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BlueLight spokesperson Dave Karraker told the E-Commerce Times that after the Kmart-owned Web retailer started offering PS2s for sale via "virtual bluelight specials" for short times and in limited quantities, consumers started sending "bots" (automated searching agents) to the BlueLight site, causing the site to slow down...

Suddenly, the word no one would utter is on everyone's lips -- the R-word, that is. Predictions of soft landings have given way to outright claims that a recession is upon us, or at least poised like a tiger to pounce at any moment. ...

Internet consulting and advertising firms are suffering because"there are too many of them," Challenger told the E-Commerce Times. "We've poured rocket fuel into these companies," he added. "The sheer numbers are completelydisconnected from the number of people actually using...

"All professional sports leagues are sensitive to being associated with wagering," Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Christopher Todd told the E-Commerce Times. Todd said the sensitivity dates back to baseball's Black Sox scandal in 1919, when several Chicago White Sox players wer...

A majority of the population it may not be, but there are quite a few people who have spent the past month watching every twist and turn in the bizarre U.S. presidential election as it swerved toward the finish line. ...

"There's the popular notion that Amazon is the kingof online shopping destinations, but there's another shopping destinationthat is drawing critical mass, eBay," Media Metrix researcher Max Kalehofftold the E-Commerce Times ...

"We went through a period two years ago where the generic strategy was, 'We're gonna be the Amazon of X,'" IDC analyst Barry Parr told the E-Commerce Times. "Just because X exists doesn't mean there will be an Amazon for it. That's a pretty profound change in the way we think about online commerce."

The guidelines are necessary because "many of the people who used to sell software at card tables at flea markets have migrated to online auction sites," BSA vice president of enforcement Bob Kruger told the E-Commerce Times Kruger believes that the Internet has expanded the p...

There are not many things I miss from the days before I started working at home ...

"The FBI is looking into the matter, but it's considered an ongoing investigation and we can't comment any further," FBI spokesperson Cheryl Mimura told the E-Commerce Times According to published reports, the alleged hacker, identified only as a Russian, apparently stole the ...

It probably surprised no one sitting at a desk to hear that Nielsen//NetRatings reported that 46 percent of all online shopping is done from work. ...

cPulse analyst Hochster told the E-Commerce Times that the customer support provided by online retailers needs to simulate the kind available in a brick-and-mortar store as much as possible For example, Hochster said, companies could use chat technology to enable customers to ...

BlueLight.com spokesperson Dave Karraker told the E-Commerce Times that after the Kmart-owned Web retailer started offering PS2s for sale via "virtual bluelight specials" for short times and in limited quantities, consumers started sending "bots" (automated searching agents) to the BlueLight.com site, causing traffic slowdowns...

Here in the season of insane buying, it may be useful to point out that Americans are essentially a giving people. This generosity toward those less fortunate is a consistent national characteristic that the country should be proud of ...

Priceline.com has name recognition that only eBay and Amazon can rival. But while the other two companies have mixed in positive reports from time-to-time, even as they struggle against the downward flow of stock on the Nasdaq, Priceline hasn't been able to get our attention with much of anything but bad news. ...

"I think that's going to be a big advantage [for e-commerce]," eMarketer senior analyst Darren Allen told the E-Commerce Times. "We're going to see more consumers adopt e-commerce as a result because the consumers are going to win as a result of this. They're going to have a more convenient online and offline shopping experience. The brick-and-mortars are going to bring the best of both worlds."

Bell & Howell spokesperson Dwight Mater told the E-Commerce Times that the site, tentatively named OE Connection, is already in beta testing Mater said that the companies anticipate beta testing will continue through most of first quarter 2001. Because the initial functions ar...

As if there weren't enough for e-commerce to worry about -- quick, somebody make sure Amazon is still up -- it seems that some people are concerned about a potential Internet backlash. ...

Despite the fact that I write about e-commerce almost daily, I have never had a pleasant experience buying something off the Internet ...

Tower senior vice president Mike Farrace told the E-Commerce Times that Tower had been working on the deal with MP3.com for some time, but waited to close the deal until MP3.com had the ability to offer licensed content "We felt the record lawsuits would be worked out," Farrac...