Amazon.com, Inc.

SEATTLE - Internet retailer Amazon.com plans to launch an online food store as early as August, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

MILWAUKEE - Although customer satisfaction dropped slightly in the last quarter and has been flat in the past year, household spending should rebound somewhat, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a leading indicator of consumer spending.

NEW YORK - Several major retailers have voluntarily expanded the number of states in which they collect sales tax from Web customers, The Wall Street Journal reports.

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet consumers jumped head first into the holiday spirit, ringing up a record $2.0 billion in online sales in the week after Thanksgiving, a study reported on Tuesday.

SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. plans to launch an online office products store with Office Depot Inc., as both retailers seek to lure customers amid a sluggish climate for consumer spending.

SEATTLE - Mark S. Hansen, 47, chairman and CEO of Fleming Companies Inc., was elected today to the board of directors of Amazon.com.

Amazon.com is looking beyond individual consumers with anew program intended to attract organizations such as libraries, schools andbusinesses.