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Living.com laid off 13 percent of its staff, becoming the latest e-commerce site to make cuts in an effort to trim costs.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1930813.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni> 

High-profile online retailer boo.com has collapsed through lack of funds, becoming Britain's first big dot.com failure just six months after its Website opened for business.

CNNfn
<http://www.cnnfn.com/2000/05/18/europe/wires/boo_wg/> 

Drug Emporium and drkoop.com both said their online businesses suffered big losses, and the two companies are now said to be talking about combining the Internet operations.

Computer World
<http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000516DFAA> 

This was the month that the wheels fell off the smoothly rolling bandwagon commonly known as the "Internet and Technology Sector." The Big Sell-off has turned into the Big Squeeze, and the potential ramifications are both myriad and unsettling. Some high flyers have already been shot down, and others are taking evasive action.

Netcommerce Magazine
<http://www.netcommercemag.com/may00/2.html> 

Business-to-consumer companies face a vicious enemy, say VCs at Venture 2000. Who will survive?

Red Herring
<http://www.redherring.com/vc/2000/0504/vc-b2c050400.html> 

CraftShop.com Inc. filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, but a bankruptcy attorney for the company said it is also considering an asset sale or liquidation.

The Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0%2C1151%2C15339%2C00.html> 

The comparison-shopping site was unable to secure enough VC funding to keep its doors open.

The Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0%2C1151%2C15406%2C00.html> 

Don't pull a sheet over the heads of online grocers yet--they may have a little life left in them.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1808230.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..1007-200-1808230> 

Don't worry: A drop in growth rate is only natural.

Upside
<http://www.upside.com/Ebiz/390dc9c50.html> 

B2bstores.com may be one of the first business-to-business companies headed straight for the dotcom graveyard.

Upside
<http://www.upside.com/Upshot/392db8110.html> 

Rival Net ad firm L90 files a lawsuit alleging unfair business practices and patent infringement. 

Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,15228,00.html?nl=dnh> 

The struggling health Web site has let about 35 percent of its staff go since April.

Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,15277,00.html?nl=dnh> 

Even as its traffic continues to increase, the medical site is looking more and more like a goner.

Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,14615,00.html?nl=dnh> 

Nearly half of Americans 16 to 22 years old now use the Internet, according to one research firm. And another predicts teens will account for $1.2 billion in e-commerce spending by 2002.

ABC News 
<http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/TheStreet/teencommerce.html> 

The number of firms betting on e-commerce is rising steadily, but a survey by IT consultants CMG suggests that expectations are "hugely divorced from reality".

BBC News
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_758000/758129.stm> 

Pawnbrokers, seeking to raise their industry's collective profile, are rushing to tap into e-commerce to sell the vast amount of merchandise sitting unsold on their shelves.

CNET
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1863857.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni> 

Companies are looking beyond the obvious sources of value from the Internet and e-business, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit EIUand IBM Global Services.

BizReport
<http://www.bizreport.com/ebiz/2000/05/20000516-2.htm> 

If you're an online retailer, do you also need a physical store? Are multiple channels for doing business really needed? The answer, according to a group of executives representing both click-and-mortar retailers and "pure play" Internet merchants, is a qualified yes.

BizReport
<http://www.bizreport.com/ebiz/2000/05/20000519-1.htm> 

The Terra/Lycos deal this month is just one example of U.S. e-commerce companies reaching out to Spanish-speaking markets.

Computer World
<http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000523E27E> 

As if life wasn't worrying enough, a survey just completed says that the arrival of e-commerce in the marketplace has brought with it a new problem--post-transaction anxiety disorder.

Computer User
<http://www.currents.net/news/00/05/05/news12.html> 

Changes are transforming the e-retail scene at light speed, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Computer User
<http://www.currents.net/news/00/05/12/news18.html> 

Loading trucks with the right stuff, even perishable produce, is only part of it. Software must route drivers efficiently and cope with traffic jams.

Fortune
<http://www.fortune.com/fortune/imt/2000/05/29/imt.html> 

Web merchants have set their sights on a lucrative standby of their conventional rivals: private-label merchandise. The products give them higher profit margins and better control of inventory.

New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/commerce/08commerce.html> 

Now that investors have turned their attention to profitability, old-line catalog companies that have built extensive Web operations are stepping into more favorable light.

New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/commerce/15commerce.html> 

Web sites are adding real-time chat to serve visitors, but what's the future of the instant message?

PC World
<http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0%2C1510%2C16747%2C00.html> 

Web retailers are turning to some new helpers to deal with the IT and logistical challenges of sating consumer demand for instant gratification.

TechWeb
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000525S0013> 

The next 10 years will consist of a sustained economic growth where e-business, global computing access, wireless data and genetic engineering will be the major influences of the expected 15 percent growth in IT markets.

ZDNet
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2559484%2C00.html> 

The health care industry has splintered into several different business e-commerce camps, which could threaten efforts to build out an effective Internet trading network. 

Upside
<http://www.upside.com/News/390de5810.html> 

Guess what... customers are no different on the Internet than in the real world.

Upside
<http://www.upside.com/Opinion/39296f150.html> 

You've heard the pundits say ecommerce will kill traditional retail. Ignore them. In reality, some ecommerce categories face obstacles they cannot get around. Not this year anyway.

Anchor Desk
<http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0%2C10738%2C2563430%2C00.html> 

There are far too many transaction disputes, American Express says. Therefore, it will no longer allow commercial porn sites to accept its credit card.

Wired News
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/0%2C1367%2C36608%2C00.html>

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