eRetail Newsletter
December 3rd 2001

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In The News

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In The News

• Ritz Interactive, Inc., parent company of RitzCamera.com, has acquired one of its largest competitors in the online photographic retail industry, WolfCamera.com. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011017ritz.htm

• BlueLight.com sales over the long Thanksgiving weekend were up. Overall sales on the site were up 45% over the same weekend last year. Traffic to the site remained flat to last year http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130bluelight.htm 

• 2001 Online holiday shopping growth predictions. GartnerG2, a research unit of Gartner Inc., predicts that online holiday shopping sales in North America should reach $11.9 billion, up 30% from the $9 billion spent last year. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130keynote.htm 

• Forbes Magazine names ritzcamera.com "best of web" Photo specialty e-commerce company RitzCamera.com has been named one of the "Best of the Web" for 2001 by Forbes Magazine. 
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In The News (continued)

• Retail exchanges collaborate on standards Survey of Data Pools confirms agreement to implement standards by 2003 http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130wwre.htm 

• BestBuy.com Selects Totality's Site Management and Operations Services 
  http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130totality.htm 

• Progressive Distribution Extends Web Services Progressive Distribution Services, Inc. announced several enhancements to its data center. With upgrades to hardware, software and communication systems, the company improves its web hosting and development services and further enhances the performance of its OrderLink e-commerce fulfillment services. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130progressive.htm 

• Witness Systems Extends Contact Center Recording Capabilities to Customer Self-Service Interactions. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130witness.htm 

• Planet Payment Launches Glocalizer™ to Help U.S. E-Businesses Increase Foreign Sales Convenient Service Prepares American Merchants for Europe's Conversion to New Currency on January 1st. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130planetpayment.htm 

• Tesco Stores Limited, Britain's leading retailer, has selected the G-Log solution to manage their logistics planning, control and monitoring processes. The deployment will initially be in the UK and Ireland, with subsequent rollout to the rest of Europe and eventually worldwide. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130glog.htm 

• BlueLight Unlimited Internet Service Selects eBillit for Customer Management and Payment Options. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130ebillit.htm 

• Town Shoes Sizes Up Triversity's Loss Prevention Solution. Footwear retailer addresses fraud and loss prevention with FraudWatch Web-based system. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011130triversity.htm 

• eValueville Takes it Up a Notch on eBay With FairMarket's Infrastructure. http://www.eretailnews.com/news/011030fairmarket.htm 

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