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With their proposed merger still under federal scrutiny, Internet research firms Jupiter Media Metrix and NetRatings said they will go ahead with a patent infringement lawsuit that had previously been put on hold as a condition of the acquisition. Jupiter and NetRatings said they modified the ter...
Although retail revenues were down overall during the 2001 holiday season and for the year, online retail saw double-digit growth. Does that mean online shopping is recession-proof? Most analysts say no, and point to a number of reasons why e-tail is still growing, although not at the exponential...
Looking to drum up new sources of online advertising revenue, powerhouse portal Yahoo! announced Monday that it has stuck a deal with Arnold MPG to develop new Internet marketing campaigns for the media buying and planning agency's clients. As part of the deal, Arnold MPG has agreed to purchase m...
Buoyed by the strong preliminary showing of its fourth quarter results, Drugstore.com said that it expects to hit its profitability target in 2003, approximately one year earlier than the pure-play retailer had previously projected. Despite the recent strides, the e-tailer's latest rosy revenue f...
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 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Of the 29 million online users who made purchases online during the holiday season, approximately 58 perc...
Internet drugstores have had a tough time finding a cure for sluggish sales and weak consumer adoption rates in their sector. "Retailers like Rx.com and PlanetRx.com thought they could steal away some of the mail-order prescription business and be viewed from an insurance perspective as a mail-or...
Many of the top e-commerce companies are enjoying a happy holiday season, with Internet heavyweights Yahoo! and Amazon among the sites enjoying significant sales gains. Yahoo! said its sales volume surged more than 86 percent during the post-Thanksgiving buying period over last year's levels. Ama...
While many Internet sellers have seen their traffic slow this holiday season due to deep retail discounts that drove consumers back into brick-and-mortar stores, Internet heavyweight Yahoo! said that its sales volume surged more than 86 percent during the post-Thanksgiving buying period over last...
While online merchants were forced to contend with costly Web site outages and misfires during the holidays of past years, the 2001 season is shaping up to be a relatively uneventful affair. "This fear factor has caused people to pay more attention to the right things," Forrester Research directo...
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 by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings. The figure represented a 91 percent spike from the $1.4 billion...
Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up their online research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view the Internet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather than as a tool to close the deal, according to a new study by Jupiter Medi...
Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up their online research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view the Internet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather than as a tool to close the deal, according to a new study by Jupiter Medi...
Automobile manufacturers and sellers need to continue revving up their online research capabilities, because prospective buyers increasingly view the Internet as a valuable means to compare makes, models and prices, rather than as a tool to close the deal, according to a new study by Jupiter Medi...
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 by Harris Interactive. To help bridge the gap, the study recommended that businesses simplify the pro...
Shaking off fears of continued economic malaise, roughly 37 percent of online consumers are expressing confidence that the holiday shopping season will be a strong one and plan to spend more as a result, according to a study released by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Harris Interactive. "W...
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 and Greenfield Online. "I was surprised by the figures and it...
In an exclusive interview with the E-Commerce Times, Oracle senior vice president and chief marketing officer Mark Jarvis attributed the company's online marketing success to its use of exhaustive scientific measurement and data analysis. Most importantly, he said, Oracle does not turn to adverti...
With electronic bill payment providers looking to meet increasing consumer demand for their services, a study released 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...
In an exclusive interview with the E-Commerce Times, Nortel director of global branding and advertising Bruce Horner explained how a crucial component of the company's online marketing strategy involves the preemptive placement of targeted ads. This approach allows Nortel to identify and quickly ...
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 new data rel...
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