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As the number of e-commerce transactions and the amount of money spent on the Internet continue to skyrocket, the risks incurred by companies conducting e-commerce also increase.

In what looks to be a major challenge to Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) dominance in online book and music sales, leading entertainment retailer Virgin Entertainment Group announced the launch of its online megastore today.

IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is inviting e-commerce companies to take a field trip this summer to explore ways to improve their online businesses. The theme park for this new e- commerce adventure: a new 10,500 square-foot IBM Design Center under construction in Poughkeepsie, New York.

NewChannel Inc., an e-commerce technology company, wants to put sales people back into e-commerce, and national shipping company Consolidated Freightways Inc. is ready to give it a try.

While the brouhaha continues in Houston, Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto is quietly facing the same challenges. Like Compaq, H-P sells PCs through distribution channels, as well as servers and legacy systems (mini-computers). What would it do about this new e-commerce thing?

Internet stocks have been "cracking," as they say on Wall Street, all this week. That means CMGI, Yahoo, and even America Online are falling in price. For most of them, this comes despite strong earnings reports.

James Barksdale, of Netscape fame, is now heading to e-commerce. The 56 year old former Microsoft nemesis has founded The Barksdale Group, an investment and advisory firm that focuses on Internet software and services start-ups. On Thursday, Barksdale's group announced that it would invest in e-comm...

Ranked among the top three e-commerce software firms in Europe, German-based Intershop Communications announced a 98 percent sales growth in Q1 1999, in comparison with the same period last year. The company also predicted that it will see rising profit for the remainder of the year. While U.S. mark...

CyberCash (Nasdaq:CYCH) the well-known but struggling e-commerce payment processing company, reported strong revenue gains for the first quarter of 1999, but still remained in the red to the tune of $7.8 million (US$). Investors were encouraged by the company's sales increase of approximately 300 pe...

Online automobile buying service Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) reinforced its leadership position in the industry on Thursday when it announced its first-quarter results. The company announced record first-quarter revenues of $8 million, 73 percent higher than the $4.6 million (US$) reported for the ...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced mixed first-quarter results after the market closed on Wednesday, losing somewhat less than what Wall Street analysts had estimated. Amazon's losses reached US$36.4 million, or 23 cents per share in the quarter.

Looks like it's going to get crowded in the cyber-toy store this Christmas. Brick-and-mortar toy store chain Toys 'R' Us (NYSE: TOY) announced Tuesday that it plans to spend at least $80 million (US$) to create an e-commerce subsidiary.

Lately, what Intel top dogs have been telling any analyst willing to listen, should send a shiver up the T-1 line of any e-commerce startup carving out a niche.

Its trademark slogan can be seen across the country. In rural and urban America "NO FEAR" decorates windshields, surfboards, and t-shirts. The NO FEAR craze does not seem to be a passing fad, however. Last week, the manufacturer of performance, athletic and casual products launched itself into the b...

Michael Jordan collector card sets, beanie babies, meanie babies, and perhaps the odd antique curio. Such is the image of the burgeoning online auction market. But with that in mind, last Thursday's announcement that a body of Jerry Garcia's original artwork will be auctioned off to benefit the envi...