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Looking to raise money for a small online business? Experts say that in today's difficult economic environment, some basic tenets for securing financial backing remain -- but other rules have changed, and it is as important as ever to be abreast of those changes For example, as far as presentation, a live or semi-live demonstration of the product t...
Americans expect to do most of their holiday shopping in stores rather than online this year, and those who do plan to turn to the Web say that convenience will be the keyreason, according to two new reports released this week. In a survey released Tuesday, consulting firm Accenture reported that 83 percent of its respondents said brick-and-mortar...
The holidays are a time for giving. True enough. But why should it be the only time that e-tailers "give" shoppers free shipping? It's a gimmick, of course -- a way to attract reluctant shoppers to the Web. Smart online merchants use free shipping to get those shoppers to buy and to do it early, easing the last-minute crunch and helping make the h...
Internet auction leader EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) said Monday it will present what is believed to be the first nationwide online auction of new homes EBay and Oakland, California-based iBidCo will partner to produce the "live" online auction of 20 new homes on December 17th. The homes are in the Los Angeles, California suburb of Tujunga and were built by...
Experts say that strategic and operational preparations by an e-commerce company for 2002 should have been set in motion well before today In the waning weeks of 2001, companies that have not already done so must prepare themselves for the possibility of more economic pain ahead, as most experts believe current fiancial conditions could last well i...
A host of offline purchasing incentives triggered a downturn in online sales during October, with spending for the month falling about 10 percent from September to US$3.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online "I was surprised by the figures and it took some scratching of the head to fi...
Former Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) partner Overstock.com took dead aim at the leading e-tailer's core business Monday with the launch of a bookstore section and the promise that it would undercut Amazon's list prices. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Overstock, which was built on reselling overstocked and discounted items from struggling retailers, said i...
Dirty laundry. Household nuisance for you and me. Catalyst for Internet technology innovation for a few others Pennsylvania-based e-Vend.net is experimenting with Internet-connected washing machines in the dormitories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Students can check online for washing machine availability and receive e-mail al...
E-commerce giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has reorganized its business operations into five departments -- with an increased emphasis toward third-party services -- the company confirmed Thursday "We obviously want to make changes to the organization that make sense for the business," Amazon spokesperson Patty Smith told the E-Commerce Times....
Internet portal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Thursday it will cut 400 jobs worldwide as it refocuses resources away from unprofitable sectors. Yahoo! plans to add as many as 100 jobs in growing areas, however, including sales, resulting in a net job loss of about 300.
To build trust and gain customer loyalty, online merchants and marketersneed to let Web shoppers feel in control of the buying process, as well ofthe ways that personal information about them may be used, according to areport published Thursday by McKinsey &Co Just 4 percent of Internet users routinely register at Web sites, and thosewho make it a ...
Online travel site Orbitz told the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday that its business has introduced new competition in the online travel sector, contrary to arguments made by its travel industry rivals that it is likely to compete unfairly "Our launch has had a pro-competitive impact on the marketplace as other sites move to enhanc...
The 2001 online holiday shopping season began in earnest last week, with visits to Web stores surging 14 percent compared to the week before, according to a report released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). Last year, the holiday traffic surge also first came during the second week in November, bringing a 10-percent increase....
'Tis the season for online shopping forecasts, and with each passing day, itseems like there are new holiday predictions to digest like so much turkey and cranberry sauce. How can e-tailers rely on these numbers when every research firm has arrived ata different figure for the projected sales?...
The holiday shopping season is off to a fast start at America Online (NYSE: AOL), the company said Wednesday, raising hopes for a late-year revenue boost for Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and other e-tailers as well AOL members spent US$2.7 billion online in October, up 80 percent from last year, the No. 1 Internet service provider said. AOL director o...
Forever searching for more items to add to the list of "things that can be sold on EBay," the Internet auction giant has turned to the local liquor store. This month, EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) will start a trial period in which hand-picked sellers will find out the answer to the burning question: Can wine be sold this way? ...
Popular search engine Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) will trade high-profile positioning for dollars under a new agreement with Overture Services -- formerly known as GoTo.com Beginning Thursday on Yahoo's main search page, Internet users will see both the company's own keyword matches, compiled by Yahoo! staffers, and the top five paid listings from Overtu...
EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) has grown faster than any other technology company in the United States over the past five years, according to a report released Wednesday by consulting firm Deloitte & Touche. In its annual Fast 500 listing of the fastest-growing high-tech firms, EBay far outpaced all others, recording a five-year growth rate of 115,874 percen...
Web site designers at e-commerce companies may be feeling repressed these days because growing customer demand for site usability is limiting designers' freedom to employ the beloved bell-and-whistle Web merchants have become laser-focused on expediting thepurchasing process, so designers are having to justify theirwork in terms of usefulness first...
At first, the idea of digital books sounded so futuristic. Even so, we wrote it off as another passing innovation Nevertheless, the major publishing houses have worked at plans to enhance their presence in the e-book marketplace....
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