ApparelManufacturing.net

AmericanManufacturers.com is revolutionizing the way manufacturers conduct business. Pioneered by industry experts, this M2M (manufacturer-to-manufacturer) portal joins companies in the most comprehensive e-commerce exchange on the Internet. Through patent-pending sellers and buyers modules, real-time industry information and an electronic request for quotes process (currently in development), AmericanManufacturers.com links more than 800,000 buyers and sellers together, enabling them to reduce costs and effectively grow their business.

• Industries: apparel
• Commerce Types: B2B
• Commerce Services: business directory, product catalog, request for quote
• Region: World

e7thshoe.com (Formerly Shoe.Net)

Online multi-vendor, multi-product B2B hub that links and integrates the community of shoe vendors and retailers. Automates, manages and tracks transactions (EDI and non-EDI), aggregates data, and improves market reach, resulting in reduced process costs and better decision-making for both vendors and retailers.Goal is to create a central marketplace and knowledge center for the shoe industry .

• Industries: Consumer Nondurable, apparel
• Commerce Types: B2B
• Commerce Services: product catalog, business directory,
• Region: World

Fasturn

Fasturn was founded to transform the way buyers and sellers in the apparel industry meet and manage their transactions. Until recently, widely dispersed marketplaces have made it difficult for apparel companies to access suppliers and manage transactions at the speed demanded by today's fast-moving fashion industry. Now Fasturn gives apparel-industry buyers and sellers the essential tools, services, and information they need to do business around the world. With the communication and negotiation power of Fasturn, users can save money, reduce transaction time, and exchange useful information-all of which mean higher-quality goods at a lower cost. Buying and SellingFasturn's sophisticated, industry-specific tools let users source goods from qualified facilities worldwide. Users can also participate in sales or auctions held in Fasturn's wholesale marketplace, or view sellers' goods in private virtual showrooms.

• Industries: apparel
• Commerce Types: B2B
• Commerce Services: forward auction, request for quote
• Region: World

GlobalNetXchange

Database software maker Oracle yesterday unveiled a new venture with retail giant Sears and French retailer Carrefour to build an online marketplace serving the retail industry. Sears and Carrefour will initially share a majority stake in GlobalNetXchange, the new online marketplace that will link them to their 50,000 suppliers, partners and distributors over the Internet. Oracle will hold a minority stake in the new venture, the companies said in a statement.

• Industries: retail, apparel, consumer products
• Commerce Types: B2B
• Region: World

SoftgoodsMatrix.com

Business software maker i2 Technologies announcedSoftgoodsMatrix.com, a Web-based marketplace designed to connect retail, apparel, footwear, home furnishings, floor covering and textile goods suppliers and sellers.

• Industries: retail, apparel, footwear, home furnishings, floor covering, textile goods, textiles, housewares
• Commerce Types: B2B
• Region: World