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E-COMMERCE REPORT - New York Times

E-COMMERCE REPORT
EBay Lends Hand to Dropoff Stores
By BOB TEDESCHI

Published: August 30, 2004


BAY dropoff stores, which list, package and ship eBay items for people who cannot be bothered to do it themselves, have gotten a little help in their quest to find a market - from eBay itself.

Anyone looking for the stores would have, until recently, found almost nothing on eBay, even though at least 1,000 such stores exist solely to list more goods on eBay. But dropoff store operators say that some changes this month suggest that eBay could be steering them to more profitable waters. The company has begun promoting the stores on its site, listing them in a public database and creating standards of conduct to help keep sellers from handing their goods over to the wrong people.

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China legalizes electronic signatures to promote e-commerce : HindustanTimes.com

China legalizes electronic signatures to promote e-commerce : HindustanTimes.com


China legalizes electronic signatures to promote e-commerce
Associated Press
Beijing, August 28


China's parliament on Saturday passed a law legalizing electronic signatures in an effort to boost its small but growing online commerce industry.

The law gives electronic signatures the legal status of handwritten signatures and allows the creation of companies to verify the identity of participants in an online transaction, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.


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Electronic Commerce's Place in Mainstream Business

Electronic Commerce's Place in Mainstream Business Evident with Topaz Systems' Third Consecutive Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award

SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2004--Electronic signature technology manufacturer Topaz Systems, Inc. will be named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Los Angeles, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. Scheduled to be announced September 21, the 2004 Technology Fast 50 rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999-2003. Topaz also received the prestigious award in 2002 and 2003.


Topaz CEO Anthony Zank credits product versatility and security, coupled with the emergence of electronic commerce as a mainstream business practice, for his company's success. "The electronic creation, signing, transmission, and storage of business documents has become a core process throughout many business sectors worldwide," said Zank. "As more businesses incorporate e-commerce into their core processes, they turn to Topaz electronic signature technology as an industry leader in quality, versatility, and security. The result is a high level of sustained growth, as this is Topaz's third consecutive year in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50."

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1999 and $1,000,000 in 2003, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a "technology company" defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes a significant portion of the company's operating revenues (using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify); and/or devoting a significant portion of revenues to research and development of technology.

About Topaz Systems, Inc.

Topaz Systems is a leading manufacturer and developer of electronic signature software and hardware, based in Simi Valley, California since 1995. Topaz provides all the hardware, software, and expertise to enable paperless document creation, signing, and authentication of electronic forms and handwritten signatures and is a three-time consecutive winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award for outstanding growth spanning 1997-2003.

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Topaz Systems, Inc.
Michael Zank, 805-520-8280
marketing@topazsystems.com



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Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd. Launches Home Decor e-Commerce Site www.totalhomestore.com with Free Shipping in the USA

Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd. Launches Home Decor e-Commerce Site www.totalhomestore.com with Free Shipping in the USA

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2004--
Launch of www.totalhomestore.com is One of Many of Maisonette's e-Commerce Properties to be Opened in 2004-2005 in the USA, Canada and the European Union





Total Home Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned company of Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd. (OTC:MAIE) (http://www.maisonetteworld.com), a Vancouver-based Nevada Holding company, has launched its first e-Commerce site for home decor and living environment products with a limited-time free-shipping promotion. The site www.totalhomestore.com is featuring for its debut a set of unique kitchen and table wear products direct from Europe. Follow-up products will include bath and beauty products, bathroom fixtures, bedding and other home decor accessories and products.

The product selection has been underway for the last several months. The majority of the products are made in Italy and comply with Total Home Store's quality control and unique design requirements for the living environment. The products can be purchased online at www.totalhomestore.com. The site is constantly being upgraded as new products and features are being added to its site.

"We want to create an online marketplace for high-quality products at fair prices from around the world for everyday home living. We are very proud and happy to be able to bring such a high-quality, affordable product mix to our audience in the United States. To celebrate this event, we decided to offer free shipping in the continental United States. People from around Canada and selected European countries will be able to order online and experience the unique design and quality of these European-made products as well, and can also look forward to other internet properties which will come online in the future in each respective region," said Alain Ghiai, Founder of Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd., Total Home Solutions' publicly traded parent company.

Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd. (the "Company") is a publicly held diversified holding company incorporated in Nevada, USA. Its assets and those of its subsidiaries include several wholly owned companies and minor participations in various sectors, with interests primarily in the e-Commerce field. Maisonette's wholly owned companies are among the web-enabled leaders in e-Commerce home decor and consumer goods sales, e-Business solutions and home improvement services procurements for the general public and professionals. Its operations span from Canada to the United States of America and the European Union. Its holdings of companies include Real Estate Investment Trusts, Media and e-Commerce properties, as well as minor holdings in high-margin manufacturing companies.

Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products and prices and other factors discussed in the Company's various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Maisonette International Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver
Peter Sanders, 604-484-6171
investors@maisonetteworld.com
www.maisonetteworld.com

BASF expands its successful e-commerce activities 08/26/04

BASF expands its successful e-commerce activities 08/26/04
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E-commerce sales of €2.65 billion in the first half of 2004

70 percent increase compared with the same period of 2003

Growth in all operating divisions and regions



BASF is expanding its successful e-commerce activities. In the first half of 2004, the company posted e-commerce sales of approximately €2.65 billion. This corresponds to 17 percent of total sales (excluding the oil and gas business) and a 70 percent increase compared with the same period of 2003. For the full year 2004, BASF is aiming to achieve 20 percent of its annual sales via e-commerce. By comparison, e-commerce accounted for 13 percent of sales (€3.7 billion) in 2003 and 8 percent (€2.3 billion) in 2002.



Integral part of corporate strategy
“E-commerce is an integral part of BASF’s corporate strategy,” said Andrew Pike, head of the competence center Information Services, explaining the company’s formula for success. Pike says that unlike many other companies, BASF did not let itself get carried away by the Internet hype of recent years, and instead continuously developed its e-commerce structures. “In doing so, we benefit from BASF’s excellent overall performance. At the same time, e-commerce has enabled us to streamline and accelerate our processes significantly, making BASF even more efficient in the global competitive environment,” he said.



All operating divisions expand e-commerce activities
In the first half of 2004, all operating divisions have increased e-commerce activities, not just those that are traditionally strong in this area such as Styrenics and Performance Polymers, which already carry out an average of nearly 60 percent of their transactions online. One reason for this is that e-commerce has now become established not only for trading standard products: Increasing numbers of customers for specialties are also now choosing to do business with BASF electronically.

This trend can be seen worldwide. All regions reported higher e-commerce sales in the first half of 2004. At 460 percent, the greatest increase compared with the previous year was seen in Asia, which is also proving to be an engine for global growth in e-commerce. With an increase of 320 percent, e-commerce sales also climbed significantly in South America. In Brazil, for example, BASF further expanded its position as one of the leading e-commerce companies. In May, the business magazine Info Exame published an article titled “The kings of eCommerce in Brazil” in which BASF was ranked number one in the chemical industry. The more mature European and North American economies contribute 52 percent and 27 percent respectively to BASF’s global e-commerce sales. Compared with the previous year’s strong performance, this corresponds to a further increase of 46 percent in Europe and 27 percent in North America.



Customers very satisfied with BASF’s service
BASF’s e-commerce activities extend far beyond simple order processing. “Our e commerce systems help our customers to be more successful,” said Lars Henze, head of global e-commerce at BASF. Customers have online access to a variety of product information, can view safety data sheets or obtain additional help with regard to technical queries. “If, for example, a customer in the plastics processing industry has problems with an injection molding process, we can offer expert advice around the clock,” explained Henze.

The variety of information and advice offered by BASF was particularly positively received by customers in representative surveys held in Europe, North America and Asia in the third quarter of 2003. The company is now working together with its subsidiary BASF IT Services to further expand these services. The aim is to offer customers in a specific industry all those products that could be of interest independent of internal BASF structures. This idea has already been implemented in BASF’s ChemicalPortal, which covers the entire product portfolio of the Inorganics, Petrochemicals, Intermediates, Performance Chemicals and Functional Polymers divisions.



E-commerce increasingly important in purchasing
E-commerce is also becoming increasingly important on the purchasing side. In Germany alone, BASF Aktiengesellschaft now purchases approximately 30 percent of raw materials electronically, and the figure for procurement of technical goods and services is in excess of 50 percent of transactions.

BASF has been enabling its customers and suppliers to process orders electronically since 2001. The Internet service consists of two elements: WorldAccount and Elemica. Elemica is an independent network that was originally founded by 22 companies in the chemical industry and which now incorporates more than 200 firms. It provides an electronic link between the order management systems of customers and suppliers. WorldAccount, BASF’s global e-commerce portal, is available in 11 languages and offers all the company’s products with the exception of oil and gas. Currently, there are about 10,000 registered users in more than 90 countries. The BASF platforms ChemicalPortal and PlasticsPortal are also based on WorldAccount. The subsidiary BASF IT Services provides technical management for BASF’s e-commerce activities and played an important role in establishing WorldAccount.



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Auction Mills and Infopia Partner to Launch New eBay Consignment System

E-Commerce Solutions Weblog - Electronic Commerce News
Auction Mills and Infopia Partner to Launch New eBay Consignment System

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2004--Auction Mills Inc. (Pink Sheets:AUML) partners with Infopia Inc. to launch dynamic new eBay consignment technology.


Infopia Inc. and Auction Mills Inc. plan to release Auction Mills Marketplace Manager(TM) in conjunction with the first round of company-owned stores scheduled to open in September.

Infopia is the developer of Marketplace Manager(TM) and specializes in providing innovative ecommerce solutions to retailers, manufacturers and eBay Power Sellers. Infopia brings years of eBay management, CRM and ecommerce and logistics experience to the partnership. eBay awarded Infopia the 2004 Innovative Developer of the Year at the recent eBay Live convention in New Orleans.

Auction Mills and Infopia have agreed to a channel partnership where Infopia will power the engine for the Auction Mills Web site infrastructure. This will allow area developers and franchisees to focus on the building of their business, rather than managing their backend systems.

"We are enthusiastic about the opportunity that Auction Mills has presented to our company. They are well-poised to capture significant market share in the auction consignment industry and have created a very exciting franchise opportunity," said Jalali Hartman, EVP of Product Development at Infopia in Salt Lake City, Utah. "Collaborating on this project to implement an inexpensive Web-based eBay and consignment management solution we believe we can dramatically increase the flow of collectibles and practicals onto eBay and ultimately increase the profits of each franchise owner."

"Our partnership with Infopia has allowed us to launch a comprehensive eBay consignment system for our franchise owners. Auction Mills franchise owners will be able to leverage an award-winning ecommerce platform that is tailored to meet their specific needs," said Michael Uskovich, CEO of AuctionMills. "Now franchise owners can get up and running quickly and easily, while managing their business anywhere they have a Web connection."

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements." Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about Auction Mills Inc. and opportunities associated with owning your own Auction Mills location: www.auctionmills.com

For more information about Infopia Inc. and the award-winning Marketplace Manager(TM) platform visit www.infopia.com.

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For Auction Mills Inc.
Patrick Arnett, 214-747-2292
Fax: 214-889-5540
info@auctionmills.com