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It seemed like the perfect solution for overworked, time-deprived 21st century consumers -- online grocers to the rescue ...

In October, about six months into the dot-com stock downturn, the E-Commerce Times asked industry analysts for their prognosis of several of e-commerce's most prominent stocks. The stocks had fallen so low, we could not help wondering, "When Will E-Commerce Stocks Rebound?" We...

Dot-coms don't need unions. In fact, there are few sectors in the modern economy that do any more. ...

Yankee Group analyst Christine Loeber told the E-Commerce Times that the business models of two of the most recognizable e-tailers in the category -- Webvan and Kozmo -- have "fundamental problems." Perhaps the most major dilemma for both e-tailers is that because they each ma...

"When the dot-coms were flying high, and it looked like options were going to make employees wealthy, there was no reason to think organizing would bring them anything," Jeff Miller, spokesperson for the Communications Workers of America (CWA), told the E-Commerce Times "But a...

There is a popular perception that eBay is sitting pretty in the auction world, all but untouchable by its many rivals. ...

"Trying to diversify away from advertising is the right thing for Yahoo! to be doing," Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times. "But they're moving into new territory, where they may have less expertise, so there are plenty of execution risks." ...

Successful Old Economy players often say, "Be careful about the guy who says he's got so much business he can't take on any new clients." ...

"Unfortunately, business conditions are not what we hoped they would be," Bidder's Edge spokesperson Brian Oren told the E-Commerce Times. "The auction landscape is changing so fast and auction sites we hoped would be players went out of business." Despite the closure of its s...

"It's a clever move," Gartner Group financial services analyst Avivah Litan told the E-Commerce Times at the time. According to Litan, the new payment program could be a signal that Amazon is seriously exploring becoming an online payment vendor. ...

"We sold three times as many movie tickets online [during] Hannibal's opening weekend than we had the week before," AOL Moviefone spokesperson Jay Jay Nesheim told the E-Commerce Times "Hannibal was, obviously, the No. 1 movie for both online requests for information on Movief...

Fewer customers? That's actually a good thing. Court injunctions? We see that as a confirmation of our business model. Slower growth? Really a blessing in disguise. ...

Jupiter Media Metrix senior analyst Ken Cassar told the E-Commerce Times that the numbers appear to be about in line with expectations for the year, with stronger-than-expected growth in the first three quarters followed by a slightly slower holiday season. "The interesting t...

Webvan, like its e-tail brethren, has been dodging dot-com land mines in recent months. Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman expressed doubts about Webvan's viability Wednesday, telling the E-Commerce Times that "I haven't been optimistic about them for a while." Kathman sai...

The E-Commerce Times found that some Overstock.com fares were more expensive than the competition.Byrne later clarified that Overstock.com would meet or beat the competition on direct flights, but that "if travelers were willing to have layovers, they may be able to get lower fares at other sites." ...

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"It would take a lot of money to start up a brick-and-mortar based chain, and I don't know that the market would reward Amazon for doing so," Gartner Group research director Robert Labatt told the E-Commerce Times ...

A Yahoo! spokesperson told the E-Commerce Times that the company was "very pleased" with the listing fees, saying that "as expected, listings have dropped, reducing clutter on the site and increasing sell-through, ultimately providing a better quality experience for our consumers." ...

E-commerce kiosks: Before too long, every retailer will have one in the corner of the store. But willany of the customers know what to do with them? ...

"What it looks like is that the board kicked them out, based on the wording of the release," Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. "It's not surprising, based on the terrible year they've had." Kathman added that the higher priority for Buy.com at this point is simply "survival....