Changing the way business is done... C-ME's new Focasting service puts wholesale buyers in the Internet express lane.ALHAMBRA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1997--Cyber Merchants Exchange (C-ME), the "virtual online trade show" that brings wholesalers and retailers together, has developed an exciting new buying service -- Focasting. Focasting (from "focused broadcasting") gives wholesale buyers a shortcut (1) In Windows, a shortcut is an icon that points to a program or data file. Shortcuts can be placed on the desktop or stored in other folders, and double clicking a shortcut is the same as double clicking the original file. : a 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. webpage that broadcasts proprietary information for the specific product categories they have selected. With Focasting a buyer can receive daily updates on the products he or she is interested in, without going through C-ME's central website (http://www.c-me.com). "Focasting is an Internet express Internet Express - An Internet provider in Colorado Springs, USA. Formerly called the Community News Service. They provide SLIP accounts at no extra charge. lane," said C-ME's president, Frank Yuan, "designed to save retail buyers time and money." By the year 2000, Yuan predicts, "At least 15 percent of wholesale buying will be done over the Internet. Focasting will be an important part of this trend." Modeled on consumer-oriented webcasting services, Focasting's program continually scans the product data bases of C-ME's subscriber manufacturers and shoots the relevant information directly to the buyer's webpage. 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. Dr. James K. Ho (http://www.uic.edu/~jimho), Focasting's inventor, the program provides "virtual matchups of buyer and seller in cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. ; it is the ultimate balance of the push-pull dynamics of the Information Age." Ho, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago This article is about the University of Illinois at Chicago. For other uses, see University of Illinois at Chicago (disambiguation). UIC participates in NCAA Division I Horizon League competition as the UIC Flames in several sports, most notably Basketball. , is an authority on the application of information technology in the workplace, and author of three books and numerous articles. Family Dollar, General Textiles, Mr. Rags and Lanson's Superstores This is a list of superstores by country. Multi-national
About C-ME Cyber Merchants Exchange was founded by Yuan, a 20-year veteran of the apparel business, with top buyers from Sears, J.C. Penny, Ames, Montgomery Ward, and Family Dollar, as well as executives from General Textiles and Lux Corp. The company has headquarters in Alhambra. NOTE: See C-ME on the World Wide Web at http://www.c-me.com; Dr. James Ho at http://www.uic.edu/~jimho/ CONTACT: Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. Associates Lillian Firestone/Sarah Rivkin 212/221-3399 212/221-5946 (fax) |
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