service.
Andreas Schmidt, chief executive of Bertelsmann’s e-commerce division, said ...
22 Nov 2000
| by Gordon MacMillan
The UK’s largest online pet store has closed its e-commerce operation and has been put up for sale...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK’s largest online pet store has closed its e-commerce operation and has been put up for sale by its owners.
The company is understood to have failed to raise new investment capital and run out of operating cash. PetsPyjamas.com is one of a number of online companies run ...
17 Nov 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Britannica.com has cut 16% of its staff and Beautyjungle.com has shut down, victims of the latest wave of pressure facing consumer websites.
Britannica.com, the online arm of Encyclopaedia Britannica, laid off 75 of its workers in its editorial, marketing, product development, e-commerce ...
14 Nov 2000
| by Louise Banbury
, Massachusetts, in 1993. Its fortunes took a nosedive earlier this year, when funding for e-commerce companies ...
13 Nov 2000
at 26p on Friday -- compared with a 52-week high of 800p. Last week, e-commerce site Pets.com crashed ...
09 Nov 2000
of the year. The Petrolbusters.com site was set up by a group of e-commerce enthusiasts.
Matthew Thompson ...
09 Nov 2000
| by MARK KLEINMAN
17.33m. The firm launched an e-commerce venture in April, allowing customers to order personalised ...
03 Nov 2000
e-commerce site Priceline, as it prepares to enter the UK market....LONDON (Brand Republic) – Internet services firm Organic has been appointed to launch a 2m online advertising effort for US e-commerce site Priceline, as it prepares to enter the UK market.
Organic won the business following a competitive pitch against a number of unspecified competitors.
Organic will develop ...