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Online software buying not in gear - Quarterdeck
News Where online buying has worked is the McAfee model where you sell to corporates and the communications infrastructure is usually a T1 line. Although pundits have long predicted that the future of software buying would be in downloads, Quarterdeck...
[September 22, 1997, 11:50]
Buying Christmas presents online? Check your dates first
News Several online stores, such as Amazon.co.uk and Dabs.com, now sell software that you can download immediately instead of having to wait for the packaged version to arrive by post. The system in place at Dabs.com takes the buyer through the normal...
[November 27, 2001, 10:24]
MSN Spring clean adds online car buying
News Autolocate allows all visitors to the Web-based online service get data, plan test drives, and order cars from a 500-plus UK dealer database. MSN plans to launch its Expedia online travel booking service next month.
[April 29, 1997, 13:54]
Buying Green Online: Greening Government E-Procurement of Office Supplies
White Papers This report features representative federal government online purchasing activities. Government procurement officials have an increasingly challenging job. They must fulfill ongoing and immediate demands for goods and services, while navigating an...
[February 2, 2005, 2:00]
Data leaks denting Web shoppers' confidence
News Three out of four Web shoppers say they are more cautious about where they buy goods online, while one in three report buying fewer items than they would otherwise because of security concerns, market researcher Gartner said in a study released on...
[June 24, 2005, 12:20]
UK man threatened with BitTorrent lawsuit
Talkback Another reason why people may not be buying music online are the restrictive practices of the vendors. Maybe if the online model was better and the compatibility issue was addressed there might be more interest in buying music online?
[July 2, 2006, 18:24]
E-commerce thrives in UK
News E-commerce is thriving in the UK, with one third of the Internet population happily buying online. That's according to the CommerceNet/Nielsen Internet and E-commerce Survey, which found that 27 percent of UK adults were at ease when buying online...
[November 24, 1999, 16:10]
Festive buying slays records
News This year's online holiday buying binge so far has shattered existing records. The total number of payment transactions completed online also continued to increase over the opening weeks of the holiday buying season, according to VeriSign, a...
[December 22, 2003, 9:55]
How Businesses use their Web Site as a Successful Sales Prospecting Tool
White Papers This white paper explores the Integrated Buying Process and how sellers can leverage the integration of online and offline marketing for effective sales prospecting. However, the ability to capture information about web visitors allows you to study...
[July 21, 2003, 17:56]
Online shopping still causes security fears
News Businesses are still not doing enough to soothe consumer fears about buying online, says the Office of Fair Trading. The OFT report said: "Shoppers' fears about online payment security risks are considerable", adding that many consumers were even...
[June 20, 2007, 9:35]
Government's secure shopping scheme condemned
News A government scheme to increase consumer confidence in buying online launched Tuesday has been overshadowed by stiff criticism from a former partner on the project. A survey released earlier this month by software firm London Bridge Software (LBS...
[July 18, 2000, 12:26]
US Study: E-commerce hits the mainstream
News The new study is part of a growing body of research that suggests consumers' concerns about buying products online are easing, and that e-commerce is achieving mainstream acceptance. Successful e-commerce players and portals have also had a big...
[March 23, 1999, 9:29]
Online advertising set to boom in 2003
News After a worse than expected performance this year, the Internet industry is expected to benefit from a surge in online advertising revenue, media buying firm Initiative Media believes. Online advertising spending has been predicted to rise by...
[December 13, 2002, 12:19]
UK Net users ripped off - Report
News It's common practice for consumers to shop around on the high street and seek out the best prices, but people are failing to do the same when it comes to buying online and we've proven that this oversight is costing them dear," said Kelkoo UK...
[June 29, 2000, 11:35]
Shoppers 'browse the high street to buy online'
News A new survey conducted by Shop.org and BizRate.com found that while nearly half of those surveyed use the Internet to look for products and then buy them either in a store or through a catalogue, 45 percent are buying online after researching...
[December 9, 2003, 13:40]
Sizing up Microsoft's Aquantive deal
News There has been a recent buying frenzy in the online advertising sector as companies try to grab bigger pieces of the lucrative market that is expected to continue to grow as more people turn to the web for their entertainment and information.
[May 21, 2007, 9:43]
Virgin kicks off £50m cyber commerce plan
News Virgin Trains will be launching a Web site for booking rail tickets, Virgin Atlantic will be pushing online air tickets, Virgin Direct will allow customers to manage their finances online, including buying a house and paying the gas bill.
[February 17, 1999, 16:06]
Rock Solid Security at Carat Crystal
White Papers Carat wanted to differentiate its products and services from its competitors by offering customers online media information and buying services. Working in concert with Carat's existing Web site, the VASCO solution increased Carat's reputation for...
[January 9, 2009, 23:00]
Giveaways pay off on the Web
News Still, as far as online buying goes, Stephens said that most sites are still trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. That is the message from market researcher PC Data Online, which hosted its Trends Conference Friday.
[June 13, 2000, 11:04]
Exclusive: internetTrak survey shows increasing Net use
News It sets out to discover if people are buying online, and if so what would make them buy more. It also looks at some of the barriers to buying online. Sponsored by Ziff-Davis, Yahoo! and Dell, the internetTrak survey is the UK's most comprehensive...
[November 13, 1998, 9:27]
