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Kirk Walden, national director of the Austin, Texas-based Money Tree survey, told the E-Commerce Times that though there is a relatively downward trend in e-commerce investment, the total number of dollars invested should be kept in perspective. "I wouldn't overstate that it'...

"We've never really had the benefit -- or the curse, depending on your point of view -- of VC money or IPO money," Danni Ashe told the E-Commerce Times. "We've kind of been forced to go out and build a business that makes sense." So is the adult Web sector hiding some secret ...

Vignette had already announced a pact with IBM to jointly market and sell its recently introduced V/5 e-business applications with IBM's WebSphere server software. In an interview with the E-Commerce Times, Vignette vice president of sales and services Mike Volman hinted that Vignette is in negotiations with several other major players.

When asked what advice he might offer to beginners interested in getting into e-commerce, Drugstore.com CEO Peter Neupert told the E-Commerce Times: "Unless you have very deep pockets, great stamina and a clear vision of what you are trying to do, I'd probably say don't try. That isn't to say that there isn't lots of opportunity, but there are also lots of players going after that opportunity. You have to have more than a great idea -- you need a great idea coupled with great management, and lots of money." ...

"I feel vindicated," Autobytel.com spokesperson Melanie Weber told the E-Commerce Times. Autobytel recently unveiled "Autobytel for Her," a car-buying section aimed at women. "I've been saying for years that women are the sleeping giant in e-commerce," Weber added.

"The decision, like numerous other decisions at the state and federal level, bears out the difficulty of trying to regulate content and access in cyberspace," John Maltbie, of the New York law firm Gursky & Ederer, told the E-Commerce Times. ...

"Giving students the option to take an e-commerce class is quite costless," UMBS Professor Joshua Coval told the E-Commerce Times. "The best way to train students is to give them a lot of options and different courses. The students themselves will figure out which of the courses train them better for what they intend to do." ...

"Most organizations realize they need an Internet presence," Paul Clolery, editor-in-chief of the NonProfit Times, told the E-Commerce Times. "Some of the smarter ones, like Goodwill, have put their stores online." The American Red Cross (ARC) has set the standard in online f...

Samar Shamoon, a WIPO spokesperson, told the E-Commerce Times that "as of July 31, 2000 a total of 904 cases had been filed since this system was set up in December 1999. Four hundred twenty-nine cases are still pending, and 475 have been completed." ...

The FTC suit charged the e-tailers with breaking the agency's mail-and-telephone order rule by promising delivery dates they could not meet and failing to notify their customers that shipments would be late. FTC spokesperson Eric London told the E-Commerce Times that "The mail and telephone order rule is not a requirement for brick-and-mortar companies or catalogs only, but applies to e-commerce as well. The strict penalties were designed to put e-commerce on notice that the FTC will continue to monitor their actions." ...

Paul Graves, Technical Manager for Interhack, told the E-Commerce Times that he believes Toysrus.com violated its customers' trust. According to Graves, while it did tell customers that their information might be shared with a third party, Toysrus.com does not tell them who the third party is or provide a way for them to opt-out of this third party data collection.

Potential real estate traders among eBay's 16 million-member community provided the real impetus for the creation of the real estate category, eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times. Said Pursglove, "Over the past six months we've noticed from our users that...

"We are very pleased that the FBI will be participating in the forum," David Rose, a forum organizer, told the E-Commerce Times. "It really lends weight to our cause. We've been very fortunate to build up relationships with major world organizations who recognize the importance of these issues." ...

In the following exclusive interview with JCPenney.com executive Paul Pappajohn, the E-Commerce Times explores how the multi-billion dollar retailer has been using the Internet to create a multi-channel shopping experience for its customers. ...

"This is a very important issue both in terms of public accountability and as a legal issue," EPIC Director Marc Rotenberg told the E-Commerce Times. Rotenberg added that EPIC went to court "to ensure that the Department of Justice is complying with Freedom of Information Act...

"[Gore] definitely thinks that government needs to get involved when it comes to protecting our children," campaign spokesperson Dagoberto Vega told the E-Commerce Times. "Often he talks about creating red-light districts regarding sites that are inappropriate for children. That is an area that requires some government intervention. As far as privacy concerns, I think thats the only sphere he has come out in favor of regulation." ...

"One e-commerce IPO that investors might want to be leery of is online superstore Buy.com," wrote an E-Commerce Times financial reporter early this year. "Buy.com has a questionable business model. The company sells many items at or below cost and tries to make it up in volume by selling advertising. This manner of doing business is pretty dicey, even on the Internet." ...

"That's sticky and sticky on a global basis," NetRatings' Jennifer Fan told the E-Commerce Times. Fan noted that the June survey was the first measurement of Net usage across the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Ireland and Singapore. ...

Jonathan Karp, Vice President and Senior Editor at the Random House Trade Group, told the E-Commerce Times that Random House is joining the e-publishing world to "establish a beachhead" in order to send a clear signal that it is "the place to come" for all types of books. Kar...

"There was some correspondence, but since there was no action, we're taking the hardest action possible," Motorola spokesperson Laura Littel Zdon told the E-Commerce Times. "We're going to go right to the lawsuits, right to legal action, to get everybody's attention." ...