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"There are fewer clicks per transaction, providing much better customer service," Joe Lueckenhoff, Dell's vice president of customer service and support, told the E-Commerce Times. Additionally, Lueckenhoff said the Round Rock, Texas-based company is introducing an online pap...
It is here that SmartAge comes in. Like its chief competitor, LinkExchange (recently acquired by Microsoft), SmartAge is building an artificial economy of banners, using itself as the gathering place and service hub. Say that Joe's Tires has a Web site it wants to promote. Joe contacts SmartAge and signs up for the company's SmartClicks banner-exchange service. SmartAge gives him some tools with which to build a banner ad and identifies other SmartAge clients likely to drive traffic to Joe's site--Bill's Auto Body, for example. The vendor then plops Joe's banner on Bill's site and Bill's banner on Joe's site. The service doesn't cost Joe or Bill a penny.
A year is a long period in Internet time, which by conservative estimates is four times the speed of traditional industry. Last week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Kline said that the fast pace of the Microsoft trial "demonstrates that both the Department of Justice and the court system can move in Internet time." ...
"Today's transaction is more than just another sale -- from a big picture e-commerce perspective, it validates that the Internet can be an effective tool in the sale of large, complex capital goods," said Joe Walker, Gulfstream's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "It's technology that works.'' ...
New investors in DrDrew.com include Greg Maffei, Microsoft's chief financial officer, and Joe Grundfest, a professor at Stanford. These individuals join Dale Fuller, the former president of people finder site WhoWhere.com, who had previously invested in the DrDrew.com. "This ...
"Our relationship with AirFlash will accelerate our ability to partner quickly and effectively with wireless carriers to bring the best of the Web to their customers," said Joe Kraus, Excite@Home's senior vice-president of content. "Mobile applications are key to delivering the 'All Device' part of our vision." ...
Q Where do you see commercial Linux and, for that matter, where do you see Macmillan one year from now? A Commercial Linux will continue to evolve. Over the next year, there will be many, many modifications to it to make it more and more user-friendly. Pushing the envelope more and more on Windows or the Macintosh environment. It's got a long ways to go, as I'm sure you know. Right now, it's a very technical system. For the most part, if you're loading it up and using it, you're probably a technical-driven individual. You're probably not just Joe Blow off the street wanting to plug and play.
"The irony," according to Joe Pucciarelli, GartnerGroup analyst, "is that the person saving the day," after a security-related disaster, "may end up pilfering the loot." ...
"Internet-based sales such as those conducted by Classified Auctions are rapidly proving to be the e-business tool of choice for many organizations. The City of Baltimore is seeking exposure to the largest target base of potential buyers, and I believe we have found it on the Internet," said Joe Zissimos, of Baltimore's Bureau of Purchases.
In addition, they contend that once the novelty wears off, hand held units could fail to capture the masses' imagination -- just as other attempts have failed to bring computing to the level of the average Joe's lunchbox. There's also the lingering possibility that the "next new technology thing" could make all the current handheld models suddenly obsolete.
Starbucks is also expected to use its upcoming magazine, called Joe, to promote certain online merchants. It's a joint venture with Time Warner that will also be available on the Internet. To add more fuel to the rumor of Starbucks impending e-commerce blitz -- is the fact that it has already registered several domains under the Joe name.
A sort of Linux information clearinghouse has been added to Dell's Web Site as well. "The Dell direct model provides customers worldwide with an ideal way to obtain Linux-related products, developments tools and information, stated Joe Marengi, senior vice president of the Dell Relationship Group.
CDNow chairman of the board Joe Diamond said the company has made a number of important moves in the last year, including the "biggest merger of equals in cyberspace history." "CDNow has clearly emerged as the vertical e-commerce leader with 2 million customers," Diamond said...
"We are very proud of our second quarter results," said J. Joe Ricketts, chairman and co-CEO of Ameritrade. "The market has been terrific, and we are positioned beautifully to seize the opportunity." The good news came after the Nasdaq was pounded on Wednesday, dropping nearl...
The company also appointed Joe Ruszkiewicz as chief operating officer and executive vice president. Ruszkiewicz has an Internet business management background from AT&T's WorldNet Service. The new appointment adds business expertise to iMall's management team and, just as importantly, increases investor confidence in iMall's ability to achieve its long term goals.
According to Joe Kraus, senior vice president and co-founder of Excite, the deal with Bluefly "offers further proof that the retail community sees the reach of a portal as important to building business." Related News and Future Plans ...
Joe Vause, vice president of electronic commerce for Visa U.S.A. points out that, "Getting consumers to try shopping online isn't nearly as tough as getting them to come back." So, reports of consumers planning to return after the holidays are welcome news for online retailers and their suppliers.
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