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Lost amid the hoopla and hyperbole of the e-commerce explosion is the nagging reality that few e-businesspeople seem to know how and when they are going to make a profit ...

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 electronic commerce revolution ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 delivere-commerce solutions to IBM customers and enhanced technology to VerticalNet. The agreement calls for VerticalNet to promote IBM's products and services across the 51 industry-specific Web sites owned and operated by VerticalNet. IBM has also agreed to work with its customers to create e-commerce solutions using IBM's Net.commerce software and to integrate those solutions into VerticalNet communities, where they will be provided with VerticalNet storefronts.