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In the first part of its series on how this year's tech layoffs have affected the firms forced to make them, the E-Commerce Times looked at the operational impact of the job cuts -- and also found that many tech companies are reluctant to discuss the issue Here in Part 2, the ...

Summer arrived without much sign of revival, at which point analysts interviewed by the E-Commerce Times said that the tech downturn stemmed from more than just a weak economy. According to some observers, the rate cuts essentially came too late to stem the shakeout in the ov...

No one in the dot-com world was pinning great hopes on venture capitalists before September 11th, and since our national tragedy, many believe such investors have all but disappeared ...

In the first of a two-part series, the E-Commerce Times examines the impact of these job cuts on the companies that have been forced to make them -- and assesses how the loss of employees will likely result in pivotal operational changes down the road A spokesperson for Dell C...

It's no secret that technology firms are supposed to benefit from the recent decision by the Nasdaq to let stocks trading below the magic US$1 level remain on the exchange. But will they? ...

Smart companies are using the Internet to shorten the time it takes to get materials from suppliers, to communicate with third-party manufacturers and, in some ways, to turn business culture on its head, Deloitte & Touche e-commerce consultant Aran Nathanson told the E-Commerce Times.

Meanwhile, the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States have "put a chokehold" on initial public offerings (IPOs), IPOFinancial.com president David Menlow told the E-Commerce Times. "Valuation models are really somewhat nebulous at this point," he said....

Two years ago, I bought a new car using the Internet in lieu of dealing with a high pressure salesperson ...

With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate three sites -- Moviefone.com, Fandango and Movietickets.com -- from a first-timer's perspective ...

With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate three sites -- Moviefone.com, Fandango and Movietickets.com -- from a first-timer's perspective ...

With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate three sites -- Moviefone.com, Fandango and Movietickets.com -- from a first-timer's perspective ...

In case you haven't heard, eBay Stores are now open for business. But actually, it's hard to imagine anyone not hearing about the grand opening. ...

"We're pretty confident that the consumer gets back in the marketplace sooner rather than later," Hogan told the E-Commerce Times. "Consumer confidence obviously has been beaten up, but we don't think it's a long-term phenomenon. By the end of this year, consumers will get out, once the initial shock (of September 11th) is over."

In this article, the second of a multi-part series, the E-Commerce Times takes a look at another e-commerce sector that is getting VC funding: online stores aimed at consumers with the disposable income to buy the high-end products they want -- but do not necessarily need. In...

I don't bank online. And until recently, I didn't know a lot of people whodid. But lately, people who bank online are everywhere and they're notafraid to admit it ...

The results indicated that recording companies should "show some flexibility in their copyright-protection systems" or risk losing potential customers, GartnerG2 analyst P.J. McNealy told E-Commerce Times at the time. ...

"Given the continuing bad news about the economy, the Web was able to sustain itself quite well," Forrester analyst Christopher Kelley told the E-Commerce Times. Forrester found that the number of U.S. households shopping on the Web inched up in August to 14.8 million, from 1...

"It makes perfect sense for Amazon to partner with one of the leading travel sites," Forrester Research analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times, "just as they did with Circuit City for electronics." Amazon is not going to try to recreate a travel booking search engi...

A few days back, the founder of online grocery Webvan submitted the high bid, at least so far, to buy back the remains of his once-glorious creation ...

With online enterprises confronted by as many tests as ever, the E-Commerce Times decided to take a look back at a few of the great decisions of e-commerce. The list is not meant to be all-encompassing, but simply representative of the ways some companies have risen to the challenge of doing business online...