Articles by Clare Saliba

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability According to an analysis of e-commerce infrastructure by Jupiter Research, 44 percent of Internetmerchants lose money on the multilaye...

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability According to an analysis of e-commerce infrastructure by Jupiter Research, 44 percent of Internetmerchants lose money on the multilaye...

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability According to an analysis of e-commerce infrastructure by Jupiter Research, 44 percent of Internetmerchants lose money on the multilaye...

Fashionmall.com (Nasdaq: FASH) and direct marketing and advertising firm GenesisIntermedia.com (Nasdaq: GENI) announced Wednesday that they have ended merger talks after the e-tailer's board of directors rejected a previously proposed buyout bid from Genesis Genesis initially pitched its offer at the end of December, saying that it had already acqu...

Providian Financial Corp., one of thelargest bankcard issuers in the U.S., has taken an equity stake in Internetpayment services provider PayPal in abid to boost both firms' online and offline offerings, the companiesannounced Tuesday As part of the deal, Providian will offer the Web payment firm's members aco-branded credit card, which is schedule...

In the coming years, chemical firms will shift their Internet strategies fromconducting online transactions to designing customized products -- with chemical buyers making use of online development portals -- according to a report released Monday by Forrester Research According to the study, leadingchemical manufacturers will start a process of "ad...

Pet supplies e-tailer Petopia.com pulled the plug on its planned US$100million initial public offering Friday, saying in a filing with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has sold almost all of itsassets and is no longer conducting business transactions The San Francisco, California-based company said it intends to use the proc...

While the U.S. Congress debates proposed Internet privacy laws, a tech industry group announced Wednesday that it hasissued a set of self-regulatory guidelines in a bid to ward offfederal intervention Although the PersonalizationConsortium said the standards provide a set of "best practices" that businesses can follow "to ensure consumer confidence...

Although large companies boosted their online advertising by 18 percent during the fourth quarter of 2000, a higher percentage of Net ads came from small and mid-sized companies -- particularly in the dot-com industry -- according to data released Monday by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrix firm Specifically, AdRelevance found that companies whos...

Although the Internet advertising industry has fallen victim to thebelt-tightening measures of many dot-coms looking to trim their operatingbudgets in recent months, a report released Thursday finds thespending slump is only a "temporary pause" in the market's overall growth According to Forrester Research,traditional U.S. companies will funnel US$...

The difficulty of harnessing the power of e-business is the second most widely held concern among chief executive officers worldwide -- with 38 percent citing it as the primary challenge facing their businesses in the next year -- according to a study released Wednesday by Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and research firm The Conference Board.

In a bid to cool the energy meltdown that ignited rolling power blackouts in California, Governor Gray Davis announced Tuesday that the state is going to hold an Internet auction to secure long-term, low-cost electricity contracts "I expect these bids on long-term energy contracts should stabilize the market and drive the price of electricity down,...

Despite grim marketpredictions about the Web advertising market, online ad impressions in Decemberclimbed 21 percent from November to reach a record high of over 65billion ads viewed, according to a study released Monday by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrixcompany Although online advertisers approached the holiday season with "significant concern...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that it had closed its year-long probe into the data collection and handling practices of DoubleClick, concluding that the Internet advertising firm did not violate its own privacy policy or engage in deceptive trade practices The investigation, which initially came to light in February, was ...

Although online retailers spent heavily last year to avoid the fulfillment and delivery difficulties that bedeviled Internet heavyweights and fledglings alike over the 1999 holiday season, a report released Monday found that these problems continued to haunt many Web merchants in 2000 According to the second annual U.S. E-Fulfillment study from Acc...

Adding to the mounting evidence that the personal computer market is still in a slump, new figures released Friday showed that "sluggish"sales over the fourth quarter and a weakened economic outlook helped dragthe industry down in 2000 According to preliminary estimates from Gartner-owned research firm Dataquest, worldwide PC shipmentstotaled 134.7

Just two months after announcing plans to shutter its operations,Garden.com said Wednesday it has completed the sale of its major assets to Walmart.com and the parent firm of gardening company W. Atlee Burpee & Co. for a total of US$4.43 million Although it had been in business for nearly five years and attracted 1 million members during that time,...

A report released Wednesday by Jupiter Research has further confirmed that U.S. consumers spent more than US$10 billion online during the recently concluded holiday shopping season Jupiter said that U.S. consumers spent $10.8 billion online during November and December, a 54 percent spike from last year's levels and a 126 percent leap from the 1998...

Shoppers who took to the Internet over the recent holiday season to buy clothing often met with a negative experience -- one that has diminished their interest in making such purchases online in the near future -- according to a new study from consulting firm Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and customer service outfit Vividence Half of tho...

Despite rapid-fire e-commerce closures and other setbacks in 2000,57 percent of all online buyers -- and more than three-quarters of those who make frequent purchases via the Web -- are shopping less at traditional retail stores for the first time, accordingto a new study released Monday by business services firm Ernst & Young As part of its Global...