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* We did it, and you can too! You might be used to saving a few pounds by buying books and CDs online, but what about the serious stuff? The […]

The research in this article aims to provide an overview of how to calculate the ROI for E-commerce applications so that this information, and the attached ROI Calculator Tool Template, can be used by organizations to reduce the time in preparing the ROI for a project. Although there is much written about ROI, there is not that much said about how to prepare one specifically for an E-commerce project. By reading this article and using the annexed ROI Calculator Tool, any IT group or organization that is going to deploy E-commerce applications will have a starting point for calculating ROIs.

Next-generation collaborative e-business networks present both opportunities and penalties for network managers. On the one hand, there's the opportunity to make the value of networks and the ROI of network [...]

The author examines bankruptcy issues faced when electronic commercial businesses become insolvent. Since such companies often have only intangible property, their bankruptcies present different challenges than do those of more traditional businesses.

Lessons learned by Silicon Valley-s dot-com entrepreneurs who went bankrupt are discussed. A dot-com recognizing the signs of insolvency early might be able to persuade creditors not to desert the company before it attains profitability. Intellectual property issues and what is to be done with customer lists are also discussed.

Venture capitalists are still willing to invest in dot.com businesses despite the slump in technology stocks in March-April 2000. Issues concerning investing in these new companies are discussed.

The opinions of Jeremy Siegel, financial author and professor of finance at Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, are discussed, with reference to the effect that his writings have on the US financial markets.

The Internet is an important mechanism for banks, yet much of their budget has been diverted away from Internet delivery of products relating to cash-management, into facilitating e-commerce activities. Information on International and domestic cash services is included.

An index of Internet-based companies tracks the rate at which they are consuming start-up capital, and projects the short- and long-term viability of these companies as a harbinger of the future of Internet usage in electronic commerce and the business-to-business market.

Most large financial organizations have acknowledged their need to embrace the Internet and eventually engage in electronic commerce. This reality has raised the issues of the amount of money these financial firms will spend on electronic commerce and where they will specifically channel their e-commerce investments. Critical strategic investment decision making among financial organizations such as banks all too frequently rely on traditional, rigorous, precision-data oriented, business case methods, however. Further, managers fail to appreciate various approaches required in strategic versus operational investment decisions. Threshold investment analysis is a concept which can help financial firms define the minimum effort and resources required to make an e-commerce project successful.

Market researchers have predicted phenomenal increases in the volume of Web commerce by the year 2001, with some forecasting sales of a few billion to as much as $100 billion. Corporations eager to take advantage of the new medium must be aware of the methods to determine the validity of such predictions in their own business settings. Business school professors and Internet experts advise firms to carefully analyze predictions first and take uncertainty into account before proceeding.

When the final sales figures are in, holiday season 2002 may shape up as a surprisingly strong and profitable one for diamond jewelry retailers, despite the sluggish economy. Based on [...]

With the events of 11 September still affecting the world economy, which is teetering on the edge of the deepest recession since the end of the Second World War, companies […]

Buoyed up by hitting a profit for the last quarter of 2001, Amazon is forging ahead with promises of the same for the coming year. And by providing an online […]

Do or die time for retailers is the end-of-the year holiday season. Crucial aspect of the sales experience comes with delivery of the goods--many of which are smaller shipments--to the [...]

Issues are presented concerning the high share valuations which were accorded to e-commerce companies in the year 2000. The slump in value of these companies and the many trading failures are discussed.

The state of electronic commerce was discussed by a panel of financial analysts and business executives in San Francisco, CA, in March 2001, who concluded that there is a future for companies trading on the Internet.

The weak Australian dollar is expected to boost trade for local online traders during the Christmas 2000 period, with up to 500 million Australian dollars being spent by up to 1.2 million shoppers.

Young men and women in Singapore are setting up successful websites giving information to particular groups of people, such as teenagers. However young entrepreneurs can suffer from lack of experience and funding.

Internet shopping is anticipated to be worth 6.14 billion pounds sterling, at 1995 prices, by the year 2003. But it will only account for under 3% of all retail sales. Internet shopping will take trade from the increased sales which would have gone to out-of-town sites. Some high street retailers have chosen to sell goods on the Internet to challenge electronic commerce. High street retailers have also faced competition from out-of-town retail sites, with the floor space for out-of-town outlets increasing by 87% in 1981-1996. Yet town centre shops have increased trade by over 10% during 1981-1996.

Byline: CURT BARRY We all know the Internet is a significant and growing chunk of a catalog's business: Our average business-to-consumer client now receives 50% or more of its orders [...]

Men's Skin Care Zooms; Online Booms NEW YORK -- Men's skin care sales rose 13 percent in U.S. department stores last year to $59 million, according to NPD Beauty, a [...]

NEW YORK - Williamsburg continues to have an underground scene, literally. Take friends Paul Marlow and Matthew Sandager, for instance. The duo behind Kadorable, the T-shirt subscription service that has [...]

Ideas come regularly to Yoox founder Federico Marchetti. After all, he's an entrepreneur, not a fashion person or, god forbid, a techie. It's just that Yoox, the Italian answer to [...]

Latest figures suggest 25% of holiday sales will be made online this year. Robin Searle and Lucy Huxley report NEW figures revealing the growth of online and 'web-enabled' direct sales [...]

IRVING, Tex. -- Neiman Marcus Group is weaving a bigger Web, driven by neimanmarcus.com. The four-year-old neimanmarcus.com is part of NM Direct, the e-commerce and catalogue division of Neiman Marcus, [...]

For footwear retailers, eBay might be the best low-cost, low-hassle way to move merchandise that didn't sell in their stores. That was the message delivered during a WSA seminar titled [...]

Industry experts say traditional grocers with online businesses are succeeding where new e-commerce companies failed, reported Tribnet.com (Nov. 30). Several factors are responsible for that difference, according to a study [...]

* Business-to-consumer (B2C) retail e-commerce sales in the third quarter of this year came in at $13.3 billion, a 27% increase from the third quarter of 2002, according to the [...]

* Retailers using NeXpansion's 'Endless Aisle' e-commerce service spent Oct. 28 trying to determine if there were any options for the web-based company, which shuttered its popular service amid a [...]

* Online grocer Peapod is gearing up for competition in Chicago with its CEO keeping a close eye on New York e-grocer FreshDirect and on the brick-and-mortar parent companies of [...]

Despite the fluttering economy, the upcoming holiday season should be a good one for E-retailers. Consumers should spend $17.8 billion online during the fourth quarter, up 17.8% from the $13.8 […]

LONDON -- Yoox, the Bologna, Italy-based e-commerce site that specializes in discounted, end-of-season designer collections, has received $5.8 million (converted from 5 million euros at current exchange) from Benchmark Capital, [...]

Barry Diller, a Hollywood media mogul, has acquired LendingTree, an online financial-services provider. Mr Diller's shift to e-commerce comes amid a revival of interest in online businesses. A few surviving [...]

The Norfolk Economic Development Authority approved an agreement whereby small businesses can get help with their e-commerce problems. The cost-sharing agreement with the Virginia Electronic and Technology Center, or VECTEC, [...]

While many large and midsize companies engage in online commerce or have a Web site, e-commerce has failed to lure small businesses. And maybe that's best. Consider this: A 2002 [...]

Ian Bowen-Morris, head of marketing at Yell.com, the UK's leading online classified directory service, offers companies with a website a hands-on guide to maximising visitors You have already designed and [...]