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• UPS opens online shipping tools shop
• Visa plans bill payment for mobile devices
• eToys not playing with just toys anymore
• After several delays, BestBuy.com set for overhaul
• Amazon expands into furniture business
• VarsityBooks.com Enrolls Time to Target College Students
• Net Stamp Retailers to Offer Tickets Online
• Amazon.com Enters the Kitchen
• Retail group plans shop search engine
• Intel turns B2B into B2-wheee
• FedEx, UPS Launch Dueling Arms Dubbed Elogistics
• New Net sense: Site smell
• Priceline.com Adds Long Distance
• Bluestone Ships Any-to-Any B2B Communications Platform
• Open Market Offers Cost-Effective Caching

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E-commerce shipping giant United Parcel Service today unveiled a new site that consolidates its Web-based shipping tools.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1801608.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1007-200-1801608> 

Credit card giant Visa today said it has partnered with wireless services firm Aether Systems to bring credit card payment services to wireless devices.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1806020.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1007-200-1806020> 

eToys said today that it will add two new product categories this year as it continues to move from being solely an online toy store.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1808049.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1007-200-1808049> 

The online wing of giant electronics retailer Best Buy has quietly shuttered its virtual doors as it readies its long-awaited expanded Web store. After at least two delays, BestBuy.com will reopen its doors within the next 45 days.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1817003.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni> 

Amazon.com opened a new home furnishings store today in conjunction with Living.com.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1902495.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni> 

Online college retailer and marketing services provider VaristyBooks.com Monday said it inked a deal to integrate Time Inc. content into its Web site and on-campus services.

Computer User
<http://www.currents.net/news/00/05/16/news14.html> 

Two companies that sell postage stamps online have branched out into offering other forms of secured transactions on the Internet. Stamps.com, through its wholly owned subsidiary, EncrypTix, Inc., and E-Stamp Corporation have stated that they will be offering the ability for consumers to buy various tickets online and print those tickets using their personal computers.

Computer User
<http://www.currents.net/news/00/05/18/news14.html> 

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is once again expanding its reach beyond the bookshelf.  This time, Amazon has turned its attention to the kitchen, with Tuesday's launch of the Amazon Kitchen store.

Internet News
<http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0%2C2171%2C4_352421%2C00.html> 

The National Retail Federation is creating a search engine that will assist consumers in shopping for apparel and shoes online.

USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20000515/2260800s.htm> 

Intel Corp. plans to unveil two network devices on Monday that can makebusiness-to-business transactions over the Internet 150 timesfaster than previously possible.

ZDNet
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2564607%2C00.html> 

The shipping giants are at it again. Within weeks of each other, they've announced new e-commerce fulfillment strategies, and they're both called eLogistics. The competing companies have a long history of piggybacking each other's announcements -- sometimes within a matter of hours -- with similar sounding news.

Forbes Magazine
<http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/00/May/0508/mu1.htm> 

Digiscents Inc. is developing a boxy little gadget it calls iSmell that releases small amounts of scented oils into the air with the click of a mouse.

MSNBC
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/409422.asp> 

Priceline.com Thursday added phone calls to its list of offerings.

Internet News
<http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,2171,4_380201,00.html> 

Bluestone Software Inc. delivered Total-e-B2B, the e-business Integration Server edition of the company's standards-based Total-e-Business platform.

Internet News
<http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,2171,4_380021,00.html> 

Open Market Inc. Thursday rolled out a new product it hopes will lure clients to less expensive caching for personalized Web sites.

Internet News
<http://www.internetnews.com/prod-news/article/0,2171,9_366571,00.html>