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January 23, 2025 08:06:16 PM

Business-to-business (B2B) transactions will propel the online healthcare industry to reach $370 billion (US$) by 2004, according to a recent study by Forrester Research, Inc.

Business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce was a paltry two percent or so of overall retail sales in 1999. Nevertheless, industry experts are telling brick-and-mortar companies in the $2.7 trillion (US$) retail industry that they must jump online quickly or risk being left behind.

Oil companies have had a boom-bust relationship with high technology since the high-profit days of the 1970s, when several oil companies, most notably Exxon, pumped millions into largely unsuccessful high tech start-ups such as Zilog, Qwip and Qwix.

Forrester Research, Inc. has concluded that, despite recent improvements to its archaic Web site, Wal-Mart's e-commerce operation will require vast improvement if it is to mount a serious challenge to Amazon and other industry leaders any time soon.

A leading legal IT services firm in the UK has warned of potentially significant contractual mistakes by "bricks and mortar" companies failing to consider the legal consequences of moving their products and/or services online for sale.

Internet service provider Internet Gold (Nasdaq: IGLD) has announced that it will continue to expand e-commerce in Israel by forming an online brokerage with three partners.

Q What is Reel.com, and what do you sell on the site? A Reel.com is a premier online destination for film-related content and commerce.

Plans call for Planet Medica.com, billed as Europe's first pan-European health portal, to debut on the Web later this year.

Consumer fears of online credit card security were reinforced this week, as hackers infiltrated the credit card database of health products supplier Global Health Trax, Inc.

E-commerce solutions provider INTERSHOP Communications, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with server appliance developer Cobalt Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: COBT) to deliver a Linux-based e-commerce appliance.

The traditionally tight battle for U.S. auto sales is moving to the Web in full force, as top automakers are now clamoring for position in a crowded e-commerce landscape.

E-commerce had its share of superstars emerge in 1999, but few companies had a greater impact on the industry than Priceline.com.

The simmering dispute between online auction listing service AuctionWatch.com and auction giant eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) reached the boiling point as AuctionWatch said it has developed a new technology to put eBay auction listings on its site.

The message from consumers this holiday season is very clear. They expect e-tailers to beef up their customer service operations.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to overturn a U.S. Court of Appeals' dismissal of a lawsuit against dominant domain registrar Network Solutions, Inc., thereby validating the company's domain registration fee structure.


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