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Roughly 70 percent of large firms will fall prey to a handful of"significant business traps" -- including the fumbling of e-commerce opportunities -- that will hamper growth and perhaps destroy entire companies, predicted a report released Tuesday by GartnerG2, a new research service of Gartner Group ...

While many e-tailers have scaled back on promotional offerings such as free shipping in recentmonths to cut costs, a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix said that the return of paid shipping is driving away Web shoppers ...

While many e-tailers have scaled back on promotional offerings such as free shipping in recentmonths to cut costs, a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix said that the return of paid shipping is driving away Web shoppers ...

While many e-tailers have scaled back on promotional offerings such as free shipping in recentmonths to cut costs, a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix said that the return of paid shipping is driving away Web shoppers ...

Echoing the success U.S. online travel companies have enjoyed, data releasedThursday by Jupiter MMXI said that European travel Web sites are also seeing a surging demand for their services ...

European e-commerce is being hampered by a combination of inflexiblepayment schemes, strict governmental mandates, and small-scale businessmodels, according to a study released Wednesday by Forrester Research ...

In a deal that could help speed its expansion into Asian markets, Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announcedTuesday that two Hong Kong conglomerates have agreed to buy an additional 25million shares in the company from the Priceline founder Jay Walker and histrust ...

Countering a flurry of reports that predicted sluggish returns for companies participating in e-marketplaces, a study released Monday by the AberdeenGroup found that online purchasing can provide real benefits to the business-to-business (B2B) firms that embrace it ...

Online retailers are failing to tap into the highly lucrative gift salesmarket by wasting resources on shopping tools and services that are oflittle interest to potential buyers, according to a study releasedMonday by Forrester Research ...

Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announcedThursday that it is launching a resort getaway service that it claims will save travelers up to 40 percent off typical rates ...

Businesses around the world that have established Web sites can expect to see the proportion of revenue they receive from Internet-generated sales to double in 2001 from 2000, according to data released Thursday by IDC ...

Citing the "changing dynamics in the Internet advertising market and the overall economy," online financial news outlet CBSMarketwatch.com (Nasdaq: MKTW) announced Wednesday that it is slashing its workforce by more than 15 percent as a cost reduction measure ...

Not content to rest on its laurels as one of the true e-commerce success stories, auction giant eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) plans to launch a storefronts program in coming months, chief executive officer Meg Whitman told investors Friday. ...

Capping a week of restructuring initiatives, BlueLight.com said Thursday that chief executive officer Mark H. Goldstein has stepped down from his post at the online affiliate of retail giant Kmart ...

Online business-to-business (B2B) sellers need to provide more comprehensive services in order to cement customer loyalty, boost revenue and create value for B2B e-commerce, a study released Thursday by Jupiter Media Metrix found ...

Although online business-to-business (B2B) transactions currently account for a strong majority of all e-commerce revenue, a report issued Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix forecast that an increasing number of firms plan to use private trading networks (PTNs) for collaboration rather than sales over the next 12 months ...

In a bid to diversify its revenue streams and increase its customer base,Internet brokerage E*Trade (NYSE: ET)announced Monday that it has inked a deal to acquire rival online broker Web Street (Nasdaq: WEBS) for US$45 million in stock ...

A projected shift in online user demographics in the coming years willlikely fuel an even greater boom for the online travel sector, according todata released Thursday by IDC. ...

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) gained 47 U.S. cents to $16.40, after a company executive said Oracle is standing by itstargets for flat fourth-quarter earnings ...

Dodging the economic bullet that has hit many of its rivals, Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) advanced US$3.46 to $58.90 in early trading Thursday, after the company reported that its second-quarter profit climbed more than 19 percent to top analyst forecasts ...