Gloss.com

Multi-brand site relaunch slated for spring postponed until fall because of development complexities, including lack of necessary resources, Estee Lauder announces March 15. Site pretest planned for the summer. Lauder, Chanel and Clarins partnered in July to recreate the beauty site after Lauder purchased gloss.com in April (1"The Rose Sheet" July 31, 2000, p. 3). Development and coordination of specialty-designed retailers' e-commerce microsites, stores-within-stores, also will launch in fall, firm adds. Lauder individual brand sites' databases continue to grow, with five of the nine, including maccosmetics.com and origins.com, offering e-commerce capabilities