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Recent Articles about CDNOW Inc.

Online Music Retailer Faces the Realities of the Internet Economy

Jan 10, 2001

Inc. magazine profiled the start-up CDnow in its Anatomy of a Start-Up series in June 1996. In January 2001 Inc. checked back in to find...  Read more

Online Music Retailer Faces the Realities of the Internet Economy

By Lisa Chadderdon |  Jan 1, 2001

Inc. magazine profiled the start-up CDnow in its Anatomy of a Start-Up series in June 1996. In January 2001 Inc. checked back in to find...  Read more

Nowhere Men

By John Grossman |  Jun 1, 1996

The anatomy of a start-up built around creating a cyberstore on the World Wide Web to sell CD recordings.  Read more

Big Plans

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Jan 1, 2001

Catch up with some of the companies profiled in our Anatomy of a Start-Up series, and here's what you'll discover: Plans are one thing, executing them is ano...  Read more

Online Payments: Plastic or Digital Cash?

Jan 1, 1998

Few consumers have embraced the idea of using digital cash. CDnow, an online retailer in Jenkintown, Pa., has received next to nothing in digital cash sin...  Read more

The Failure Myth

By George Gendron |  Jan 1, 2001

Every new entrepreneur has likely heard the warning, "Four out of every five new businesses fail." There's just one problem -- it's not true. Here are few si...  Read more

Develop a Return and/or Exchange Policy

By Jennifer LeClaire |  Apr 19, 2000

Returns are a headache for vendors and an inconvenience for consumers. However, they do happen, so make your return and exchange processes as simple as po...  Read more

Develop a Return and/or Exchange Policy

By Jennifer LeClaire |  Apr 1, 2000

Returns are a headache for vendors and an inconvenience for consumers. However, they do happen, so make your return and exchange processes as simple as po...  Read more

Safe Passage

By Alan Joch |  Dec 15, 1997

How to make financial transactions secure on your Web site. A look at the technology, registering with certification authorities, and digital cash as an alte...  Read more

David vs. Goliath: Four Lessons

Dec 15, 1999

David Schwartz, proprietor of the Mabel'sMusic and Card Shop Web site, has carved out a successful business selling C...  Read more

Big-Bucks Ads: Advertise the Way the Big Players Do

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 1999

It used to be that only humongous companies like Anheuser-Busch could afford to do an advertising blitz during a megaevent like the Super Bowl. Lately, sm...  Read more

CEO's Notebook

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1999

CEOs give advice on: advertising the way the big players do; outsourcing employee exit interviews; installing an intranet-based employee feedback system; and...  Read more

Upstarts: Sale of Modern Music Keyed to Customization

By Marc Ballon |  May 1, 1998

CDuctive, an online music retailer, allows shoppers to customize CDs. Also, several shorter articles about companies that provide mass customization of blue ...  Read more

Survival of the Fastest

By Bronwyn Fryer |  Nov 15, 1999

Just because you're an Internet business in the digital economy doesn't mean you've got it made in the shade. A panel of E-commerce experts warns of treacher...  Read more

Catching Customers on the Web

By Steven Dickman |  Mar 15, 1995

Representives from five different companies and several World Wide Web experts talk about doing business on the Web.  Read more