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"As much as I would love to be optimistic, I think consumers are going to be left holding the bag," Tom Storm, owner of the discount Web site and forum FatWallet.com, told the E-Commerce Times Long Island, New York-based CyberRebate's bankruptcy petition, filed May 16th, liste...

"I think it will make a phenomenal difference, MitchellLevy, author of E-Volve-Or-Die.com, told the E-Commerce Times. "New leaders will bringfinancial controls, new business processes, more business relationships andcloser ties to traditional companies. Some of the dot-coms who might nothave been taken as seriously before will be taken seriously now."

To say that George Shaheen got a golden parachute when he dashed out the chief executive officer's door, leaving struggling home grocer Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN) behind, would be the understatement of the year. ...

Gartner Group research director Geri Spieler told the E-Commerce Times that acquiring PDQuick and its small subset of brick-and-mortar stores is potentially a smart move for Aliso Viejo, California-based WhyRunOut -- but only a start "They still have a long way to go," Spieler...

This is the story of a man who fell to earth and landed in a field of cash -- soft, comforting, fortuitous cash ...

Most consumers, when faced with the task ofcomparison shopping for a desired item, do not havetime to run all over town looking to save a few dollars ...

Companies that do not globalize their Web sites are "missing a fairly large-sized business opportunity," Aberdeen managing director Thomas L. Dwyer told the E-Commerce Times. According to Aberdeen, creating a multilingual Web presence is likely to extend a company's market re...

According to Webvan spokesperson Bud Grebey, Shaheen's monthly payments will consist of 50 percent of his base salary plus 50 percent of a target bonus. Grebey told the E-Commerce Times that Shaheen's annual salary while working as Webvan's CEO was $500,000. Grebey said Shaheen earned no merit increases or bonuses during his tenure, but his target bonus was $250,000...

"I think the press has got the story fundamentally wrong," Dr. Robert D.Atkinson, director of the Progressive Policy Institute's project onTechnology, Innovation, and the New Economy, told the E-Commerce Times. "The press equatedthe digital revolution with e-commerce -- they thought that's what it was allabout, but it's really about a much deeper set of changes."

The overriding message is certainly true. Leading members of Congress are telling President George W. Bush that truly global e-commerce is necessary for a strong U.S. economy. ...

"With temperatures soaring in the Northeast in April, people came out of thewinter doldrums and decided they needed a change of apparel," Greenfield Online corporatecommunications vice president Gail Janensch told the E-Commerce Times Janensch added that the warm weather trend...

"The whole point of e-business is keeping information electronic so it movesthroughout all the trading partners. If all the partners have differentstandards, the information flow stops. It's critical to have everyoneplaying with the same standards," Gartner analyst Jeff Roster told theE-Commerce Times...

For those who have faithfully followed the e-commerce and high-tech headlines, one of last year's hot topics was the emergence of wireless services ...

Hile told the E-Commerce Times, "It's difficult for people operating on the Net to follow 50 sets of rules." The good news is that bills are currently pending in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate that would require companies that send unsolicited, comm...

Will Americans ever feel comfortable enough with electronic commerce to buy a house via the Internet? ...

"Free is good," Lemire told the E-Commerce Times. "Someone else telling a potential customer that we're cool is even better." ...

"MP3.com has been one of the most aggressive companies about searching fornew revenue streams," Forrester Research analyst Eric Scheirer told the E-Commerce Times. "It's probably more of an experiment -- it will work forsome musicians, and not for others. It's not really about the success of anyindividual revenue stream as it is about the sum of all MP3.com revenuestreams adding up to what they hope is a profitable company."

By all accounts, lots of people are buying lots of items online. And luckily for e-commerce, the menu of products that people will buy, sight unseen, seems to be expanding. So why are so many shoppers reluctant to buy clothes online? ...

"It would make sense for a couple of reasons," Morningstar.com analyst Harry Milling told the E-Commerce Times. Milling said the deal would allow Ameritrade to offer its customers more banking services and would give CIBC access to Ameritrade's investment clients Ameritrade sp...

In Part I of its two-part series on the likely shakeout facing Internet brokerages, the E-Commerce Times detailed the difficult, sometimes contradictory customer expectations that these brokerages must satisfy. Here in Part II, the E-Commerce Times explores the current cost-c...