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Industry insiders expect the internet to have a huge impact on the new car market in the UK where prices are among the highest in Europe. Internet dealer Auto Trader Interactive is currently quoting 6,995 pounds sterling for a new Citroen Saxo compared with the 7,985 pounds sterling quoted by authorised dealers. Car manufacturer Volkswagen has threatened to disfranchise any of its UK dealers that co-operate with internet traders, but both franchised and independent dealers argue that electronic commerce will benefit consumers and their industry alike.

People will soon be able to access the Internet nearly anywhere, anytime, via cell phones and other wireless gizmos. Retailers will have to adjust to heightened competitive pressures as consumers [...]

Groups representing Canadian pharmacists, patients and seniors say they strongly support recent comments by Federal Minister of Health Ujjal Dosanjh regarding the need to stop the cross-border trade in prescription [...]

Commercials Mike O'Connor, VP of programming for Clear Channel's Rocky Mountain area stations, told the Denver Post that the company's decision to significantly cut back the number of commercials on […]

For years, a common complaint in B2B circles has been that 'the Internet is draining reader attention--and advertising sales--from our publications,' and that publishers had to circle the wagons to [...]

Alan Mitchell identifies an embarrassingly obvious factor in marketing: inertia 'Consumers can rarely be bothered to get best value from what's on offer. So we are going to rely on [...]

The Impact of Information Technology All over the world, companies increasingly depend on new products and services to spark profit growth and renewal of their assets. In our research program […]

Companies involved with the Internet are creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and many are coming at the expense of firms that remain locked in the 'physical economy,' according [...]

According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper (June 15, 2000), the inauguration of the Internet service into Saudi Arabia was accompanied by a rising demand for computers. The major competitor companies in [...]

A tremendous number of people, who hate and fear America and Israel, truly believe that the CIA and the Mossad arranged the 9/11 bombings to justify attacks on Muslims. A [...]

A recent study examined patterns of Internet use in young adolescents in an effort to identify which patterns predict clinically relevant problem behaviors. The researchers found that frequent online gaming, [...]

According to a recent Caron Treatment Centers qualitative study (conducted by Nielsen BuzzMetrics), parents who think their adolescents' online conversations with their peers are innocent may want to reconsider. The [...]

The growth of the internet is having a profound effect on consumer behaviour but the retail industry has not yet recognized the implications, according to business strategist Prof Gary Hamel. He says that the internet gives consumers increasing control over their purchases, and is producing 'the ultimate triumph of consumerism'. Consumers' ability to shop around over the internet may also force prices down. Hamel believes we are seeing a shift away from a distribution economy to a 'search economy', and that retailers will have to adapt to this and develop new competences.

The digital media age is about the Internet delivering music, movies, games, other entertainment and information on-demand. Consumers will gain control over what they get, when they get it and […]

The internet boom was spurring private network infrastructure companies to issue convertible [...]

As the Internet grows in popularity around the world, satellites are playing an increasingly significant role in providing connectivity. They are serving as equalizers, permitting speedy access to the Net […]