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Despite an economic downturn in the US, new research from Gartner said this week that global B2B ecommerce is set to reach $8.5 trillion by 2005. Gartner believe that the downturn in the economy may lead to further growth in certain areas of B2B commerce as companies seek to cut costs and take advantage of… Continue reading B2B Internet Commerce Market Forecasts From Gartner

According to a new survey from NewWorld Commerce and Marketing Week, online marketing is now well established as part of the marketing strategy of many corporations. In a survey of UK companies, 63% already had an emarketing strategy in place though this was primarily within the telecommunications, service and IT industries. Most companies (85%) considered… Continue reading Online Marketing Established As Important Part Of UK Company Strategy

Research from Pew Internet and American Life apportion some of the blame for the dot-com ‘meltdown’ in recent months on “overeager investors looking for quick profits and poor business plans by dot-com entrepreneurs” along with the youth and relative inexperience of many internet companies’ management. 67% of struggling dot-commers blamed the greed of the entrepeneurs… Continue reading Greed and Clueless Executives” To Blame For Dot-com Failures?

According to new research by Jupiter, the number of Internet users in the US will rise to 216 million in 2005 from the current figure of 135 million and Latin America’s online population is expected to soar from 21 million in 2000 to 77 million in 2005. With the increase in Latin America, Jupiter predicts… Continue reading Jupiter Forecasts Net Boom In Latin America

According to new research from ActivMedia Research, and contrary to many press reports, many online retailers are doing well. The report determined that half of B2C companies and a third of B2B sites are now profitable. Of the B2B sites, a further third expect to show a profit within a year although some B2B sites… Continue reading Online Retail Looks Set For Slow, Steady Growth

Recent figures from the European Commission show that Internet penetration in EU households soared from 18% to 28% between March and October 2000, 40% of the EU’s 375 million population are now online. However, broadband internet access hass been slow to take off, less than 8% of these homes access the Internet via cable modems… Continue reading EU Internet Take Up Rises But Broadband Slow To Take Off

According to the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA), the number of subscribers to mobile Internet services in Japan exceeded 30 million at the end of February, Top service providers were NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode with 19.78 million, KDDI Group’s EZweb service with 6.11 million subscribers and by J-Phone group’s J-Sky service (5.52 million). Subscribers for the three… Continue reading Japanese Mobile Internet Population Exceeds 30 Million

According to a new report by Fletcher, “Online Advertising Grows Up”, by 2004 internet companies will contribute around 10% of the top 10,000 companies’ advertising spend in the UK, around £750 million. Approximately half of this Net spending will go on TV, press and outdoor campaigns, as currently used by such companies as Shopsmart, lastminute… Continue reading UK Dot Com Adspend Set To Rise

According to a new report by Fletcher, “Online Advertising Grows Up”, by 2004 internet companies will contribute around 10% of the top 10,000 companies’ advertising spend in the UK, around £750 million. Approximately half of this Net spending will go on TV, press and outdoor campaigns, as currently used by such companies as Shopsmart, lastminute… Continue reading UK Dot Com Adspend Set To Rise

According to a new report by Forrester Research the UK online leisure travel market will grow from just £592 million in 2000 to upwards of £3.7 billion in 2005, representing 14% of total leisure travel sales in 2005. The report also indicates that suppliers will need to refine their services more in order to cater… Continue reading UK Online Leisure Travel Industry Will Be Worth