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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's data shows that online business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce in the U.S. chemical market will reach $128 billion (US$) by the year 2003, making the chemical industry the third ...
New data from Forrester Research, Inc. projects that 25 percent of all Internet purchases will be delivered by digital download by 2004 Software and music products are commonly delivered via download at the current time, but books, games and videos are expected to be added to that roster in the coming years.
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 Business bestsellers typically cover more generic topics. Amazon's number two book, The Innovator'...
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 The report, titled "Wired Women," found that many of the top e-tailers have an audience that is already over...
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 Instead of bypassing dealer networks, car manufacturers are keeping dealers in the loop by sending prospective prospects to their closest dealer to complete ...
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 "Our developers have detailed knowledge on how easy it is to get information out of e-commerce databases," said Anatoliy Prokhorov, chief executive of S...
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 Customer service improvements and heightened security have counteracted a good deal of consumer resistance to Web shopping. These improvements, however, will be meaningl...
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 Despite the well-publicized problems that consumers had with online traffic overloads, site crashes, poor customer service and failed deliveries, Jupiter reported that con...
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) The study, titled "European Internet and eCommerce," reveals that of the 10,600 households surveyed in the 12 largest European Internet markets, five percent of the total adult population ...
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 The deals build on NBCi's launches of XOOM Italy and XOOM France last year, both of whi...
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 The newly formed company's backing consists of six firms, including SoftbankCorp., Japan's largest Internet investor, and Hikari Tsushin, Inc. Other backers include convenien...
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 The study also indicates that despite widespread shopping problems, 73 percent of Internet shoppers ranked onl...
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) In the deal with Landmark Healthcare, MotherNature.com's discount vitamins, minerals, supplements and other natural products wi...
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 The program walks a fine line between selling directly to consumers by referring all prospective customers to a local dealer. Linco...
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 Within hours, the company's MH900evoluzione, dubbed the MH900e, sold out for the entire 2000 production year, giving it the distinction of being both the largest Italian e-...
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 The survey of 1,283 Internet users shows that average online shoppers spent $...
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 MCY.com controls an exclusive catalog with more than 30,000 songs available as digital downloads. Artists include Bob M...
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 Additionally, a Media M...
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 Wednesday's report also foresees a broad Internet stock correction coming to e-commerce stocks, shifting focus from growth to profitabili...
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 Startupfactory, which launched in August 1999, will fund 10 international mobile Internet companies each year, focusing on ventures that deliver e-...
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