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According to a new report by Forrester Research, European e-commerce will grow at triple-digit rates over the next five years to a total of more than $1 trillion (US$).

Yesterday, when e-tail giant Amazon.com announced that it will lose money despite record fourth quarter sales of $650 million (US$), its stock price plummeted as much as 16 percent.

According to a new study by Forrester Research, the Internet healthcare industry is poised to explode in the U.S. and become a $370 billion (US$) business by 2004.

When it was reported yesterday that online shoppers have been forsaking pure-play e-tailers in favor of brick-and-click sites, it surely sent a shudder across the dot-com landscape.

A new report by investment banker Schroders shows that increased e-commerce competition and efficient Internet business models will push UK consumer prices down by 0.2 percent a year for the next three years.

Despite massive advertising campaigns undertaken by pure-play e-tailers during the holiday season, online shoppers gravitated toward brick-and-click sites, according to the latest figures from Media Metrix.

Just weeks after forming an alliance with America Online, retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores unveiled its revamped Web site on the first day of the new year.

Now that 2000 has arrived -- and we are all still in one piece -- I would like to suggest several New Year's resolutions for all startup and established e-commerce companies: Dispense with the fluff, jargon and cliches.

Earlier this week, I wrote a column about the boycott of Amazon.com that has been called for by Richard Stallman, an early developer of the Linux operating system.

According to a new report by Forrester Research, Linux hysteria will give way to pragmatism in the new year.

According to a recent survey of 9,800 online shoppers by BizRate.com, almost 90 percent of respondents consider an e-tailer's return policy to be the determining factor in whether or not they will continue to do business with the merchant.

The week before Christmas, U.S. talk radio shows and newspapers were buzzing with horror stories about dot-coms that were not going to be able to fulfill orders in time for the Christmas holiday.

Despite the horror stories of canceled orders and late deliveries, most online merchants have every right to feel proud about how they performed this holiday season.

Last week, as the Amazon.com holiday season symphony neared its crescendo, someone sounded a sour note.

RealNetworks, a leading maker of software for playing video and audio online, is suing startup Streambox for an alleged violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

According to published reports, priceline.com is planning to apply its "name-your-own-price" Web model to the tried-and-true traditional yard sale.

The German unit of eBay has reportedly decided to sell companies online after a recent machinery auction led to the sale of a small construction company.

1999 has been a tough year for Toys "R" Us. Still, despite major problems, it has proved itself a worthy e-commerce player.

According to a new report from Jupiter Communications, European e-tailers will rack up online sales of about 790 million Euros ($797 million US$) this season, despite the fact that their Web sites are woefully lacking in customer service.

This election season's flock of presidential hopefuls could learn a lot by watching how CEOs of high-tech companies spin bad news into sunshine.