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Web research firm Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT) has yet to formally modify its own $10 billion forecast, spokesman Anthony Loredo told the E-Commerce Times Friday. That firm said November sales were up 10 percent over a year ago, and that there is a chance that the "online retail industry could still achieve sales gains for the holiday 2001 shopping period if the momentum from early December continues."

"The story here is that there is no story," Andrew Bartels, research leader for e-business applications and strategies at Giga Information Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "And that's good news." "This is becoming a more mature channel, with more mature players who've done th...

They say it is better to give than receive. In that spirit, here's a list of holiday wishes not for myself, but the companies still flogging away, trying to get e-commerce right. ...

Consumer aversion to watching interactive TV over the Web may change down the road, Jupiter analyst Lydia Loizides told the E-Commerce Times. At this time, however, consumers "want something where they can sit and relax and enjoy" videos, rather than merely view them over a PC, Loizides said.

"The Internet has become the new water cooler -- a destination to hear gossip and misinformation," BlueLight.com vice president of communications Dave Karraker told the E-Commerce Times. "The speed at which such bad information can be disseminated over the Internet has made quality public relations all the more necessary."

"We've stuck with it so far, but it looks like going we're going to have to revisit that estimate," Forrester analyst Christopher Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. "It just shows that the economy is starting to languish for real. It tells the story that when there aren't dollars to go around, every channel is going to suffer."

"Meg is confident that she has a deep bench," company spokesperson Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times Those who will step into Swette's shoes include EBay Technologies president Maynard Webb, EBay chief financial officer Rajiv Dutta, EBay U.S. senior vice president and ...

When does 10 percent growth for consumer e-commerce beat the old days of 100 percent growth? When the 10 percent growth comes amid an overall slowdown in consumer spending. ...

"The Internet gives everyone a degree of anonymity, to the point where any customer looks and acts just like everyone else," Zettelmeyer told the E-Commerce Times The study, released December 11th, was conducted by Zettelmeyer and Yale economics professor Fiona Scott Morton, u...

"I don't think anything is going to happen to allay consumer fears," Forrester Research analyst Christopher Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. ...

"It's a reflection of the economy," John L. Jacobs, president and chief executive officer of Nasdaq Financial Products Services, told the E-Commerce Times. "The Nasdaq-100 represents growth stocks, and this year telecom and Internet companies were down and biotech was up." Thi...

We all know by now that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) isprone to tyrannical bouts of imperialism. A fewcursory wrist slaps from the Feds won't change that ...

Analysts and company officials told the E-Commerce Times that while struggling, consumer-targeted Net start-ups were hogging the media attention, these long-established industrial companies were working to learn how to use the Internet effectively "While other smaller Internet...

"Anytime two large companies get together like this, I think the consumer benefits," Yankee Group analyst Rob Lancaster told the E-Commerce Times ...

Experts told the E-Commerce Times that the Web is nearly a perfect medium for conducting marketing research. It is less costly and faster than traditional methods, such as mail and telephone surveys, and recent success stories have helped erase many lingering questions about the accuracy of Web-based research.

The shakeout in the online grocery sector came on hard and fast in 2001. And, somewhat ironically, the one company left standing was the first to wave a warning flag. ...

In Part 2 of this interview, Intel director of corporate Internet marketing Shawn Conly continues his discussion with the E-Commerce Times of i-marketing strategies and pitfalls Click here to return to Part 1....

The forward-looking mindset at Intel has kept director ofcorporate Internet marketing Shawn Conly very busyduring his five years with the company. Conly recently spokewith the E-Commerce Times about the risks and rewards of using the Internet to forge deeperconnections with customers...

"I don't see a lot of companies deciding to go with this model," Yankee Group analyst Lisa Melsted told the E-Commerce Times. "Companies that do should choose the products wisely." However, if a product is popular and repeatedly bought by customers, BTO might have a role to pl...

If there is one word to describe U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte, (R-Virginia), that word is persistent ...