While the digital divide -- the rift between those with access to computers and the Internet and without -- continues to crumble in the United States, analysts generally agree that e-commerce is not seeing a major share of the benefits ...
With global tensions and economic insecurity shadowing what is typically a season of generosity and cheer, the retail industry had reason to fear that this year's holiday shoppers would shy away from offline retailers, online retailers -- or both. ...
Death and taxes. The former is not inevitable in e-commerce, although many online retail sites have met that fate in the past year or two. However, many experts say that taxes on e-commerce are indeed inevitable, as Internet shopping continues to gain in popularity and cash-strapped states look to recoup lost revenue ...
It's one of the oldest forms of communication, but word-of-mouth remains a potent marketing force in the digital age. E-commerce experts say that pass-it-along marketing -- also known as viral marketing -- is a highly effective way to create online buzz for new products and services ...
Whatever the future holds for online prescription drug sales, Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM) is standing by its predictions of profitability by the year 2004, even after another quarter of reported losses ...