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"There is no doubt that in many instances, the larger ads are better performers," analyst Rudy Grahn of Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) told the E-Commerce Times. "But it's impossible to measure performance without taking cost into consideration." Grahn, whose firm has al...

Shirley Choy-Marshall, director of marketing for HPShopping.com, recently spoke to the E-Commerce Times about how HP uses the Internet to reach potential customers. Choy-Marshall believes that online advertising has distinct advantages over traditional advertising, but that the dynamic nature of online advertising can be challenging for advertisers as well...

Orbitz spokesperson Stacey Spencer told the E-Commerce Times on Thursday that Orbitz' position has not changed, adding that "overall, what it comes down to is that we have every intention of working with Vanguard to try to rectify this problem." However, both parties continue ...

"People are afraid to wager since they think they won't get their money, especially when it's with a casino that is somewhere offshore," Greenfield vice president of corporate communications Gail E. Janensch told the E-Commerce Times. "These are clearly big inhibitors." Analys...

Greg Slyngstad, Expedia's senior vice president in charge of destinations, told the E-Commerce Times he expects further announcements of additional WWTE clients throughout the rest of the year "[WWTE] helps us grow our volume, and the larger our volume, the better deals we can...

"What happened was fewer people decided to buy online in June, and when they did, they spent 10 percent less," McQuivey told the E-Commerce Times. "And that will add up." Gail Janensch, vice president of corporate communications at Wilton, Connecticut-based Greenfield Online, ...

Maybe it's a bad self-image brought on by the hundreds of good companies strewn by the wayside. Or a belief that people will be ready one day to buy more online -- just not yet. ...

This week's investment agreement between Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) reportedly contains language that "leaves the door open" for a possible merger, a merger-and-acquisition attorney told the E-Commerce Times on Wednesday According to published re...

A Vanguard representative told the E-Commerce Times on Wednesday that the company is preparing to make further comments later in the day ...

"Their marketing expenses have really gone down, which is a positive thing," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. "They also got their fulfillment costs down as a percentage of sales. But they burnedthrough about US$30 million in the first half of the year, and they can't keep that up if they're going to survive."

"Amazon's report contains some bad news for bears, inthat the company's solvency is now assured, given itslong-term trajectory for growth," Fieler told theE-Commerce Times. "And also some bad news for bulls,in that revenue growth was down." Goldman Sachs analysts, meanwhile, s...

For those wondering why chief executive officer Jeff Bezos of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) still has a smile on his face, this week's answer can be summed up three letters: AOL ...

AOL Time Warner and Amazon. In some ways, it's a perfect match, a logical cozying-up between the biggest e-tailer and the biggest owner of virtually everything media. ...

"The appointment of Konrad Hilbers is another step by Napster into the music industry establishment," Webnoize analyst Matt Bailey told the E-Commerce Times. "He is seen as someone executives at other labels could potentially do business with." Bailey added that Napster is try...

"For consumers, purchasing online with digitally-authenticated ATM cards is no different from making an online credit-card purchase," Forrester Research senior analyst Frank Prince told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the merchants whose riskis greatly reduced by digital signatures."

When online portal CitySearch.com announced layoffs of 90 employees this month, it was billed as a cost-cutting measure designed to help the company reach its profitability goals ...

However, a recent J.D. Power survey found that dealers are not using the Web to their best advantage. Denove told the E-Commerce Times that J.D. Power researchers were greeted with "doe-in-the-headlight looks from Internet managers" in response to questions about how they were using their lead-management software.

Will we ever understand the Web shopper? ...

"[Niche sites] are not going to compete against Amazon, but they can stay in business," Forrester Research analyst Christopher Kelley told the E-Commerce Times, noting also that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has embraced niche e-tailers through its zShops mall The smaller businesses t...

From the beginning, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) made no secret about its plans to transform Half.com, the used goods marketplace it bought last year, into an online retail destination. ...