Overstock.com now gives shoppers the ability to shop now and pay later with the promotional financing service, PayPal Pay Later.

"Since launching in Q4 of last year, PayPal has continued to add value to our website and our customers. Adding PayPal Pay Later as an additional way to pay allows us to continue to give our customers the best options at the best value," Patrick Byrne, chairman and chief executive officer of Overstock.com.

The PayPal Pay Later service gives Overstock.com customers a credit account with flexible financing options - even if a buyer doesn't have a PayPal account. As part of the introductory financing promotion, customers can defer payments on purchases for 90 days, allowing consumers to buy what they really want on Overstock.com and plan their payments in a way that best fits their budgets.

Lucy activewear, a lifestyle apparel company for women, selects the Demandware E-Commerce Platform to enhance its online shopping experience for consumers and to expand its growing cross-channel business.

The lucy brand’s Web site, launched in 1999, has been a key channel for delivering solutions to consumers searching for lifestyle apparel. Since re-launching in 2004, the lucy brand’s online business has more than doubled. To support its continued online growth, lucy activewear is partnering with Demandware, which will deliver merchandising capabilities and manage the hardware and maintenance for the site. The lucy brand expects to launch its enhanced site near the end of 2008.

“Our e-commerce site is a key sales channel for the lucy brand, as approximately 50 percent of our in-store customers also visit us online. In fact, many of our customers come into the store with printouts of outfits that are showcased on the site,” said Rebecca Taubman, director of e-commerce for lucy. “As traffic to our Web site continues to increase, our enhanced Web site and platform will enable us to offer customers a sophisticated, stress-free shopping experience, as well as targeted cross-channel promotions and guaranteed availability.”

Polo Ralph Lauren Extends Long-Term E-Commerce Partnership with GSI Commerce

The Limited Implements Tools to Identify Return Fraud and Abuse

Checkpoint Systems announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OATSystems. Checkpoint and OATSystems offer complementary merchandise protection and inventory management applications.

For retail customers, OATSystems solutions help turn large quantities of data from RFID hardware into actionable information. These solutions help retailers enhance operational efficiency by obtaining perpetual inventory levels, helping ensure on-shelf availability of merchandise that is seamlessly integrated within the framework of existing loss prevention strategies and practices.

The company will continue to use and develop the OATSystems brand and software platform to serve retail, consumer products and industrial customers.