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Not even the most optimistic observer is ready to declare that the dot-com shakeout ended in 2001. But it did slow down and start to take on a different look, as mergers, acquisitions and partnerships made headlines as often as high-profile failures. Of course, those failures were unforgettable. eToys finally virtually expired in February and set ...
EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) has stopped taking listings for its Auction for America, an ambitious plan to raise US$100 million to aid victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and is likely to fall well short of its goal. EBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times that as of Thursday, approximately $7 million has been raised through t...
By the time the dust settles from New Year's Day, it may well be gut-check time for the e-commerce industry. Even those companies that manage to see growth in what is shaping up to be a rather timid holiday season will have their hands full with the task of sifting through the returns to see if a profit is in the tea leaves.
Consumer confidence in the Internet continued to climb in the fourth quarter as Web users become more comfortable with online shopping, according to the Internet Confidence Index released Thursday by Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and ACNielsen. "Web retailers are becoming more and more accepted as part of the overall consumer shopping experience," said Tr...
Before the first month of the year was over, it was clear that 2001 was going to be different than other years in the short history of e-commerce. In late January, leading e-tailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced plans to lay off 1,300 workers and lowered revenue estimates for the year. But at the same time, Amazon made a pledge: It would turn...
Though the heaviest casualties of the dot-com shakeout are in the past, experts say 2002 will be another year of consolidation for the e-commerce industry. "Most of the weakest firms are already gone," David Kathman, a stock analyst with Morningstar.com, told the E-Commerce Times. "But I think some more may still fall in 2002." ...
HotJobs (Nasdaq: HOTJ) says a US$436 million takeover offer from Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) is superior to a longstanding bid from Monster.com parent company TMP Worldwide, and is poised to take the deal unless TMP boosts its own offer. HotJobs set a deadline of Thursday morning for TMP (Nasdaq: TMPW) to sweeten its all-stock offer. TMP had yet to publ...
Raising the possibility that online holiday sales may not grow at all this year, Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) said Thursday that it has cut its estimate for spending during the holiday season to US$8 billion. That figure would actually represent a decrease compared to 2000 levels, when Forrester estimated that $10 billion was spent by online ...
They say it is better to give than receive. In that spirit, here's a list of holiday wishes not for myself, but the companies still flogging away, trying to get e-commerce right. These are wishes, mind you, not predictions or forecasts. In a perfect world, we'd all find just what we want under the tree or in our stocking Christmas morning. But we ...
Traffic to Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) during November increased more than 30 percent over a year ago, making it the leading e-tailer by a wide margin, according to data released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). Amazon now draws three times as many unique visitors as the next-largest e-tail site, NetRatings said....
Traffic to Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) during November increased more than 30 percent over a year ago, making it the leading e-tailer by a wide margin, according to data released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). Amazon now draws three times as many unique visitors as the next-largest e-tail site, NetRatings said....
Traffic to Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) during November increased more than 30 percent over a year ago, making it the leading e-tailer by a wide margin, according to data released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). Amazon now draws three times as many unique visitors as the next-largest e-tail site, NetRatings said....
While the overall consumer e-commerce market remains sluggish, pure-play online pharmacy Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM) said Tuesday it is ringing up record sales this holiday season. The company said that it has racked up three consecutive weeks of record revenues, and sales in that time period are running more than 30 percent higher this year comp...
Holiday shoppers helped push online sales to nearly US$5 billion in November, a 36 percent increase over October but below November 2000 spending levels, Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online said Monday. The November spending figure means Forrester's forecast for an $11 billion holiday season -- which would have been a 10 percen...
When does 10 percent growth for consumer e-commerce beat the old days of 100 percent growth? When the 10 percent growth comes amid an overall slowdown in consumer spending. That's exactly what seems to have happened in November. E-commerce put a 10 percent increase on the board. A bit disappointing to many people, especially in light of the strong...
At the onset of the busiest shopping season of the year, e-commerce in the United Kingdom got a big boost from the British government in the form of a media blitz designed to get shoppers "clicking with confidence." The campaign, built around the idea that it is safer to shop online than many people think, followed an in-depth study into why more U...
A record number of people visited e-commerce sites during the week ending December 7th -- more than 50 percent higher than 2000 levels -- Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) reported Thursday. In all, 52.4 million people shopped online during the week, Jupiter said, compared with 34.9 million a year ago. The figure was also a 1 percent increase of...
When executives from Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) met with analysts last month, they said they were eager to expand the portal's participation in online marketing research. Already, Yahoo! said, nearly a dozen research firms had asked about partnerships. In looking to leverage its user base to become a sounding board for new products and ideas, Yahoo! is...
The shakeout in the online grocery sector came on hard and fast in 2001. And, somewhat ironically, the one company left standing was the first to wave a warning flag. After all the dust cleared, Peapod.com, now owned by Ahold (NYSE: AHO), is one of the only online grocers with considerable geographical reach and national name recognition still in ...
Online consumer spending in the U.S. rose to US$5.3 billion in November, a 10 percent increase over 2000 levels, according to a report released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT) and Harris Interactive (Nasdaq: HPOL). The growth rate was the smallest monthly increase recorded so far in 2001 by the eCommerce Pulse index, compiled by the...
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