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Business
News via the Value Framework™ Lenses
Management Perspective
by
Mitchell Levy, Author, E-Volve-or-Die.com, Author,
the Value Framework™
Executive
Producer, VMS3.info
VMS3.info News
Return
of the ASP
The ASP market may be experiencing a bit of a resurgence. Companies
like Del Monte, Nestle Purina and Xerox have recently signed deals to receive
e-business applications through an ASP model. However, hose deals all relied on
vertical expertise from the provider, meaning businesses may feel more comfortable
with ASPs that add niche market
knowledge to the equation.
Qwest CEO To Partners: Hold On For Bumpy Ride In 2002
Qwest Communications International CEO Joe Nacchio is far less optimistic than
others about an economic upturn in 2002. Addressing an audience of Qwest partners
here in Denver, Nacchio said 2002 will be a turbulent time for the telecom industry
and warned partners not to buy into economic upturn hype. Online Surpasses Catalog
at J. Crew
When J. Crew announced its results for February recently, the
company highlighted its growing Internet sales as the one bright spot in an otherwise
forgettable month. Surprisingly, what it did not say was that it had crossed a
threshold that few apparel and general merchandise catalog businesses have crossed:
for the first time, J. Crew's Web sales eclipsed its catalog sales. MODEL:
PARTICIPANTS Why B2B Has Been a Bust
- So Far
Just over a year ago, B2B e-commerce was all the rage. As it
turned out, moving the buyer-supplier relationship onto the Web was not as easy
as it initially seemed. But just because B2B fell short of the hype does not mean
it is dead...
Overseas E-Marketplaces
Sluggish
A recent report from Forrester Research indicates that European
e-marketplaces are encountering many of the difficulties that their American counterparts
did. Profitability is a big concern, as 22 of the 25 European e-marketplaces profiled
by Forrester are unprofitable, with only eight of those 22 expected to break even
in 2002.
STRATEGY
DEPLOYED Amazon: Free Shipping Paying Off
E-tailer
Amazon.com said its free shipping offer is showing "pleasant" results
and is helping to boost average order size, though the company likely will report
higher shipping costs in coming quarters as a result of the deal...
EBay Strikes Deal with Catalog Outlet
Auction giant eBay has struck a partnership that will let it cozy up to the
catalog industry, which in general has excelled at combining its traditional sales
channel with the Web...
HP-Compaq Doubles
Integration Team
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer have doubled the
number of employees working on their merger integration team. With an apparent
victory last week in the shareholder vote on their merger, the two companies now
have 1,200 full-time employees working on the integration effort, up from 600
only a month ago. STRATEGY:
MANAGED E-Commerce: Back and Bigger Than Ever?
The e-commerce
industry, dominated in the last six months by doom-and-gloom messages, is suddenly
awash with profitable earnings reports and growth numbers. So, what is the true
state of e-commerce health? Report: E-Commerce
and Web Grew Up in 2001
Economic realities forced e-commerce and the
Internet to turn away from voracious growth and focus on long-term viability in
2001, creating a slew of new challenges, according to a report released by Nielsen//NetRatings.
Palm CEO: Turnaround Taking Hold
Palm Computing
on Thursday reported a slight increase in revenue for its fiscal third quarter
and said the company is still on track to meet its profit goals later this year.
Palm reported revenue of $292.7 million for the quarter ended March 1, up
1 percent from the preceding quarter but down 38 percent from the same quarter
last year. STRATEGY:
EVOLVED Online Grocery Battle Spreads to San Francisco
Albertsons.com, the online arm of grocery giant Albertson's, has announced
it will expand its Web-based grocery shopping service into the San Francisco area,
giving it the largest geographic reach of any online grocery provider.
What Does Microsoft's .NET
Mean for E-Commerce?
Microsoft .NET has been widely heralded as the next
big thing in the Internet world -- and while .NET may not have an immediate and
direct impact on e-commerce, it could influence the industry from behind the scenes.
The Web's Weaver Looks Forward
Tim Berners-Lee is lucky: He has been able to watch his creation transform society
and business. However, although the World Wide Web will be only 12 years old this
December -- six months after its chief architect turns 47 -- Berners-Lee envisions
a much richer Web. He calls it the Semantic Web
About
the Author: Mitchell
Levy, is President and CEO of ECnow.com (http://ecnow.com),
an e-commerce management consulting company helping start-up, medium and large
enterprises transition its employees, partners and customers to the Internet age
through strategy, marketing, and off-the-shelf and customized on-line and on-ground
training. He is the author of E-Volve-or-Die.com (http://e-volve-or-die.com),
author of the Value Framework™
(http://ecnow.com/value), Executive Producer
of VMS3.info (http://VMS3.info), an on-line E-Commerce
Management (ECM) eZine, Chair of comdex.biz at Comdex Fall and the Founder and
Program Consultant of the premier San Jose State E-Commerce Management Certificate
Program (http://ecmtraining.com/sjsu),
VP of education for the Silicon Valley Web Guild and the Chairman of the Pay-per-Performance
PR Agency Media Attention Now TM (http://ecnow.com/mediaattention) and the on-line
learning content production company Transition Learning (http://transitionlearning.com).
Mitchell was at Sun Microsystems for 9 years, the last 4 of which he managed the
e-commerce component of Sun's $3.5 billion supply chain. Mitchell is a popular
speaker, lecturing on ECM issues throughout the U.S. and around the world.
Read more about Mr. Levy: http://ecnow.com/ml_bio.htm
Public speaking appearances I've given: http://ecnow.com/speaking.htm
Read about ECnow.com's media coverage: http://ecnow.com/media
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