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Myer to make $300 million online

Myer believes it can generate up to $300 million in online sales as women and young people head to its website to buy clothes.

By AAP | 24 May, 2012 10:00

Tags: retail, online shopping, myer, Bernie Brookes

Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 05:35

Tags: antitrust, e-commerce, Internet-based applications and services, internet, legal, Department of Justice, Apple

FTC shuts down website marketing business

A U.S. court has shut down the operations of a company that allegedly promised it would build its customers websites that would generate income of up to US$20,000 per month, after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint about its business practices.

By Grant Gross | 15 May, 2012 04:50

Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Regulation, North American Marketing and Associates, legal, internet, government, e-commerce, David Campbell, Civil lawsuits

10 questions for ideeli CTO Mark Uhrmacher

Name: Mark Uhrmacher

By Nancy Weil | 10 May, 2012 00:20

Tags: retail, Mark Uhrmacher, internet, industry verticals, ideeli, e-commerce

EBay setting up a second development center in India

EBay is hiring for a development center it is setting up in Bangalore, its second in the country.

By John Ribeiro | 08 May, 2012 23:29

Tags: services, paypal, outsourcing, offshoring, ebay

Privy offers social daily deal alternative

Pizza chain owner Melissa Ferriman wanted to boost business using an online social deal promotion. She tried services like Groupon, but eventually chose Boston-based Privy because it connected her restaurant with customers who weren't just looking for the next promotion.

By Nick Barber | 04 May, 2012 04:17

Tags: Privy, internet, e-commerce, Crazy Dough, advertising

Apple, Amazon drive US stocks higher

Tech giants Apple and Amazon have proved their mettle to doubting investors once again, leading US stocks higher in the week as the markets showed they had not yet run out of steam.

By AAP | 30 April, 2012 09:29

Tags: amazon, Apple, business, US stocks

Nintendo to begin digital sales of mainstream titles for 3DS

Nintendo will launch sales of digital versions of mainstream 3DS titles through retailers, beginning with a new Super Mario Brothers game in August, it said Friday.

By Jay Alabaster | 27 April, 2012 13:36

Tags: e-commerce, games, internet, Nintendo

Japan's Rakuten to end Chinese e-commerce services under JV with Baidu

Japanese Internet giant Rakuten announced on Friday it would end a major e-commerce business in China with local search company Baidu, citing its failure to meet expectations in the midst of intense market competition.

By Michael Kan | 20 April, 2012 21:15

Tags: baidu, e-commerce, internet, Rakuten, search engines

Study: Entrepreneurs can save big money with broadband service

Solo entrepreneurs can save more than $US16,000 in their first year by using broadband-based services such as printing and logo design instead of traditional vendors, according to a new study.

By Grant Gross | 19 April, 2012 03:34

Tags: broadband, e-commerce, internet, Internet Innovation Alliance, Karen Kerrigan, Ray Keating, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, Telecommunication

SME retailers lack resources to set up business online: ARA

Small to medium enterprise (SME) retailers are keen to use the National Broadband Network (NBN) for e-commerce but lack the necessary skills or resources to get online, according to Australian Retailers Association (ARA) policy director, Heath Michael.

By Hamish Barwick | 17 April, 2012 10:10

Tags: australian retailers association, e-commerce, National Broadband Network (NBN)

Raspberry Pi hits the shelves – briefly

The first wave of Raspberry Pi computers -- credit card-size devices that are designed to serve as teaching aids -- shipped this weekend after a series of delays. However, manufacturer RF Technologies is already out of stock again.

By Jon Gold | 17 April, 2012 09:30

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, ebay, hardware systems, Linux, Linux computer, non-Windows, operating systems, pc, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Foundation, RF Technologies, software

China's online retail market to triple to $US364 billion by 2015: research firm

China is set to become the world's largest online retail market, with sales expected to triple to US$364 billion by 2015, according to a report from The Boston Consulting Group.

By Michael Kan | 12 April, 2012 16:22

Tags: Alibaba Group, e-commerce, internet

DOJ's antitrust case may have huge implications for publishing

The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers over alleged e-book price fixing means that the publishers have to reinvent their digital futures, some experts said.

By Grant Gross | 12 April, 2012 06:39

Tags: Allen Weiner, antitrust, Consumer Federation of America, e-commerce, Fordham University, Gartner, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Kellie Lerner, Labaton Sucharow, legal, Macmillan, Mark Cooper, Mark Patterson, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster

ICE, DOJ seize more domain names of sites accused of selling counterfeits

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have seized more than US$896,000, plus the domain names of seven websites accused of selling counterfeit sports apparel, the two agencies announced Tuesday.

By Grant Gross | 11 April, 2012 03:51

Tags: copyright, Criminal, e-commerce, intellectual property, internet, Lanny Breuer, legal, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

China's Taobao expects explosive growth in mobile shopping

E-commerce sites run by Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group expect the country's mobile shopping market will explode in size over the next two years as more users turn to their smartphones and tablets to buy products online.

By Michael Kan | 10 April, 2012 17:32

Tags: Alibaba Group, consumer electronics, e-commerce, internet, mobile, mobile applications, smartphones, Taobao

Yahoo laying off 2000 workers to save $US375 million

After weeks of rumors of a pending reorganization, Yahoo has the company is laying off about 2000 workers.

By Sharon Gaudin | 05 April, 2012 00:26

Tags: ebay, e-business, e-commerce, internet, Internet Search, IT industry, Management and Careers, paypal, search engines, Yahoo

FTC reaches privacy settlement with Upromise college savings site

Upromise, a Web service accused of collecting extensive information about its users without their consent, will be required to clearly disclose its data collection practices and obtain users' consent before installing a browser toolbar on their computers under a settlement approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

By Grant Gross | 04 April, 2012 04:57

Tags: Civil lawsuits, e-commerce, government, internet, legal, privacy, Regulation, Sallie Mae, security, Upromise, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

A Report on ICANN 43: New gTLDs and DNSSEC

The ubiquity of mobile devices, the shift to "choose it yourself" top-level domains and the availability of internationalized domain names will profoundly impact the relationship between your network and your network users. In this biweekly column, Ram Mohan, a non-voting ICANN board member and "Security and Stability Advisory Committee Liaison," chronicles these and other developments in this biweekly Network World column.

By Ram Mohan, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Afilias Limited | 04 April, 2012 00:46

Tags: comcast, DNSSEC, Domain Name System Security Extensions, domain validation, e-commerce, generic top-level domains, gTLD, icann, idn, Internationalized Domain Names, internet, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, LAN & WAN, paypal

Dick Smith site groans under weight of gaming sale traffic

Dicksmith.com.au was rendered temporarily inaccessibly for some customers for portions of the morning, as the retailer kicked of a massive $7 million games clearance sale. The sale covered both its e-commerce website and its bricks and mortar stores.

By TechWorld staff | 02 April, 2012 11:12

Tags: dick smith, games

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