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Subject: Dec2000 ECMgt.com: 2000 E-Commerce Recap
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December 1, 2000 *4,100 subscribers* Volume 2, Issue 12
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  • FedEx expects CRM system to deliver
  • Net Firms Face Delivery Dilemma
  • Alcatel Sees Future In Open E-Business
  • Get ready for Palm's ad blitz
  • Standard Size Banners Losing Ground
  • Cisco delivers strong sales, earnings
  • Interactive Intelligence Eyes Asian CRM Market
  • Cloaking devices designed for wary Web shoppers
  • Advertising Industry Lags In Interactive Age
  • Microsoft to Palm: BMW to Volkswagen?
  • Marketing firm gets restraining order against spamming list operator
  • e-Citi gets a second chance
  • New Internet Domain Names Approved
  • Cyber Dialogue Unveils Profit-Targeting CRM Tool
  • Dell CEO says PCs still the main game
  • Battered online ad industry looks ahead
  • Online Toy Stores Fall Short On Privacy Protections
  • Guinness Creates World's Smallest Ad
  • FTC Warns E-retailers About Shipping Claims
  • Yahoo Launches Video Shopping Site
  • Can Sharing User Data Speed E-Commerce?
  • America's Grip On Ecommerce Market Slipping
  • History of Affiliate Marketing
  • Hope for the holidays

FedEx expects CRM system to deliver
A major CRM initiative being launched by FedEx should give salespeople a comprehensive view of each customer, detailing his needs and suggesting which product the customer might want.

Net Firms Face Delivery Dilemma
Business-to-consumer e-commerce firms need to focus more on offering items that can be delivered to homes profitably, according to a report released by AMR Research...

Alcatel Sees Future In Open E-Business
Telecom equipment giant Alcatel is moving firmly away from electronics to e-business,

Get ready for Palm's ad blitz
The PDA front-runner plans a $100 million ad campaign to showcase thousands of software apps for hand helds running its OS.

Standard Size Banners Losing Ground
Although 80 percent of advertisers use the full banner in online campaigns, other ad formats account for a majority of impressions and garner far greater exposure on the Web

Cisco delivers strong sales, earnings
The networking superstar exceeded expectations for its first quarter, raking in $1.36 billion, or 18 cents per share, on sales of $6.52 billion.

Experience Counts: Revenge of the old guys
Now that the Web's silly season is past, the grownups are taking over

Interactive Intelligence Eyes Asian CRM Market
Interactive Intelligence, Inc. plans to distribute its product line in Hong Kong and China through a master distributor agreement with Continuous Technologies International, Ltd.

Cloaking devices designed for wary Web shoppers
Get ready for the cloak-and-dagger era of cyber-shopping.

Advertising Industry Lags In Interactive Age
John Tory, chief executive of Rogers Cable Inc., said yesterday the advertising industry is lagging others in the interactive communications age.

Microsoft to Palm: BMW to Volkswagen?
The race between Palm and Microsoft's Pocket PC remains far from over, although both sides did their best to paint the other as ill-suited to direct the future of handheld computing.

Marketing firm gets restraining order against spamming list operator
A U.S. District judge in Denver issued a temporary restraining order that prevents Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC from including a marketing subsidiary of 24/7 Media Inc. on its list of e-mail spammers.

e-Citi gets a second chance
After burning through more than $1 billion but failing to turn Citigroup into an Internet banking powerhouse, e-Citi was downsized and downtrodden. But now it's getting another chance -- and its new leaders are vowing to build on the lessons learned from its freestanding, high-flying incarnation.

New Internet Domain Names Approved
Amid a swirl of controversy and some disappointment on the part of those whose proposals were rejected, Web addresses moved beyond the familiar "dot-com" designation when seven new domain name suffixes were approved by the body that controls Internet names...

Cyber Dialogue Unveils Profit-Targeting CRM Tool
Analytical eCRM company Cyber Dialogue has unveiled a new service aimed at helping businesses identify and target their most valuable online customers.

Dell CEO says PCs still the main game
Dell Computer chief executive Michael Dell said that concentrating on its core business selling PCs and laptops--has kept the company strong.

Battered online ad industry looks ahead
With 24/7 and Engage experiencing hard times, it's clear the online ad industry has seen better days. Still, most say the shakeout should make the industry stronger.

Online Toy Stores Fall Short On Privacy Protections
Online Toy Stores in the United States fall short in providing consumers with clear information about their personal and privacy protections

Guinness Creates World's Smallest Ad
To launch the Guinness Book of Records' new Web site, scientists created the world's smallest ad, slightly bigger than the diameter of a human hair, and mounted it on the knee of a bee

FTC Warns E-retailers About Shipping Claims
The commission wants to avoid the holiday rush of complaints it received last year over 'quick ship' promises.

Yahoo Launches Video Shopping Site
Yahoo launched a video shopping site this morning called Shopping Vision, expanding its broadband offerings to further target home users

Can Sharing User Data Speed E-Commerce?
Today, each time an e-commerce transaction crosses multiple sites, identification, credit, and other customer information must be re-entered.

America's Grip On Ecommerce Market Slipping
The US ecommerce sector is often looked on as the leading light of the digital economy, but a survey revealed that Internet users in several countries were more likely than US users to buy certain goods online

History of Affiliate Marketing
There is a popular urban myth about the origins of affiliate marketing. It goes something like this...

Hope for the holidays
After almost nine months of dot-com decline, many online stores are heading into this holiday season battered by layoffs, shrinking budgets and plunging stock prices. Analysts predict that this season will decide whether many online stores survive next year.

 

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