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Subject: Dec2000 ECMgt.com: 2000 E-Commerce Recap
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  • A Mall in every song?
  • European E-tailers Not Delivering the Goods
  • Americans love web shopping
  • Bosses Disapprove, But employees still surf
  • eCommerce enthusiasm goes global
  • Laptops Most Popular Mobile Computers
  • UK Net Prices Bottoming Out
  • Wireless Bypasses U.K.'s DSL Delays
  • Failing dot-coms jettisoning their CEOs
  • Small Dot-Coms Thrive While Industry Giants Melt Down
  • Microsoft Claims No. 1 Spot Among Web At-Home Users
  • New Study Shows Auto Dealers How to Keep Online Used Car Shoppers
  • All States Should Have Online Voting By 2004
  • European E-Tailers Not Delivering the Goods
  • 33% Of Website Budgets Are Allocated To Maintenance & Design
  • Some Big Spenders Won't Shell Out for Web Ads
  • The power of e-procurement
  • Digital Divide Evident in Chile
  • Cost Savings Draw Consumers to Online Travel
  • M-Commerce Slow To Connect in U.S.
  • Gates defends PC at Comdex, unveils new tablet
  • Dot-Com Closures Reach Fever Pitch
  • Wireless Banking Expected to be Wave of the Future
  • Hong Kong Home Net Use Surpasses 36%
  • E-Mail Outpaces the Web

     

A Mall in every song
With all eyes on the next phase of digital music distribution, a wide range of companies hopes to build a business around an enhanced listening experience. Can they survive?

European E-tailers Not Delivering the Goods
While European e-tailers are improving customer service, they still have a long road to travel when it comes to order fulfillment, according to a new study released by Andersen Consulting.

Americans love web shopping
Fifty-six percent of American adult Internet users shop online--a 31 percent increase over 1998. Also, 75 percent of the people surveyed in a recent study expect more people to know their email address than their phone number in the future.

Bosses Disapprove, But employees still surf
Twenty-five percent of workers reportedly use the Internet during office hours for personal reasons for at least 10 minutes each day. And global sales of 2.4 giga hertz wireless LAN products are expected to reach $1.3 billion by 2006.

ecommerce enthusiasm goes global
The United States reportedly is not the country most responsive to consumer ecommerce and efinance. Also, PC sales are up 18.3 percent since 1999, and 65 percent of British cell phone users say they want to use their Web-enabled phones for email.

Laptops Most Popular Mobile Computers
The worldwide market for mobile handheld devices with Internet access capabilities is increasing by more than a billion dollars annually.

UK Net Prices Bottoming Out
The latest edition of the Goldfish e-tail price index, issued Tuesday morning, says that while online deflation has continued this last month, prices online are starting to bottom out in the UK.

Wireless Bypasses U.K.'s DSL Delays
Internet-access company Tele2 believes it has found a way to bypass the queues for collocation in British Telecommunications PLC's exchanges by offering high-speed wireless links from home.

Failing dot-coms jettisoning their CEOs
A new survey released by a Chicago-based outplacement firm indicates that an increasing number of CEOs are leaving their companies, particularly at e-commerce ventures that are struggling for survival.

Small Dot-Coms Thrive While Industry Giants Melt Down
Beneath the chaotic dot-com busts of the last half-year, an overlooked breed of Internet companies--mostly small and nimble--is thriving.

Microsoft Claims No. 1 Spot Among Web At-Home Users
Microsoft Corp. claimed the No. 1 spot among at-home Internet users in August for the first time since March, according to a Jupiter Media Metrix multi-country report

New Study Shows Auto Dealers How to Keep Online Used Car Shoppers
Online used car shoppers are likely to leave an automobile dealer's Web site if they cannot easily find price, mileage, options and accessories, and pictures of used vehicles

All States Should Have Online Voting By 2004
All 50 US states should offer some form on Internet voting by the time the presidential election in 2004 rolls around

European E-Tailers Not Delivering the Goods
European e-tailers have yet to provide reliable and efficient delivery and customer service to consumers

33% Of Website Budgets Are Allocated To Maintenance & Design
The two largest components of site development and operation are site design / programming maintenance costs (33% of the total) and costs for access and site hosting

Some Big Spenders Won't Shell Out for Web Ads
Fortune 500 companies are often stingy when it comes to shelling out for online ads, a study shows.

The power of e-procurement
E-procurement may not be the flashiest way to improve the bottom line, but businesses never pass up a good deal when they see one. Find out how some companies are turning mundane requisitions into millions in savings.

Digital Divide Evident in Chile
Despite Chile's unrestricted economy, relative wealth, and well-developed telecommunications infrastructure, a digital divide still exists.

Cost Savings Draw Consumers to Online Travel
The number of Americans who bought travel online last year grew to 21 million, nearly doubling the Internet travel market for the second consecutive year

M-Commerce Slow To Connect in U.S.
Fewer than one-third of U.S. wireless device owners have attempted mobile online purchasing, and 20 percent of those who have tried quit after the first few attempts

Gates defends PC at Comdex, unveils new tablet
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, however, isn't convinced that the PC is on its last legs.

Dot-Com Closures Reach Fever Pitch
One-third of the 131 dot-coms that have folded this year have done so in the past seven weeks.

Wireless Banking Expected to be Wave of the Future
With the number of Internet-capable cellular phones, pagers and digital assistants predicted to skyrocket over the next five years, Mr. Wahbe has no doubt that huge numbers of Canadians will soon opt to do routine banking chores the wireless way.

Hong Kong Home Net Use Surpasses 36%
More than 36 percent of Hong Kong homes have Internet access, and over half have PCs, according to the results of a government survey released.

E-Mail Outpaces the Web
Net surfers are sending 10 billion e-mail messages a day, and that number will more than triple in five years.

 

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