Английская Википедия:Intershop Communications AG
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Intershop Communications AG is a public e-commerce company headquartered in Jena, in the state of Thuringia in Germany. Customers include large corporations such as HP, BMW, Würth, and Deutsche Telekom.Шаблон:Citation needed Intershop is operated in Europe, the United States of America, and the Asia-Pacific region.Шаблон:Citation needed
Company history
Шаблон:Cleanup Intershop was founded in 1992 as NetConsult by Stephan Schambach, Karsten Schneider, and Wilfried Beeck. In 1995, the company created the first German online store.[1] Also in 1995, they created "the first standard software for e-commerce applications," [2] marketed in the U.S. one year later [3] (see also Online shopping) and continued to be one of the leading software developers for this early time of the market.[4]
Beyond that it is known as one of the prime German examples of the so-called "New Economy bubble" (company value rose to US$11 billion in 2000 only to fall to penny stock levels in very short time[2]). At one point, a profit warning by Intershop caused widespread losses for other tech companies; for example, even SAP's stock fell by 8%.[5] The company hardly survived the crash but was able to keep operating and to continue development of its products. In the process, about 30 spin-offs were founded, including Pixaco (later acquired by Hewlett-Packard), ePages and Demandware (later acquired by Salesforce.com).[2]
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