BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Electronic Shopping
- the process of selecting, ordering, and paying for goods or services over an electronic network such as the Internet.
- Also known as Online Shopping
Additional Resources
- America Online, Apple, Medeor go shopping. (electronic shopping service) (Brief Article)
- 2Market grows out of En Passant; expected to be ready in November America Online, Apple Computer and Medeor Inc. next month will announce the launch of an electronic shopping service that combines the storage capability of CD-ROM with the comm ...
- Research articles 1994-10-24
- eShop provides broadband shopping capabilities for Intel CablePort technology; Announces porting agreement with Intel; eShop brings Tower Records into electronic shopping arena
- ANAHEIM, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 21, 1994--For cable television companies eager to launch interactive electronic shopping services, eShop Inc. has built a multimedia software system that enables merchants to design electronic stores and catalogs that provide personalized, responsive, and rewarding shopping experiences to consumers.
- Research articles 1994-11-21
- Kmart launches program in Detroit - Electronic Shopping program
- ROY, MICH. -- Kmart rolled out its Kmart Solutions, Electronic Shopping program July 15 to all 48 metro Detroit area stores. The high-tech computer order program was introduced in May after a successful 10-unit test. Kmart expects to roll out Kmart Solutions nationwide and eventually link the electronic shopping program...
- Research articles 1998-07-27
- IBM Leads Industry With Comprehensive Strategy, Technologies for Electronic Commerce; Electronic Shopping, Secure Transactions
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 1, 1996--IBM today showcased a series of electronic commerce products and technologies for the development and support of secure electronic shopping environments.
- Research articles 1996-05-01
- Kmart to expand electronic shopping program
- TROY, MICH. - Kmart feels it has the shopping solution for the future: Kmart Solutions, Electronic Shopping.
- Research articles 1998-06-08
- Sears reaches 1M patrons via electronic shopping
- Sears Reaches 1M Patrons Via Electronic Shopping
- Research articles 1990-12-17
- Los Angeles Times, Pacific Telesis to develop separate electronic shopping services
- LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 20, 1995--The Los Angeles Times and Pacific Telesis have announced that the two companies will discontinue their joint venture and will separately develop electronic shopping services.
- Research articles 1995-10-20
- ShopYourWay Reconnects Sears Electronic Commerce
- Sears Holding has comprehensively reorganized its electronic commerce functions, including its websites and Sears2go mobile phone platform, under an initiative dubbed ShopYourWay developed to help consumers understand and use the expanding array of goods and services the retailer provides in store, online, even through PDAs. And, in...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- E-Commerce Pioneer Makes Wall Street Debut; World Shopping Network Inc. Merges with USA Growth Inc
- SANTA ANA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 2, 1999-- One of the first E-Commerce sites on the Internet joins forces with a company established specifically to pursue aggressive growth opportunities in E-Tailing electronic retailing. World Shopping Network Inc. WSN of Santa Ana, and USA Growth Inc. (OTC BB:USAG) of New York,...
- Research articles 1999-07-02
- INTERSHOP and AOL Bertelsmann Online Launch European Portion of AOL Shopping Channel
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 17, 1998--INTERSHOP Communications, one of the world's top providers of electronic commerce software, and AOL Bertelsmann Online AOL UK, the European subsidiary of America Online, the world's largest commercial online service, have launched AOL UK's first electronic shopping mall. AOL UK evaluated a number of options...
- Research articles 1998-02-17
- Bloomies sees show & tell system a potential stellar show & seller. (electronic shopping aid)
- Bloomies Sees Show & Tell System A Potential Stellar Show & Seller NEW YORK -- An electronic instore shopping aid, the Automatic Retailer Machine ARM, has been installed in the electronics department at Bloomingdale's New York flagship. This follows its initial installation at the retailer's...
- Research articles 1988-11-23
- MCI unveils internetMCI: new MCI-branded software, nationwide access, content and shopping services; marketplaceMCI opens with first "storefronts" for secure online shopping
- LAS VEGAS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 1995--MCI today became the first company to offer consumers and businesses a full range of Internet offerings from easy-to-use software, nationwide dial-up access to the Internet, a dynamic and content-rich site on the World Wide Web (www.internetMCI.com) and with marketplaceMCI, the first brand-name secure electronic shopping...
- Research articles 1995-03-27
- MCI introduces internetMCI: Portfolio of services includes new secure shopping mall, easy to use software and high-speed connections to the Internet
- ATLANTA--Nov. 21, 1994--BUSINESS WIRE--Making it easier for businesses and consumers to use and shop the Internet, MCI Monday announced "internetMCI," a portfolio of services featuring such components as a new secure electronic shopping mall, a user-friendly software package for easy Internet access and high-speed network connections to the Internet.
- Research articles 1994-11-21
- Shaw's Discontinues Electronic Grocery Shopping Service.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Nov. 26--In a dash of cold water for the budding home grocery shopping business, Shaw's Supermarkets Inc. is pulling the plug on its pioneering electronic grocery service. Nov. 26--In a dash of cold water for the budding home grocery shopping business,...
- Research articles 1996-11-26
- Industry experts: interactive TV not much fun yet.
- Many experts believe interactive television revenue will be led, early on, by movies on demand, shopping and games. So how come the interactive guides and electronic shopping channels aren't more fun, like games? That's a question some industry e Many experts believe...
- Research articles 1994-07-25
- Netgateway Inc.(Brief Article)
- LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- Electronic-commerce-services provider Netgateway Inc. announced an agreement last week to start a local electronic-shopping portal on AT&T Broadband & Internet Services' Nashville, Tenn., system. AT&T Broadba LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- Electronic-commerce-services provider Netgateway...
- Research articles 2000-01-10
- QVC Buys Into Sports E-Commerce Firm.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Comcast Corp. and its QVC Inc. electronic-shopping subsidiary last week agreed to pay $40.8 million in cash to acquire a 19 percent stake in Global Sports Inc., an electronic-commerce company specializing in sports merchandise. The home shopp Comcast...
- Research articles 2000-09-18
- HSN numbers up.(Home Shopping Network Inc.'s financial report for third quarter ended September 30, 1996)(Brief Article)
- Home Shopping Network reported unexpectedly high earnings from its core electronic retailing business for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based company reported a net income of $7.06 million compared with a $17.7 million Home Shopping Network reported unexpectedly high earnings...
- Research articles 1996-10-28
- Internet Shopping Network Receives 1996 Excellence Award; Giga Information Group Selects ISN as an Electronic Commerce Excellence Award Winner
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 15, 1996--Internet Shopping Network Inc. ISN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Home Shopping Network Inc. (NYSE:HSN) and the leading computer products retailer on the Internet, today announced its acceptance of the 1996 Electronic Commerce Excellence Award.
- Research articles 1996-05-15
- Convergence Draws Cable to T-Commerce.(interactive cable's home shopping possibilities)
- As the industry begins to eye incremental revenues from electronic commerce over digital cable, today's home shopping channels are quietly enhancing their back-end infrastructure to retain their dominant position in the category. Executives a As the industry begins...
- Research articles 2000-05-15
