Online retail sales for the fourth quarter will hit $26.2 billion, a 21.9% increase over last year, according to a report issued this week by online research aggregator eMarketer.

After possibly the longest beta test in Internet history, Google is apparently in the midst of a major overhaul of Google Catalog Search.

Risking the anger of some of its retail distributors, Waterford Wedgwood has launched an e-commerce site offering Wedgwood china and crystal directly to consumers for the first time

After closing its three major sites for an overhaul in late August, Gap is reportedly drawing more shoppers to the sites than it did before the shutdowns, even as it limits the number of visitors to its online stores.

LAS VEGAS–Online retailing is barely in its infancy and other than a few notable exceptions, such as Amazon.com and eBay, most online merchants have yet to deliver a truly compelling merchandising proposition, said Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of online media conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp., during his keynote presentation here yesterday.

E-commerce technology start-up Allurent introduced its first product here, a rich-media shopping cart aimed at reducing the number people who abandon purchases during checkout.

Having changed its name from CatalogCity, Shop.com is in the midst of a rebranding effort to boost sales for its merchant customers and for the first time etch its name into consumers’ minds.

Nonprofit spam-blocking group Spamhaus has accused Yahoo! of hosting thousands of phishing sites. The news comes amid an effort by giant e-mailbox providers, such as Yahoo!, Microsoft, and AOL, to prod marketers and other e-mail senders to authenticate