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As the battle for Web survival intensifies, e-tailers are finding it increasingly necessary to ask themselves a most fundamental question: What do online customers really want?

As the Internet continues its global expansion, many companies are finding that localized e-services are making the most inroads with consumers.

Electronic commerce is shaking up a lot more than consumer buying trends lately, as high salaries and unlimited growth potential are allowing e-businesses to lure the best of the best from the brick-and-mortar business world. Almost daily, accomplished executives in various fields are joining the el...

According to Washington-based research firm The Strategis Group, more than 100 million Americans are using the Internet, and getting smarter and faster as they surf.

Until recently, men were considered to be the broad target audience for the Internet, but new data from Forrester Research shows that 29 percent of all American women now use the Internet regularly.

Just days after Intel chief executive officer Craig Barret reiterated his company's determination to invest in China, the country has drafted rules that would formally ban foreign investment in the Internet.

The U.S. Postal Service, once considered a potential "victim" of the Internet's speed and convenience, has announced a new system to help consumers hurdle one of the last barriers to online shopping -- merchandise returns.

Retailers are pondering the most important question of the year: Is it better to open a Web site that is almost functional, or forgo possible huge holiday sales and wait until the site is fully functional and bug-free?

Recognizing e-businesses' concerns about privacy and security, professional services firm Ernst & Young has launched the Center for Trust Online (CTO) to foster trust and confidence in electronic commerce.

With an increasing body of research indicating that brand name awareness is a key to success on the Internet, e-businesses are finding that their real challenge is educating the consumer about what products and services are available online.

Dun and Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), the well-known provider of business-to-business credit, marketing and purchasing information, is launching eccelerate.com to bring online businesses into its orbit.

European Commission ministers met in Belgium Friday in an attempt to agree upon a regulatory framework for electronic commerce from country to country.

After years of declining sales and business reversals, Levi Strauss & Co. announced today that it will cease selling products on its Levi's and Dockers Web sites after Christmas.

Although analysts are predicting a stellar holiday season in the world of e-commerce, e-tailers are nervously waiting to find out if their operation will make the grade or fall by the wayside.

Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) has released its new Mac OS 9 operating system, featuring a search engine that is designed for personalized online shopping.

Indicating that Detroit automakers have recognized the power of e-commerce, General Motors has launched an Internet-based used car dealership that may become a prototype for stores nationwide.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has entered into a new partnership with VerticalNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:VERT), an online business-to-business marketplace, that is designed to deliver e-commerce solutions to IBM customers and enhanced technology to VerticalNet.

USAutoNews.com, an Internet portal for the automotive industry, launched an automotive directory and communications center yesterday that is intended to provide consumers with a single port of entry to automotive Web sites.

Office Depot, Inc.has entered into a strategic partnership with PurchasePro.com, a provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions, that is aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses initiate online commerce.

In a poll of 500 Latin American companies, International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that 85 percent of the respondents are currently using or plan to use e-commerce within the next two years, and that Microsoft continues to dominate the mindshare market among companies in the region.