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Firing the latest salvo in the battle over online gambling, the state of New Jersey announced Monday that it has filed lawsuits against three offshore Internetcasinos for allegedly accepting illegal bets from New Jersey residents State Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. said the civil cases werefiled against Alohacasino.com, Royalclubcasino.com a...
Further beefing up its offerings as it squares off against Orbitz and other online travel competitors, Travelocity (Nasdaq: TVLY) said Tuesday it has made a deal to offer last-minute travel packages. Fort Worth, Texas-based Travelocity said it struck a partnership with Site59.com, which offers last-minute deals on travel packages purchased from 14...
Recently I saw the inside of my local bank for the first time in years. The first thing I noticed was a long counter with individual booths containing PCs. A sign overhead beseeched me to "Try Online Banking First."
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that it has filed charges against an Internet company which, by promising to pay customer Internet access fees, allegedly conned consumers into paying membership charges and turning over personal information The charges, filed in U.S. federal court in Chicago, allege that New Millennium Conce...
Online shopping in Europe is unlikely ever to catch up with e-commerce levels in the U.S., in large part because of regulatory hurdles and small domestic markets, a Forrester Research analyst told the E-Commerce Times on Monday "Shopping online doesn't just depend on people having a lot of online experience," Forrester analyst Jed Kolko said. "It a...
Consumers spent US$3.9 billion online in May -- a 9 percent decrease from the $4.3 billion racked up in Internet sales in April -- according to data released Monday by Forrester Research and Greenfield Online. Forrester research director James McQuivey hesitated to label the sales decrease as a slump, however.
This year, for the first time, doomsayers are not predicting that the holiday season will be make-or-break time for the entire e-commerce industry Still, reaching that plateau does not come without some unsolved problems. The two major hurdles that have yet to be overcome -- shipping and returns -- could spell trouble.
Although price, service and convenience are prime considerations for onlinebusiness-to-business (B2B) purchasers of chemicals, the promise of a brand name is a more significant force driving buyer decisions, according to a new study releasedMonday by Accenture As part of its survey of over 200 chemicals industry executives, the research firm said 1...
As more consumers gain access to broadband technologyand interactive television, a new market for the sale of audio and video content and streaming-media advertising is developing, according to a report released Monday by the Yankee Group Yankee analyst Steven Vonder Haar said the rise of "on-demand marketing" will be fueled by the widespread use o...
At Amazon.com, the link to the privacy policy is at the bottom of the homepage, in small print. At Buy.com, the policy measures 10 printed pages and5,200 words in length. To read the full policy at Outpost.com, visitorshave to click out and back into the policy page at least twice Though the public's desire for privacy protection within e-commerce ...
The projected boom in the online population over the next few years presents e-tailers with an "enormous opportunity" to win the loyalty of a whole new crop of consumers, according to data released Thursday by IDC As a result, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based research firm advised Internet sellers to "heed the homilies of the importance of first...
Buying a piece of fame online is easy because thousands of online celebrity auctions fill the pages of such Web action sites as Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) every day. Understanding the factors that motivate sellers and buyers of celebrity mementos, however, takes some study....
Beleaguered electronics e-tailer Buy.com (Nasdaq: BUYX) suffered another jolt of bad news Thursday when it was informed by the Nasdaq stock exchange that the company's shares will be delisted. Aliso Viejo, California-based Buy.com said it had requested a formal hearing to fight the notice.
Stricter laws are needed to protect Internet auction users from spammers who harvest e-mail addresses from auction sites, an eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) executive told U.S. lawmakers at a House subcommittee on crime hearing on cybercrime Thursday "It is worth noting that some forms of cybercrime could be reduced if Congress were to adopt a criminal prohibi...
Somewhere in the zone between idea and execution, e-commerce suffers from a case of diminished returns Take online bill payment, for example....
Since starting a massive pop-up and pop-under advertising campaign early this year that brings Web traffic to its site automatically, e-tailer X10.com has gone from a relatively unknown seller of home networking and security devices to a leader in the quest for Internet clicks. However, analysts have their doubts about whether all the traffic is t...
Priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) has been working hard to improve its customer service andfind the right product mix, but analysts still disagree about whetherthe "name-your-own-price" e-tailer has a business model that will succeed "I don't believe Pricelinehas a long-term business model," Jupiter Media Metrix analystJared Blank told the E-Commerce Tim...
Although online credit card fraud is not a myth, its frequency has been greatly exaggerated, according to a survey released Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix The report, "Overhyped and Misunderstood: The Fraud of Online Fraud," said that the attention focused on online security incidents has led consumers to believe that fraud is approximately 12 t...
Monster.com has earned the title of top-rated online job search site,according to a report issued Wednesday byGreenfield Online The report is based on two surveys that both asked respondents to name the jobsite they visited the most and the best job site for finding "the right job." In both surveys, Monster.com handily beat out Hotjobs.com and Jobs...
The e-commerce world got some good news in recent days when the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reported that it received nearly 4,000 complaints about e-tail sites last year, more than double the number from 1999. Good news? This might sound like the ultimate in spin control or a sarcastic slam. But think about it: The fact that people are bothering...
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