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Despite frequent server upgrades, e-commerce sites remain as open to hacking as ever -- as witnessed by the continuous stream of headline-making viruses hitting the Internet. Online merchants often use marketing strategies to ease consumer fears, but it is ultimately technology that beats security threats Experts told the E-Commerce Times that hack...
By its nature, January is a month of optimism. The "next year" in the phrase "wait until next year" has arrived. Of course, there's justified optimism and then there's wishful thinking But as 2002 settles in, there appear to be plenty of reasons to think that good days lie ahead for e-commerce....
E-commerce is alive and well online. Those who want solid evidence need look no further than the online travel industry As one of the few consumer industries that has established itself and shown measurable growth on the Internet, online travel is no longer focused on basic survival. Instead, the industry is concentrating on its quest for the ingre...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) andVeriSign(Nasdaq: VRSN) are teaming up to boost e-commerce security by developing newproducts and services for their big-business customers.IBM will supply the software and infrastructure, andVeriSign will contribute its expertise in Web identity,authentication and online payment "If IBM plans on offering an authentication service...
Shoppers who make a purchase on BestBuy.com(NYSE: BBY) will encounter a new payment engine designed to speed the sales process and minimize fraud Developed by ClearCommerce,the payment processing andsecurity software will provide real-time credit cardauthorization, as well as payment processing, forelectronic checks and automated clearing house (AC...
Looking to grab a share of the US$7 billion per year timeshare industry, Internet auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) said Monday it will launch a marketplace exclusively for buying and selling the vacation getaways. The timeshare marketplace will be located on EBay Real Estate and will feature properties from several strategic partners, as well as ...
If the saying is true that one person's junk is another's gold, then there should be plenty of wealth to go around for e-businesses these days. After all, the junkyard of bad e-commerce ideas has been piling up steadily for several years. Unless today's e-commerce companies can transform the failures of companies like Furniture.com or E-stamp.com...
If you are yawning through the NFL playoffs, you mightfind more thrills in the online job search arena In recent months, there have been more tackles,upsets, and penalties in online recruiting than in anyof the gridiron match-ups I've witnessed....
E-tailers took the first three spots on the latest list of the top 10fastest-growing sites, according to a new report released Friday by Jupiter Media Metrix. The research firm also reported that Internet malls widened their audience reach inDecember more than any other type of site. The surge in the popularity of e-commercesites was largely due t...
Retailers in Europe are not taking advantage of a growing market fortelevision-based commerce, according to a report released Friday by Gartner (NYSE: IT) Though 35 percent of digital television subscribers in the United Kingdom alone haveinteractive TV, most either are unaware the service is included in theirbills or have not taken the trouble to ...
Although e-commerce purchasing and Internet use are divided almost evenly among men and women in the United States, global Web use continues to be dominated by men, according to a Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT) report issued Thursday. The differing demographics at home and abroad may pose a strategic challenge for a host of U.S.-based e-commer...
Although retail revenues were down overall during the 2001 holiday season and for the year, online retail saw double-digit growth. The e-tail holiday season saw growth in terms of both traffic and dollars spent. Does that mean online shopping is recession-proof? Most analysts say no, and point to a number of reasons why e-tail is still expanding, ...
Internet powerhouse Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) reported better-than-expected results for the quarter ended in December, and said its long-time president, Jeff Mallett, will step down in April. Revenue for the quarter fell to US$188.9 million from $310.9 million in the same quarter last year and the net loss narrowed to $8.7 million, the company said Wednesday.
Nearly half of all large U.S. corporations are now using the Internet to cut down on their supply costs, according to a report released Wednesday by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The study found that 45 percent of companies that spend US$100 million or more per year on supplies used the Internet t...
January is quickly flying by and we've hardly had time to consider what awaits e-commerce in 2002 Last year tested all of us, with unprecedented jobcontraction, more failed Web companies, and heightened security fears spurred by September 11th....
Recently someone asked what seemed a pretty straightforward question. He had a Web site that advertised that he breeds and sells show dogs. Through that site, he has made initial contact with several people who, after meeting him offline, have bought dogs from him. In other words, they became customers. His question: Was that e-commerce? I felt th...
Online auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) reported record fourth-quarter revenue Tuesday of US$219.4 million and pro forma net income of $38.5 million, easily beating analyst expectations Bolstered by a strong holiday shopping season, EBay's quarterly revenue was the highest ever for the company, representing a 64 percent gain over the $134 million ...
The online grocery business has seen some tough times, with Webvan liquidating its assets and Peapod struggling to get back on its feet. Undaunted, Safeway (NYSE:SWY) just dove into the mix Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, are the initial markets for Safeway.com, the new Web shopping service, officially launched Tuesday....
The United States government is coming up with a business plan -- an information technology business plan, that is. Some might say it is not a moment too soon for the government to recognize the power and pervasiveness of technology Last week, President George W. Bush took a major step forward in this regard with his appointment of Norman Lorentz a...
The anonymity of the Internet and the potential for higher rewards for criminals has fueled an alarming increase in cybercrime activity in recent years. Indeed, analysts agree that Internet-savvy lawbreakers may have more to gain and less to lose than their physical world counterparts "If you're talking about physical assets, you can only steal so ...
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