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- 8/22/2001
Amazon takes aim at large-scale buyers
Amazon.com is looking beyond individual consumers with anew program intended to attract organizations such as libraries, schools andbusinesses. - 8/22/2001
Retalix Ltd. Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Acquire BASS Inc.
Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq: RTLX - news), today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to acquire all the outstanding shares of capital stock of privately held BASS Inc. of Dayton, Ohio. BASS is a market-leading provider of retail automation technology, primarily to tier-two grocery operators. - 8/21/2001
Finding gold in dot-bombs' idle software
Liquidation specialists have gotten fat selling the assets of dead dot-coms, but there is one type of asset they may have overlooked. Website Recycling Company, or Webreco, an online spinoff of the nearly 100-year-oldliquidation company Gordon Brothers, intends to resell or license software mostly from defuncttechnology companies. - 8/21/2001
intesource and Cleartrack Enter Strategic Alliance
intesource, a provider of web-based procurementservices to grocery and healthcare buyers, and Cleartrack Information Network, a leader in supply chain visibility, today announced astrategic partnership to deliver end-to-end online procurement and distribution services that manage the entire procurement supplychain, from supplier negotiations to dock delivery and post-delivery analysis. - 8/21/2001
Kmart Issues Statement in Response to the Target Lawsuit
Kmart has released a statement in response to the Target lawsuit (see "Target to Sue Kmart Over Advertising," Aug. 21). The company remains committed to its 'Dare to Compare' pricing campaign. - 8/21/2001
Target Corp. Second Quarter Earnings Rise 5 Percent
Target Corp. on Tuesday reported earnings per share for the second quarter ended August 4, 2001 of 30 cents, compared with 28 cents in the second quarter ended July 29, 2000. - 8/21/2001
ACNielsen and Spectra Launch Consumer Marketing Mix Service
ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, and the MediaPlan division of Spectra Inc., each VNU companies, today announced the launch of a jointly developed information service that brings a new level of actionability to the process of marketing mix modeling. - 8/21/2001
Bread & Circus Opens Third Store in Cambridge
Bread & Circus Whole Foods Market, the world's largest natural and organic foods supermarket, will open its third store in Cambridge on Aug. 22. Located at 340 River Street (just off Memorial Drive), the state-of-the-art natural foods supermarket is the company's largest in Massachusetts. - 8/20/2001
Internet Use Surges in UK
nternet usage in the UK is continuing tosurge, with the vast majority of people happywith the service they get, according totelecoms watchdog Oftel's latest quarterlysurvey. - 8/20/2001
Fleming Affirms Earnings Guidance and Positive Legal Developments
Fleming on Monday announced that the company is affirming its previously announced guidance for 2001 adjusted earnings of $1.96 per share, as well as its 2002 and 2003 guidance of $2.50 per share and $3.30 per share, respectively.