FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Intershop ManagementTo BoardSimplify MemberGroup Werner Fuhrmann ResignsStructure

INTERSHOP Communications Aktiengesellschaft

(Name of Registrant)

INTERSHOP Communications Stock Corporation
(Translation of registrant’s Name into English)

Intershop Tower
07740 Jena
Federal Republic of Germany
(011) 49-3641-50-0
(Address and Telephone Number of registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

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Intershop ~~Management~~To ~~Board~~Simplify ~~Member~~Group ~~Werner Fuhrmann Resigns~~Structure

Jena, Germany, - July 1624, 2003 –Intershop Communications AG (Prime Standard: ISH1; Nasdaq: ISHP) today announced ~~that,~~the ~~for~~Company ~~personal~~is ~~reasons,~~taking ~~Werner~~action ~~Fuhrmann has asked the Supervisory Board~~ to befurther ~~immediately~~simplify ~~released of his duties as a Member of~~ the ~~Management Board and as President Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The~~ Company’s ~~Supervisory~~group ~~Board regrets, but accepts Mr~~structure. ~~Fuhrmann’s decision.~~

~~Since~~The ~~joining~~Company ~~Intershop~~plans into ~~July~~merge ~~2002,~~all ~~Mr.~~assets ~~Fuhrmann served as a Member~~ of ~~the~~its ~~Management~~fully-owned ~~Board~~subsidiary ~~and~~Intershop ~~President~~Software ~~EMEA,~~Entwicklungs inGmbH ~~which~~with ~~role he was responsible for sales in~~ the ~~region~~assets of ~~Europe,~~Intershop ~~Middle~~Communications ~~East, and Africa~~AG.

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~~Mr.~~Intershop’s ~~Fuhrmann~~stockholders will ~~advise~~be notified in the German Federal Bulletin (Bundesanzeiger) pursuant to section 62, paragraph 3 of the German law regulating the transformation of companies (UmwG). The merger of Intershop onSoftware aEntwicklungs ~~number~~GmbH into Intershop Communications AG is expected to be effective by the end of ~~important~~August ~~projects~~2003 ~~and~~when ~~will~~the ~~thus~~merger ~~stay~~agreement inis ~~touch~~scheduled to be notarized and registered with the ~~Company~~Local Court in Gera, Germany.

~~Investor~~The ~~Relations:Klaus~~Company F.expects ~~GruendelT:~~the ~~+49-3641-50-1307F:~~transaction ~~+49-3641-50-1002k~~will lower the administrative costs of the Group and will have a positive impact on the consolidated earnings per share for fiscal year 2003.~~gruendel@intershop.comwww.intershop.de~~

~~Press:Dana~~Investor ~~SchmidtT:~~Relations ~~+49-3641-50-1000F:~~and ~~+49-3641-50-1002d.schmidt@intershop.comwww.intershop.de~~Press:

~~About~~Klaus ~~Intershop~~F. GruendelT: +49-3641-50-1307F: +49-3641-50-1002k.gruendel@intershop.com www.intershop.de

~~Intershop~~About Communications (Nasdaq: ISHP; Prime Standard: ISH1) is the market leader in Unified Commerce Management, which can create strategic differentiation for companies by integrating online commerce processes across the extended enterprise. Intershop Enfinity, based on the best practices of Unified Commerce Management, enables companies to manage multiple business units from a single commerce platform, optimize their business relationships, improve business efficiencies and cut costs to increase profit margins. By streamlining business processes, companies can achieve a higher return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership, increasing the lifetime value of customers and partners. Intershop has more than 300 enterprise customers worldwide in a broad range of industries, including multichannel retail and high technology. Customers including Hewlett-Packard, Bosch, BMW, TRW, Bertelsmann, Otto and Homebase have selected Intershop's Enfinity as the cornerstone of their global online commerce strategies. More information about Intershop can be found on the Web at http://www.intershop.com.

~~This~~Intershop ~~news~~Communications ~~release~~(Nasdaq: ~~contains~~ISHP; ~~forward-looking~~Prime ~~statements~~Standard: ~~regarding~~ISH1) ~~future~~is ~~events or~~ the ~~future~~market ~~financial~~leader ~~and~~in ~~operational~~Unified ~~performance~~Commerce ofManagement, ~~Intershop.~~which ~~Actual~~can ~~events~~create orstrategic ~~performance~~differentiation ~~may~~for ~~differ~~companies ~~materially~~by ~~from~~integrating ~~those~~online ~~contained~~commerce orprocesses ~~implied~~across inthe ~~such~~extended ~~forward-looking statements~~enterprise. ~~Risks~~Intershop ~~and~~Enfinity, ~~uncertainties~~based ~~that~~on ~~could~~the ~~lead~~best topractices ~~such~~of ~~difference~~Unified ~~could~~Commerce ~~include~~Management, ~~among~~enables ~~other~~companies ~~things:~~to ~~Intershop's~~manage ~~limited~~multiple ~~operating~~business ~~history~~units from a single commerce platform, ~~the~~optimize ~~unpredictability~~their ofbusiness ~~future~~relationships, ~~revenues~~improve ~~and~~business ~~expenses~~efficiencies and ~~potential~~cut ~~fluctuations~~costs into ~~revenues~~increase ~~and~~profit ~~operating~~margins. ~~results~~By streamlining business processes, ~~significant~~companies ~~dependence~~can achieve a higher return on ~~large~~investment ~~single~~at ~~customer~~a ~~deals,~~lower ~~consumer~~total ~~trends~~cost of ownership, increasing the ~~level~~lifetime value of ~~competition,~~customers ~~seasonality,~~and ~~risks~~partners. ~~related~~Intershop tohas ~~electronic~~more ~~security,~~than ~~possible~~300 ~~governmental~~enterprise ~~regulation,~~customers ~~and~~worldwide ~~general~~in ~~economic~~a ~~conditions.~~broad ~~Additional~~range ~~information~~of ~~regarding~~industries, ~~factors~~including ~~that~~multichannel ~~potentially~~retail ~~could~~and ~~affect~~high ~~Intershop's~~technology. ~~business~~Customers including Hewlett-Packard, ~~financial~~Bosch, ~~condition~~BMW, ~~and~~TRW, ~~operating~~Bertelsmann, ~~results~~Otto isand ~~included~~Homebase inhave selected Intershop's ~~filings~~Enfinity ~~with~~as the ~~Securities~~cornerstone ~~and~~of ~~Exchange~~their ~~Commission,~~global ~~including~~online ~~the~~commerce ~~Company's~~strategies. ~~Form~~More ~~20-F~~information ~~dated~~about ~~June~~Intershop 6,can ~~2003~~be found on the Web at http://www.intershop.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial and operational performance of Intershop. Actual events or performance may differ materially from those contained or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could lead to such difference could include, among other things: Intershop's limited operating history, the unpredictability of future revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and operating results, significant dependence on large single customer deals, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality, risks related to electronic security, possible governmental regulation, general economic conditions, and uncertainty regarding the unlocking of currently restricted cash. Additional information regarding factors that potentially could affect Intershop's business, financial condition and operating results is included in Intershop's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 20-F dated June 6, 2003.

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