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Amazon.com Heads for the Borders
Amazon.com will handle the website for bookseller Borders, in a deal similar to the one in which Amazon is handling Toys "R" Us' website. (4/11/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Barnes & Noble Buys Out Fatbrain
Barnes & Noble has bought Fatbrain.com, the online bookstore formerly known as Computer Literacy Books, and parent company of MightyWords. (9/14/2000 at NewsBytes)
buy.com's CEO Has Big Revenue, Big Losses, a Sagging Stock, and a Plan to Boost Margins
Greg Hawkins, CEO of buy.com, discusses his company's devaluation by investors and plans to make the company profitable. (9/15/2000 at Internet World in Print)
The Case Against Micropayments
Micropayments won't work, according to this article, because users hate them; they take too much time. The three offline means of getting payment for "content" are more likely goals for the Net: aggregation, subscription, and subsidy. (12/19/2000 at O'Reilly Network)
Christmas E-Sales Expected to Double
Gartner Interactive predicts that consumers will spend $20 billion online this holiday season - twice last year's $10 billion. (9/7/2000 at ZDNet)
Cingular Launches Wireless Small-Payment Service
Cingular Wireless is unveiling Cingular DirectBill, a program in which customers can buy goods through their wireless phones and be billed for their purchases on their monthly phone bill. (6/4/2001 at MSNBC)
Consumer E-Commerce Up Slightly in March
Statistics showing cash spent by consumers online in February and March 2001, on various categories such as software, books, music, etc. (4/25/2001 at CyberAtlas)
Consumer Reports Confirms 30% Saving On Priceline
A Consumer Reports study confirms that shopping for groceries through Pricelines saves money, but at the expense of essentially having to shop twice. (1/21/2000 at CNNfn)
E-Tailing's Holiday Treasures and Turkeys
Analyst Lauren Cooks Levitan talks about e-consumer vs. e-tailing companies, and which online retailers she expects to have a successful holiday season - in both sales and stock price. (9/12/2000 at Business Week)
'Etail' Chill Turns Arctic With Clickmango Demise
With the impending demise of British online retailer Clickmango.com, the etail sector is losing its luster in the UK. (7/31/2000 at Fox News)
Few Ecommerce Sites Make the Top Grade
In a survey by Consumers Union, three ecommerece sites - webvan.com, etoys.com, and babycenter.com - won top marks for providing clear and reasonable site policies, being easily usable, and providing good content. (12/12/2000 at NUA Internet Surveys)
Growing Pains
Marketing and other spending at etailers is slowing, as they begin to worry about the money they're losing. (5/9/2000 at ABCNEWS.com)
Holiday Net Sales Not So Bad
Holiday sales at online retailers were up 15% over the previous year; not spectacular, but better growth then offline retailers saw. (1/8/2002 at Wired News)
How to Win the Media and Influence Wall Street, as Told by Jeff Bezos
The media lapped up Jeff Bezos' comedy routine at the PC Expo, and failed to ask tough questions about Amazon's ability to make money. (6/29/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Imagine a World Without Amazon.com
An in-depth look at why Amazon.com may fail in its quest for profitability, and disappear altogether. (9/1/2000 at News.com)
Nearly Half Of US Adults Buy Online - Survey
According to a Nielsen/NetRatings survey, 48.2 percent of U.S. adults have bought something online. (4/23/2001 at NewsBytes)
Online Sales: A Tale of Two Surveys
Two surveys covering the holiday shopping season for 2000 give differing views on ecommerce: one positive outlook, one negative. (12/22/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Quietly, Booksellers Are Putting an End to the Discount Era
Online and offline booksellers are ending the deep discounts that consumers have come to expect; as a result, online book prices, including shipping costs, will most likely top offline prices. (10/9/2000 at The New York Times)
Report: E-tail Traffic Up 43 Percent
According to Jupiter Media Metrix, online shopping during Thanksgiving week was up 43% over the same weekend last year; but they caution that the increase may not last throughout the holiday season. (11/29/2001 at ECommerce Times)
Report: Pure-Plays Still E-Commerce Champs
Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto says traditional retailers' online sales will lag those of purely online companies. (11/2/2000 at ECommerce Times)
Report: Shakeout 'Irrelevant' to E-Commerce Boom
According to an IDC report, Internet-based commerce is "alive and well"; though stock valuations are down in the tech sector, businesses continue to expand their online offerings. (4/25/2001 at ECommerce Times)
School's Not Out Yet for E-Commerce
As the Internet economy continues to sputter, enrollment in ecommerce classes at colleges and universities declines. (6/5/2001 at ECommerce Times)
Study: E-Tail Surges to $3.5B in March
Online spending in March 2001 climbed 36 percent over the same month last year; most growth came from online travel and clothing sites; and eBay now has almost as many online shoppers as Amazon. (4/24/2001 at ECommerce Times)
Vowing to Deliver
After the shipping problems many etailers had last holiday season, they are facing scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission and distrust from online shoppers. (12/1/2000 at The Boston Globe)
Web Retailers' Growth Spurt May Be Ebbing
As real-world chain stores muscle their way into Internet retailing and forecasters predict online holiday sales will less-than-double from last year, the hype around online retailers is falling. (9/18/2000 at The Boston Globe)
WebHouse Becomes a Dot-Casualty
Priceline's WebHouse, which let consumers "name-your-own price" for groceries and gasoline, has shut down; investors will lose most of the $360 million they put into it. (10/6/2000 at The Industry Standard)
What a Year!
In the space of a year, online-only retailers have been dropping like flies, established real-world retailers have slowly been developing online ventures, and online shopping still represents less than 3 percent of holiday sales. (12/27/2001 at CANOE)
Why the E-Tailing Shakeout Is So Sweeping
Startups that spent too much money in attempts to grow, and the venture capitalists that backed them, are to blame for the imminent failure of many etailing companies. (4/24/2000 at 15 Seconds)
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