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While vigorous holiday traffic and subsequent respectable sales figures are encouraging, smart e-tailers with an eye toward longevity are taking a second look at their marketing and sales strategies ...

Although the technology is in place to sell insurance via the Net, consumers are not giving up the one night a year when they sit in their living rooms and listen to their insurance agent pontificate about the advantages of "Plan A" versus "Plan B." ...

A new type of company is attempting to attract online shoppers by providing them with incentives, such as cash, mutual funds and contributions to non-profit organizations, when they shop on Web sites with affiliate programs ...

With Christmas just days away, a number of e-commerce sites are now displaying disclaimers stating that they cannot guarantee deliveries before the holiday, further fueling debate over whether e-commerce is ultimately capable of giving brick-and-mortar retailing a legitimate long-term challenge ...

While shoppers have flocked to online toy stores in record numbers this year, the two toy store leaders -- eToys, Inc. and Toys 'R' Us -- have both had rough times recently ...

Imagine shopping for that book you need, checking your stock portfolio, or reading yesterday's sports scores while making a morning subway commute. It is not only feasible, but likely to happen sooner than you think, thanks to the rapidly approaching world of wireless e-commerce ...

You know the price wars that occasionally break out between gas station owners on opposite corners of an intersection? Well, the same type of price wars may break out on the Internet because of product comparison Web sites and attendant shopping "bots" that purport to give consumers the lowest price for products on the Web ...

As e-commerce works to establish itself as a mainstream phenomenon, many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have taken a wait-and-see attitude toward expanding their enterprises online ...

E-commerce has certainly come a long way in just a year. IPOs have come and gone, companies have merged and diverged, and previously-unthinkable alliances now dot the landscape ...

This week's new alliances between AOL and Wal-Mart, as well as Yahoo! and Kmart, are designed to tap into what Goldman Sachs calls "the fastest-growing demographic coming onto the Web," or the 96 million Americans who make less than $50,000 (US$) a year and have yet to become Internet users ...

The one element of the online buying process in which consumers have consistently expressed a lack of trust is the delivery of goods ...

In the United States, where as many as 80 percent of all new businesses fold within the first five years, many dot-com startups are finding that they need some form of assistance to survive ...

Once the holiday sales boom subsides and online spending settles down, e-commerce is likely to shift into the mergers and acquisitions mode. However, predicting who will be left standing once the dust settles is almost impossible ...

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When the World Trade Organization (WTO) gave e-commerce its blessing by extending the moratorium on Internet taxes, it may have signaled the next big step in online consumer spending ...

Despite encouraging signs from China during the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, Washington, Chinese Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan has said that China will strictly limit foreign investment in Internet companies ...

Until now, industry leaders and agencies that focus on online security have always suggested that consumers pay for e-purchases with a credit card. However, not all shoppers have credit cards, and there are those who might not choose to use one if given the option ...

Of the many roles that e-tailers are assuming in their quest for the hearts and minds of consumers, the role of creditor may be the most unexpected ...

Many consumers are demanding that online banking increase its Web presence, and the trend seems due, at least in part, to customer dissatisfaction with their brick-and-mortar bank experiences ...

While research into online buying habits has revealed some consistent shopping patterns, not much has been said about the makeup of this army of online consumers ...