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Unlike some other Web companies, EBay's business model is truly suited to the Internet, analysts said. "The whole concept of actions translates extremely well to the Web environment," Gartner analyst Walter Janowski told the E-Commerce Times "The type of real-time auctions tha...

Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Ken Cassar told the E-Commerce Timesthat the research firm expects to see US$40 billion in onlinesales this year, plus an additional $200 billion spentoffline as a result of research done on the Web Cassar said he expects growth to continue beyond ...

"For those customers who were used to Webvan and HomeGrocer, this is going to seem like the next best thing," David Schehr, research director at GartnerG2, told the E-Commerce Times. The Albertson's expansion, which covers several neighborhoods in and around Portland, comes a...

Companies like Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), for example, have had marked success selling books and music CDs. GartnerG2 research director Brian Smith told the E-Commerce Times that the reasons for such triumphs are simple: Buyers know exactly what they are getting, and the items sold are small and flat enough to be shipped conveniently...

"Fraudsters are getting more sophisticated and moreactive, but merchants are also getting moresophisticated in fighting fraud," GartnerG2 senioranalyst Kenneth Kerr told the E-Commerce Times."Merchants that are doing nothing are in trouble." All told, the battle against online...

"Dot-coms are out and e-commerce is in," Challenger told the E-Commerce Times. "It's no longer about startups and pure virtual dot-coms. Instead, every retailer -- and, for that matter, every business -- is looking to find ways to improve its IT and back-office operations to take advantage of the opportunities on the Web."

"Shipping is still among e-tailers' top threeimperatives," Meta Group senior program director Gene Alvarez told the E-Commerce Times. "We will still betalking about this issue years from now." ...

The kiosks, billed as the "endless aisle," will feature items not typically found on grocery store shelves, NetGrocer president and CEO Lisa Kent told the E-Commerce Times. The program will begin with a 90-day pilot at stores near Stop & Shop's Quincy, Massachusetts, headquar...

"The holiday season is certainly thestrongest for e-commerce, and in a similar fashion totraditional retail, January sales should not beexpected to be as strong as December sales," Kelleytold the E-Commerce Times. Average time spent online during January was 10hours and 17 mi...

Talk to just about anyone in the online auction business who isn't EBay and before long the conversation will degenerate into a David versus Goliath metaphor. ...

Andrea Foster, regional director of the FTC's Southeast regional office in Atlanta, Georgia, told the E-Commerce Times that the two sites became targets for enforcement because they did not respond to an earlier FTC e-mail warning them about making false claims on the Web. "M...

"It was the leading energy trading platform by far, which made it very attractive for us," UBS Warburg spokesperson Jennifer Walker told the E-Commerce Times. In the bankruptcy court auction earlier this year, UBS outbid two fellow suitors for licensing rights to the EnronOnline platform.

"Part of what you're seeing is that now financial research is that much more important," NetRatings senior Internet analyst Patrick Thomas told the E-Commerce Times. "Investors are really doing their homework, rather than just jumping online and buying a stock after hearing about a hot dot-com at the water cooler."

"We have learned from the naivete of many of the dot-com CEOs," Jerry Wind, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told the E-Commerce Times. "[E-business CEOs] have to be much more concerned with the validation of their assumptions and business models."

"It's obviously a move to get a foothold in Asia, andit's just $10 million, which EBay can easily afford,"Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told theE-Commerce Times. The NeoCom purchase also serves as a way for EBay to enter the largely untapped Chinese market. "Chinais a...

"Amazon applied a lot of pressure to other companies in their space to take another look at their shipping policies," Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. ...

Meta Group e-services director Tim Hickernell told the E-Commerce Times that Web-based live services are continually being revised -- and sometimes combined -- to make sure visitors do not leave sites in frustration without getting what they came for. "The real value of live ...

A popular theme in e-commerce these days is that companies can leverage their Web sites to improve overall performance. Within this philosophy, self-service -- using an Internet presence to help customers find answers to their questions -- is a hot topic. ...

"The fixed-price feature is in keeping with themarketplace UBid has become," UBid chief marketingofficer Alan Cohen told the E-Commerce Times. "We haveevolved from UBid Direct and now allow buyers toimmediately realize savings." UBid now offers the fixed-price feature on its U...

E-commerce is growing up. The signs are everywhere. ...