Articles by Clare Saliba

Although retail revenues were down overall during the 2001 holiday season and for the year, online retail saw double-digit growth. The e-tail holiday season saw growth in terms of both traffic and dollars spent. Does that mean online shopping is recession-proof? Most analysts say no, and point to a number of reasons why e-tail is still expanding, ...

Looking to drum up new sources of online advertising revenue, powerhouseportal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announcedMonday that it has stuck a deal with ArnoldMPG to develop new Internet marketing campaigns for the media buying andplanning agency's clients As part of what the deal, Arnold MPG has agreed to purchase mediaand promotional programs on Yahoo'...

For the first time, the number of women who used the Internet for holiday shopping outpaced the number of men who did so, according to a study released Monday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project Of the 29 million online users who made purchases online during the just-completed holiday season, approximately 58 percent were women, up from 50p...

Internet drugstores have had a tough time finding a cure for sluggish sales and weak consumer adoption rates in their sector. While the overall prescription drug industry has seen its annual earnings climb into the tens of billions of dollars and is expected to post skyrocketing growth figures, online pharmacies have had trouble capturing a signif...

Many of the top e-commerce companies are enjoying a happy holiday season, with Internet heavyweights Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) among the sites enjoying significant sales gains Yahoo! said Wednesday that its sales volume surged more than 86 percent during the post-Thanksgiving buying period over last year's levels. Amazon is al...

While many Internet sellers have seen their traffic slow this holiday seasondue to deep retail discounts that drove consumers back intobrick-and-mortar stores, Internet heavyweight Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Wednesday that its sales volume surged morethan 86 percent during the post-Thanksgiving buying period over last year'slevels The Sunnyvale, Ca...

With the 2001 holiday shopping season entering the homestretch, it seems safe to say that most Internet retailers have put to rest their ghosts of Christmas past -- namely the ghosts that used to go crash and boom on computers nationwide While online merchants were forced to contend with a host of problems during the post-Thanksgiving crunch in the...

With the holidays drawing nearer, consumers stepped up their online shopping during the first week of December, spending roughly US$2.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings The figure represented a 91 percent spike from the $1.4 billion dropped by buyers during an average week in No...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) "The Internet is bec...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) "The Internet is bec...

Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up theironline research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view theInternet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather thanas a tool to close the deal, according to a study released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) "The Internet is bec...

Despite their concerns about the security of personal information given online, only 3 percent of shoppers thoroughly review Web privacy policies on a regular basis, according to a study released Monday by Harris Interactive Harris said that nearly 64 percent of shoppers still either do not read the privacy notices on Web sites at all or only brief...

Shaking off fears of continued economic malaise, roughly 37 percent ofonline consumers are expressing confidence that the holiday shoppingseason will be a strong one and plan to spend more as a result, according toa study released Monday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Harris Interactive "We believe confidence is contagious," said BCG vice...

A host of offline purchasing incentives triggered a downturn in online sales during October, with spending for the month falling about 10 percent from September to US$3.6 billion, according to data released Monday by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online "I was surprised by the figures and it took some scratching of the head to fi...

As one of the world's largest enterprise software suppliers, industryheavyweight Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) generates annual revenues of more than US$10 billion through its suite of e-business offerings, including database, tools and application products as well as consulting and support services Looking to augment its product line amid slowing sector-w...

With electronic bill payment providers looking to meet increasing consumer demand for their services, a study released Monday by The Yankee Group found that 55 percent of customers paying bills online are choosing banks to be their middleman By comparison, the report concluded that just over 10 percent of those surveyed selected their Internet serv...

Having long focused on the potential of a high-performance Internet, Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) now also relies on the Web to gain traction among customers and ramp up its brand visibility. The company is developing marketing content that highlights its initiatives, including Internet protocol technologies and m-commerce services....

Spurred by the spate of recent anthrax scares, U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to electronic billing and payment channels to allay mail safety concerns -- with roughly 32 million Americans expected to view credit card and other statements online by the end of 2001 -- according to data released Monday by Gartner (NYSE: IT) The Stamford, Conn...

Beleaguered computer e-tailer Egghead.com, which has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since August, suspended all of its operations late last week and indefinitely halted all commercial activity "Our plan had been to sell the assets of the business as a going concern and continue providing Egghead customers with great value and...

Catalogs have proven to be a catalyst for online retail success According to industry analysts, retailers that already had catalog operations in place have effectively adapted their offerings -- including known brands, sheer size and developed distribution networks -- to consistent success online....