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Scrutiny befalls every move that Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) makes. Most pack-leaders must bear this burden. But Amazon's December 6th decision to make its Web site accessible to the blind can't help but attract applause, and hopefully emulation....
The number of visitors to Internet shopping sites for the week ended December 16th is running 55 percent ahead of the same week last year, according to a study released Thursday by Jupiter MediaMetrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) "The growth trajectory increased each week during the first four weeks ofthis year's holiday shopping period, which is in marked contr...
Among all the entrepreneurs in the e-commerce industries, standing firmly in the middle of the post-September 11th commercial fray is one Richard S. Braddock As chairman of name-your-own-price Web site Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), Braddock continues to show the acumen necessary for longevity in Internet retailing.
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 ...
With the 2001 holiday shopping season entering the homestretch, it seems safe to say that most Internet retailers have put to rest their ghosts of Christmas past -- namely the ghosts that used to go crash and boom on computers nationwide While online merchants were forced to contend with a host of problems during the post-Thanksgiving crunch in the...
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....
The Liberty Alliance Project, a high-profile organization working to develop open standards for authenticating e-commerce transactions and digital identities, announced that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) and MasterCard International have joined its ranks as founding members and will take positions on the management board. Other companies that have r...
The PC will not be successful as a hub for watching interactive video, and business ventures based on selling movies over the Internet are destined to fizzle out before they begin, according to a Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) study released Thursday Only 11 percent of consumers surveyed by Jupiter said they would beinterested in viewing movie...
Undeniably, the Internet has changed many components of business, and public relations is no exception. The Web and e-mail have brought unprecedented speed and efficiency to the dissemination of product and company awareness However, amid the barrage of online pitches, high-tech PR professionals still rely on traditional communications vehicles for...
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...
While much of the online advertising industry remains in thedoldrums, travel advertising on the Internet has picked up, according to a report released Wednesday by market research firm Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) Following the September 11th terrorist attacks, online travel ads plunged in the second week of September and bottomed out during...
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...
Online auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced Monday that Brian Swette will step down as chief operating officer of the company, effective January 1st. Instead of naming a new COO, Swette's responsibilities in marketing, category management and business development will be divided among other top executives at the company, many of whom alread...
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...
While the digital divide -- the rift between those with access to computers and the Internet and without -- continues to crumble in the United States, analysts generally agree that e-commerce is not seeing a major share of the benefits On the other hand, researchers are finding evidence that e-commerce services do play a significant role in allevia...
Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) received a boost late Monday when America Online (NYSE: AOL) agreed to feature the company's travel products on AOL's popular Web sites Priceline shares jumped in after-hours trading and continued to rise early Tuesday, climbing 61 U.S. cents, or nearly 11 percent, to $6.18....
With the holidays drawing nearer, consumers stepped up their online shopping during the first week of December, spending roughly US$2.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings The figure represented a 91 percent spike from the $1.4 billion dropped by buyers during an average week in No...
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