BAYER LAUNCHES NEW INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS SITE.The Bayer Corporation has launched a new site specific to its industrial chemicals division. The site's QuickChem search function enables users to review product information alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal also al·pha·bet·ic adj. 1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language. 2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet. , by keyword, by application or by product category. The site also offers a "What's New" section which houses the latest press releases, downloadable advertisements, information on Bayer's responsible care and product stewardship Product stewardship is a concept whereby environmental protection centers around the product itself, and everyone involved in the lifespan of the product is called upon to take up responsibility to reduce its environmental impact. initiatives and updates on potential career opportunities. www.BayerUS.com/industrial Murad Relaunches Website Skin care industry innovator Murad, Inc. has relaunched its website with a softer, lighter palette (1) In computer graphics, a range of colors used for display and printing. See color palette. (2) A collection of on-screen painting tools. (3) A toolbar that contains a set of functions for any kind of application. palette - colour palette and easier navigation tools, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company. The revamped site features a complete product information guide with full product descriptions of ingredients and their benefits; Ask Dr. Murad, with professional answers to skincare questions; personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. interactive skin evaluation; MapQuest, a salon Salon, annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. referral program and an online shopping cart. www.Murad.com New Features for TIC Site TIC Gums has redesigned its site, offering new features and capabilities which will save time and add value, according to the company. Visitors can request samples, seek free technical assistance from the TIC Gums professional staff or utilize "The Gum gum, colloidal plant substance gum, term commonly applied to any of a wide variety of colloidal substances somewhat similar in appearance and general characteristics, exuded by or extracted from plants. Guru" in order to select the proper gum and obtain specific product information. www.ticgums.com The Body Shop Dissolves Joint Venture with Softbank UK-based The Body Shop International PLC announced the dissolution Act or process of dissolving; termination; winding up. In this sense it is frequently used in the phrase dissolution of a partnership. The dissolution of a contract is its Rescission by the parties themselves or by a court that nullifies its binding force and reinstates each of its e commerce and internet association with Softbank Venture Capital. Under the terms of the joint venture, announced in April 2000, a payment was made by Softbank to The Body Shop of an initial $15 million in exchange for a 24% stake in Body Shop Digital. As a result of the split, The Body Shop's plan for an American e commerce launch will be delayed and won't take place until the second half of 2001, according to Patrick Gournay, chief executive officer. "Within the context of the changing ecommerce environment, the board of The Body Shop International believes that this realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of the internet business brings the opportunity to leverage existing resources and optimize optimize - optimisation synergies available through the implementation of the company's multi-channel retail strategy," Mr. Gournay said. Under the terms of the split, The Body Shop will pay Softbank a maximum of $6 million. According to Mr. Gournay, the payment will help defray de·fray tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, the purchase of certain assets of Body Shop Digital, including the development work performed on the site. Reflect.com Provides Insight On Purchasing Behavior Reflect.com, a customized beauty service created solely for the internet, has chosen comScore Networks Inc. for its site to provide services and solutions to better understand customers' purchasing habits. Under the agreement, Reflect.com will provide a comprehensive view of its customers in order to understand how to retain them, how to encourage non-buyers to become buyers, how to increase the average purchase and how to make the most of promotions. "Building a one-to-one relationship with each woman and meeting her unique beauty needs is at the core of our business," said Matt Doyel, director of customer focus, Reflect.com. "ComScore's customer knowledge platform will assist us in better understanding our customers, and will ensure that each woman has a delightful "Delightful" is the first physical single released by Ami Suzuki under the label Avex Trax and also the transition single that marked the end of the old Ami making her return to the music industry. experience during the process of creating her customized beauty products online." Reflect. com's data will help provide a foundation for a longer term study in understanding the behavior of online customers, according to the company. www.Reflect.com Sopheon and iVenturi Announce Alliance Sopheon and iVenturi are developing specific components of iVenturi's web-based system, which is designed to accelerate new product development. The alliance initiates a long-term strategic relationship that will result in the creation of the first complete online product development platform, according to company officials. Sopheon plans to integrate its offline Accolade software system into iVenturi, but will continue to independently market Accolade to clients as part of its knowledge management solution package. The combined site will offer iVenturi's worksystem for a monthly subscription fee. www.iVenturi.com NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands Site Offers Visitor Profiling NPD Beauty Trends provides online research of customer data through SiteSelect, a technology that tracks client habits via online surveys. SiteSelect periodically intercepts site visitors and invites them to participate in an online survey, offering an incentive. Visitors who respond to the invitation are automatically linked to an NPD site in order to complete the survey. According to NPD, the method is superior to web page billboards as it directly targets individuals interested in a specific site. The answers NPD provides can have a number of applications, including visitor profiling, customer satisfaction, web page advertising evaluation, screening and tracking studies, according to company executives. www.npd.com Beautysurf Announces Salon and Spa Site Customers can select the ideal salons and/or spas for their beauty needs through Beautysurf.com, according to company executives. The new site is designed as a resource for consumers who are traveling, have recently moved into a new neighborhood or who are simply looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a spa that meets their personal requirements. The site allows visitors to search by city, state, products or services. Customers can purchase gift certificates, enter to win a free gift certificate, consult the site's online professional beauty experts and obtain information on hair and makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces methods used by professionals. Beautysurf.com donates a portion of its net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). to a number of organizations including The Aids Action Committee, breast cancer research, Coalition for Battered bat·ter 1 v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters v.tr. 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. 2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 3. Women and H.O.P.E. Worldwide. www.Beautysurf.com CIDX CIDX Chemical Industry Data Exchange CIDX Combined Immunodeficiency, X-Linked CIDX Canadain International DX Club Ratifies Industry By-Laws Members of the Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX) voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. new by-laws by early February. CIDX's goal is to transform into an independent standards body for the chemical industry, according to Kathi Neal, board of directors chair, CIDX. "Since CIDX was founded in 1985 by a group of chemical companies and their trading partners, we have been fostering electronic commerce through the use of data exchange standards and related technologies," said Ms. Neal. "Expanding our mission to become the chemical industry standards body is part of our natural evolution to meet the demands of the new economy." Following the changes, CIDX would be responsible for the new Chem eStandards created by a number of industry leaders including BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida , BP, DuPont, The Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Overview The Dow Chemical Company is currently the second largest chemical manufacturer in the World (after BASF)[1]. , Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Chemical Company is a United States based chemical company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastics and fibers. Eastman has 16 manufacturing sites in 10 countries, supplying its products throughout the world. , Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. and Shell. CIDX has agreed to post and maintain the standards on its web site beginning this month. The organization will also assume responsibility for further development of the standards and promoting usage throughout the worldwide industry. Although adoption of the Chem eStandards is voluntary, the organization expects a high membership as usage of the standards is vendor-neutral, free of charge and easily applicable. According to the organization, the Chem eStandards initiative is a self-funded undertaking dedicated to the development and promotion of non-proprietary XML-based standards for conducting global e-businesses in the chemical industry. "The new Chem eStandards are a single set of global XML-based standards that are designed to reduce implementation cost, cycle time and complexity of trading partner connections for the chemical industry," said Ken Hutcheson, CIDX standards director. "As such, they will be of great value to the companies that utilize them." The second phase of the Chem eStandards is scheduled for publication this month and will be posted on the CIDX website. www.cidx.org Lancome and Macy's Announce Web Partnership Lancome.com and Macys.com have announced an internet partnership that will combine Lancome content on the Macys.com site. Site visitors can go directly to an online boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. where they can find products, obtain information on company artists and spokesmodels or receive a personal consultation. "Consumers don't have to worry about the check-out process," insisted Kent Anderson Kent McKay Anderson (Born August 12, 1963) in Florence, South Carolina, is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. Anderson played for one team during his career, the California Angels (1989-1990). , president, Macys. com. "One of the key components of this technology is that it lets consumers purchase products from Lancome without having to leave the Macys.com site, which results in a seamless transaction." Both companies are up to the challenge of providing superior service, according to the company. "Macys.com is about offering `the best of Macys,'" Anderson added. "Lancome certainly fits into that strategy." www.Macys.com or www.Lancome.com Revenio Enables Dialog For Gillette and Consumers Gillette will be able to engage in ongoing one-to-one dialogs with its consumers thanks to Revenio, Inc., developers of a new platform for managing and automating consumer interactions across any marketing channel. The e-mail dialogs will be utilized by Gillette to learn more about consumer behavior. Gillette will share the information with its retail partners to build deeper consumer relationships and ultimately increase sales, according to company executives. "Gillette is very focused on learning and evaluating how these new marketing tools improve the consumer experience," explained Cathleen Chizauskas, interactive marketing manager, Gillette. "By investing in the consumer relationship, we have the opportunity to increase lifetime value and loyalty. We look forward to incorporating Revenio Dialog into these efforts." www.revenio.com ClubSalon.com Takes Beauty's Next Step In an effort to bring spa care back to the salon, ClubSalon.com began its national rollout during a special invitation-only presentation and demonstration. 200 top salons in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern attended the presentation. "During the past decade, the sales of beauty products and services have increasingly moved outside of the salon with the development of specialty retailers, boutique stores and designer lines," insisted W. Thomas Amen, chief executive officer, West Coast Beauty Supply. "To bring that business back into salons where it belongs, the interest must be incorporated into how we collectively approach the new challenges of our industry. With ClubSalon.com, we have developed an e-business solution, a salon community solution and a real business solution for our manufacturers, distributors and salons." Added Jeff Reichenthal, vice president of sales and marketing, ClubSalon.com, "We need to come together as an industry and take back the beauty business for salons. That is beauty's next step." According to Mr. Reichenthal, the site will give salons a more convenient way to order products; create easy access to new sources for salon professionals; unite the professional salon industry in one place and actively promote the salon industry and beauty professionals to millions of consumers. The site features five key areas: Business Exchange, Education, Networking, Products and E-commerce. www.ClubSalon.com SKUfinder.com Offers Searchable Product Database Product content management company 1-800-DATABASE, Ltd. has launched SKUfinder.com, a business-to-business search engine and image/information network. The network enables visitors to search for product images and information by UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). code, brand name, manufacturer item number, POP/signage, planograms, data mining sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation , category, description or keyword. Applications for the search engine include internet retailing, web pages, electronic catalogs, category management, in-home shopping programs and POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale . Steve Kirchner, chairman, 1-800-DATABASE, Ltd., commented, "Both manufacturers and retailers realize that the internet and related enterprise solutions have created a strong push to find tools that will help manage product content efficiently. SKUfinder.com provides that solution with product images and data that can be quickly located and downloaded from the web for use in retail technology applications." www.SKUfinder.com |
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