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Ads tailored to online shoppers based on the products they have perused are leaving consumers with an eerie feeling.

Services like Groupon and TheFind.com are using social media and other online tools to lure ever more customers.

Facebook's "Like" button is popping up on e-commerce sites, but these Web companies are giving access to some of their users' data to the social-networking giant.

Holy crap! Woot has signed an agreement with Amazon - yes, the Amazon - to become an independent subsidiary of the ecommerce colossus.

Amazon.com encountered technical problems Tuesday afternoon that prevented customers from placing orders on the company's website.

The web commerce pioneer is building market share internationally by selling other companies' stuff.

Downloading content is becoming increasingly big business for the online retailer, which already has download offerings for its Kindle eBook, MP3 music and movies.

After a three year investigation and countless complaints, a south Florida man will spend 5 1/2 years behind bars for running one of the largest eBay scams in the history of eBay. The details of the massive operation include, hundreds of auction accounts, multiple identities and constantly changing PO Boxes.

Google has just rolled out "Google Shopper," a new mobile application for Android devices that offers a variety of different ways to search for products.

Amazon.com has unveiled a program that will give authors and publishers a larger share of revenue from each Kindle e-book they sell beginning on June 30, 2010. The 70-percent royalty option offers 70 percent of list price ...