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"I don't think anyone wants to tax Internet access," Forrester Research online taxation analyst Jeremy Sharrard told E-Commerce Times earlier this month. "Congress wants to ensure that states don't get desperate in a down economy and, faced with a revenue shortfall, attempt to levy taxes" on ISPs.

Gartner senior analyst Emily Andren told the E-Commerce Times that FreeMarkets is benefiting as companies look to the Internet for better prices in a tough economy. FreeMarkets, she said, "basically started" the idea of operating online reverse auctions, in which companies seek the lowest bids from competing suppliers...

"There has been a nearly unlimited number of payment options for consumersto adopt, with virtually no adoptions," James Van Dyke, research directorfor Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI), told the E-Commerce Times. "You really have to look outside of America to find any adoptions other than credit and debit cards."

In a move that surprised absolutely no one, the U.S. government finally, officially declared the current economic "downturn" a bona fide recession on Monday. Negative growth began in the second quarter and continued into the third ...

"I was surprised by the relatively limited opportunity there is in Eastern Europe," Finnie told the E-Commerce Times. "People forget these economiesare still quite small and undeveloped." At the same time, Finnie added that he "was quite surprised by how enthusiastic people a...

"[The Web] will be augmented and changed, not obsolete," Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Rob Leathern told the E-Commerce Times. "Technology companies will move away from the Web as a static published page, and will be more dynamic about how transactions and data move around." By...

Pop-up ads are annoying. There's little question about that. But they are also telling in what they say about the Web surfers that advertisers are trying to reach. ...

"Increased spending on home goods and entertainment suggests thatconsumers are turning their homes into havens of comfort," Johnson told the E-Commerce Times Meanwhile, clothing sales are expected to help power a relatively strong e-commerce fourth quarter. According to Jupite...

"Video games have risen to the top of our most searched-for and purchased items. That's the Xbox, the GameCube and PlayStation 2, in that order," Yahoo! Shopping spokesperson Stephanie Iwamasa told the E-Commerce Times. Harry Potter and Barbie are also on top of the sales cha...

"To combat sluggish consumer spending, onlineretailers will be forced to come up with innovativeapproaches to getting customers," Yankee Group analystPaul Ritter told the E-Commerce Times. "In many cases,those tactics will prove too costly for many retailersalready operating on slim margins."

Unfortunately, Jeff Bezos and Sir Winston Churchillwill never share a trade show keynote bill ...

Last week on Capitol Hill, when the U.S. Senate approved a two-year extension of the moratorium on Internet taxation, the entire e-commerce industry drew closer to the biggest reprieve it has ever received. ...

Gartner Group analyst Robert Anderson told the E-Commerce Times that having a product that appeals to a niche market will increase a company's chance of getting funding "[E-businesses] need to target the market," Anderson said. "They need to be industry-specific."

The holidays are a time for giving. True enough. But why should it be the only time that e-tailers "give" shoppers free shipping? ...

With all the uncertainty ahead, analysts told the E-Commerce Times that the best defense for companies is to get their own houses in order -- to shape up everything from spending priorities to security and customer retention programs ...

"I was surprised by the figures and it took some scratching of the head to figure out what was going on," Forrester analyst Christopher M. Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. "The most interesting thing was that in September, when you expected online sales to dip, they didn't." ...

Dirty laundry. Household nuisance for you and me. Catalyst for Internet technology innovation for a few others ...

"We obviously want to make changes to the organization that make sense for the business," Amazon spokesperson Patty Smith told the E-Commerce Times Amazon's investor relations department sent out an e-mail late Wednesday announcing that effective immediately, the company would...

"DOT will have to examine if Orbitz is getting preferential treatment or access to fares or other product that are not being made available to other travel agencies under similar business terms," Forrester research analyst for the travel sector Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times.

Last year at the start of the holiday season, Internet retailers were scrambling andstrategizing to make sure they could delivereverything in time for holiday gift giving ...