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B2B E-Commerce Transforms Chemical Industry

Chemical auctions, exchanges and a variety of e-commerce sites have altered the way that chemicals are bought and sold worldwide, according to Forrester Research ...

Forrester Projects Increase in Digital Downloads

New data from Forrester Research, Inc. projects that 25 percent of all Internet purchases will be delivered by digital download by 2004 ...

E-Commerce Book Tops 1999 Amazon Business Bestseller List

For the first time, a book on e-commerce has reached the top of the business bestseller list on Amazon.com. The online giant named the book, Customers.com by Patricia Seybold and Ronni Marshak (contributor), the number one business bestseller for 1999 ...

Report: Women Will Dominate Net Purchasing

According to a report by Media Metrix company AdRelevance, the number of female Internet users reached parity with male users in late 1999, but women's spending habits will make them the dominant online consumer group during the coming years ...

Auto Dealers Remain in E-Commerce Loop Despite Fears

Despite concerns that automobile companies are angling to bypass their automobile dealer networks in the sale of new cars online, car dealers remain entrenched in the online car buying process ...

Security Leaks Found at Dozens of E-Commerce Sites

Using a few simple database commands, developers at Russian Web programming company Strategy LLC found customer credit card numbers, passwords, and even employee records and social security numbers ...

Loyalty Is the Final E-Commerce Hurdle

Now that retail e-commerce is leaving the realm of novelty and moving fully into the mainstream economy, customer loyalty stands as a lingering hurdle between e-tailers and profits ...

90 Percent of Holiday E-Shoppers ‘Largely Satisfied’

According to a just-released Jupiter Communications report, 90 percent of online shoppers said they were "largely satisfied" with their 1999 holiday season experiences on the Web ...

European E-Commerce Still Lags Behind U.S.

Despite recent gains, European e-commerce still lags behind online sales in the United States, according to a new study from International Data Corporation (IDC) ...

NBCi Launches Pacific Rim E-Commerce Portals

NBC Internet (Nasdaq: NBCI) announced an e-commerce venture today with Asiacontent.com Ltd to create a Pacific Rim Web gateway, while separately announcing an agreement with Australia's Seven Network Ltd (ASX: SEV) to develop broadband and e-commerce initiatives ...

Web Supermarket Launches In Japan

Tokyo-based e-Convenience Co. Ltd will soon provide Japanese consumers with the ability to buy groceries over the Internet, with delivery in two to three hours after the order ...

Most Holiday Shoppers Will Keep Clicking

Study results released yesterday by Andersen Consulting show that 96 percent of 1999 holiday Internet buyers anticipate using the Web for holiday shopping this year, and 72 percent intend to use the Internet for day-to-day shopping in 2000 ...

MotherNature.com Aligns With Healthcare Groups

Health products provider MotherNature.com (Nasdaq: MTHR) announced today that it has formed separate partnerships with health care provider Landmark Healthcare and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) ...

Lincoln Mercury Shifts Online Sales Into Overdrive

Ford Motor Corp. (NYSE: F) subsidiary Lincoln Mercury has expanded a successful pilot program that allows consumers to communicate directly with company product specialists over the Internet before purchasing a vehicle ...

Motorcycle Maker E-Sells Year’s Inventory In Hours

On January 1st at 12:00:01, Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati Motor SpA (NYSE: DMH), put its latest model -- a limited edition of 1,000 bikes -- up for sale on its Web site ...

Holiday E-Commerce Expected To Top $10B

As the holiday e-nickels are counted, an Ernst & Young survey indicates that the total e-commerce take will surpass estimates by reaching between $10 and $13 billion (US$). If the figures do hold, 1999 will deliver a tally that is 300 percent higher than 1998's $4 billion ...

US West and MCY.com Tackle Web Music

High-speed Internet provider US West (NYSE: USW) announced an agreement today with digital music retailer MCY Music World to deliver encrypted, streamed or digitally downloadable music and live concert broadcasts over the Internet ...

E-Holiday Sales Peak During 2nd Week of December

Online shopping reached its peak during the week of December 6th through 12th, according to a Goldman Sachs / PC Data Online survey that was released today. Spending then fell from $1.25 billion (US$) to $495 million during Christmas week (December 20 - 26), as online visitors turned to greeting cards and computer game sites ...

IDC Predicts E-tailers Going Offline in 2000

According to IDC senior vice president Frank Gens, 2000 will see dot-coms looking for brick-and-mortar presences, free services and software abounding, and profits finally becoming important to Internet companies ...

New Swedish VC Firm Targets Mobile E-Commerce

With mobile phones becoming more popular than PCs, a number of Swedish technology executives have formed a venture capital firm, Startupfactory, to fund and shape promising mobile e-commerce enterprises ...

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