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Priceline spokesman Brian Ek told the E-Commerce Times that the Hong Kong venture -- which, like its parent company, will be known as Priceline -- has been in testing for several months, with both English- and Chinese-language versions of the site being tried out. In addition...

"This could be Yahoo's effort to float the idea ofaggregating discounts," Forrester Research analystJames Crawford told the E-Commerce Times. "Unlike shopping bot sites,which depend on advertising for revenue, Yahoo! has asound revenue model [based on] deals with their ownmerchants."

Eric Gibbs, an attorney working on the suit, told the E-Commerce Times that the complaint alleges that federal law requires that a phone number be made available for customers to inquire about electronic fund transfers "When someone realizes that money has been transferred fro...

"Consumers should know that when they volunteer anyinformation on the Web, it's entering into a systemthat's pretty immature but basicallywell-intentioned," Martin told the E-Commerce Times. In a recent study by HarrisInteractive, 83 percent of respondents said theywould stop...

It's been said before, but it's worth repeating: Timing is everything. So whenever Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) chief financial officer Warren Jenson decided to leave his post, determining when to announce it was a delicate matter indeed. ...

"Consumers trust banks and already spend a considerable amount of time there focusing on their financial lives," NetRatings senior analyst Patrick Thomas told the E-Commerce Times. "It makes sense [that] if they're going to adopt a service like this, their bank or broker would be the one to provide it."

"Buy.com is being frugal these days," Jupiter MediaMetrix analyst Ken Cassar told the E-Commerce Times "If it made any material investment [in its newshipping capabilities], this tips their hand that theysee global e-commerce as a big opportunity."

Those heady days are long gone. "Tech workers aren'trushing to work at dot-coms in the way that they weretwo to three years ago," Alan Hoffman, a technology jobsexpert at Monster.com, told the E-Commerce Times ...

"The economics of building a stand-alone Internetgrocer proved highly problematic," GartnerG2 researchdirector David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times,citing the July 2001 collapse of Internet-only grocerWebvan. "[Grocers should] use the existing physicalinfrastructure of a su...

Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times that while takeover talk appears to be pure speculation, Priceline's stock price has fueled the rumor mill ...

It is abundantly evident that the number of online buyersis multiplying at a healthy rate. ...

But Morningstar.com IPO analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times it is too early to declare the dot-com pipeline open for business. Even with at least one more highly anticipated Internet offering waiting in the wings, from search engine Google, investors remain skept...

By now, things should be clearer. The shakeout should have left e-commerce neater and more orderly. A variety of companies should occupy various sectors, each with its own distinct reason for being, its own niche, its own special appeal to consumers. ...

"Small companies know they do not have the scale to bethe low-cost provider -- they focus on better service,quality and reliability," Bartels told the E-Commerce Times "They are afraid that as their larger brethren start buying online aggressively ... the sellers will be forc...

"September 11th drove this idea high onto the public'sradar," GartnerG2 analyst Laura Behrens told theE-Commerce Times. "The concept is very appealing, butconsumers are not ready for biometrics at its currentstate of the art or at current deployment conditions." ...

Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times that Amazon's continued belief in the shipping offer probably means it is working as planned "I've generally been pretty impressed over the years with Amazon's ability to adapt to changing market realities," Kathm...

"Obviously, it's easier to establish a virtual infrastructure than it is to go out and build a physical presence," GartnerG2 research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times. "Unless some of the virtual companies can come up with more innovative solutions to issues li...

Until then, Travelocity executives will offer nocomment, observing a company-wide quiet period, asource close to the company told the E-Commerce Times ...

"PayPal was a special case, with its explosive growth, dominant market share and positive cash flow," Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times. "Overstock may be encouraged by PayPal's success, but investors are likely to give Overstock a lukewarm reception at best."

It shouldn't surprise me anymore, but I'm still shocked whenever I run across an e-commerce naysayer. ...