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"E-commerce is still in a growth phase of about 5 to10 percent per month," Forrester Research analystCarrie Johnson told the E-Commerce Times. "It is justa question of how much [it will grow this year]." Still, retailers that maximize their use ofmultiple sales channels and fo...

Nielsen//NetRatings director and chief e-commerce analyst told the E-Commerce Times that search engines are becoming an integral part of online marketing campaigns, along with traditional banner ads. "It's become apparent to us that search is an important part of an overall W...

"What we have is the continuation of a lot of trends that began a while back," Giga Information Group analyst Andrew Bartels told the E-Commerce Times. "And most of them are good for e-commerce." ...

The latest shot in the privacy regulation war has been fired, and it puts a whole new twist on the debate. Turns out that companies are collecting less data about shoppers than they used to, at least according to one group that opposes new privacy laws ...

Ebay spokesperson Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times that the Intel Online Services deal is part of a larger strategy to diversify eBay's hosting options. "The arrangement with Intel will complement eBay's existing hosting facilities," Pursglove said. "This means there...

"[E-commerce adoption] roughly [maps to] countries orregions with high purchasing power," Mauro Guillen,an associate professor at The Wharton School at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, told the E-Commerce Times. "The Internet has not become the 'great equalizer,'but rather anot...

"By and large, people are definitely willing to go through more steps at checkout if it means their information is being protected," Forrester Research analyst Christopher Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. "In the end, that's a tradeoff they're willing to make if given the opportunity." ...

Experts told the E-Commerce Times that when it comes to establishing a Web presence, the key for small businesses is smarts, not riches. To start with, a merchant must be sure that the site is being noticed Gene Alvarez, senior program director for e-business strategies at Met...

Perhaps the technology sector is more resilient than Ithought. ...

"The type of cheerleading that led to the dot-com bubble is a thing of the past," Kent Womack, a professor at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, told the E-Commerce Times. "Analysts got too powerful, and they've been forced to back off considerably since things came back to earth."

Savvy television viewers don't need calendars. If a doctor on ER is on death's door, if the last single Friends hook up, if Victoria's Secret models are jumping out of airplanes, it's probably sweeps month ...

In fact, the lagging economy is driving travel buyersto the Web in ever-increasing numbers. "A tighteconomy for the past year, coupled with the aftermathof September 11th, is pushing consumers to the Web fortravel deals in penny-pinching times," Jupiteranalyst Jared Blank told the E-Commerce Times.

"The Internet is just like any other product that goes from entry to evolution in its product cycle," T.S. Kelly, director and principal analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings and co-author of the report, told the E-Commerce Times. "It's not necessarily a bad thing. It just means that there has to be a huge focus shift."

Some companies just had poor business models thatwould have failed online or offline, LoriIventosch-James, director of e-commerce research at HarrisInteractive, told the E-Commerce Times. Some businesses were "poorly run, not well thought out ornot the greatest fit for an onl...

News flash: E-commerce grew fast ... in the year 2000 ...

"The high-end people are really driving onlineinvesting right now," Guion told the E-Commerce Times,adding that the average online portfolio size hasrisen to about US$200,000 Among high-end traders, 80 percent said they expect 2002 willbe at worst an average year and at best a...

"They have the infrastructure in place already, the customer sales reps, the warehouses," Harris Interactive analyst Lori Iventosch-James told the E-Commerce Times. "They've made the transition to online sales very smoothly. It's no coincidence that you see companies like Amazon and Buy.com try to establish their own catalogs."

In fact, the problem has worsened in recent months. "There is now 16 times as much spam on the Internet as there was just two years ago," Gartner vice president Joyce Graff told the E-Commerce Times The number one reason is the global rise of Web use, which has given spammers ...

"Antitrust issues will always be something to worry about with a company as dominant in its field as eBay is, but so far they've done a good job of avoiding problems," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. ...

"E-commerce growth will continue to expand independentof the tech recovery, but the tech recovery will helpto propel even more e-commerce," Forrester analystBruce Temkin told the E-Commerce Times ...