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Credit card giants Visa, MasterCard and American Express said they have joined forces to form the Mobile Payment Forum. The forum will work on creating technical standards for mobile e-commerce to authenticate cardholder identities and provide a secure way for consumers to make purchases from the...

Contrary to speculation immediately following the September 11th terrorist attacks, fear of further violence is not keeping American shoppers out of stores, according to a survey released Monday by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen//NetRatings. That spells more bad news for e-tailers,...

In an exclusive interview with the E-Commerce Times, Nortel director of global branding and advertising Bruce Horner explained how a crucial component of the company's online marketing strategy involves the preemptive placement of targeted ads. This approach allows Nortel to identify and quickly ...

They say never to kick someone when he's down. But there are exceptions to every rule. So, even though Egghead.com is down, way down -- all the way down, in fact, it deserves a good swift kick in the yolk.

The parent company of online job search giant Monster.com said that its third-quarter profits rose 20 percent over a year before, due largely to Monster's continued growth and profitability. Monster itself had third quarter revenues of US$174 million, a 38 percent increase over the same period a ...

Despite concerns from federal officials that taxes will stifle growth of the Internet economy, industry and government observers told the E-Commerce Times that an end to a moratorium on certain Internet taxes will not mean the extinction of e-commerce. Gartner Dataquest principal analyst Ron Cowl...

Despite concerns from federal officials that taxes will stifle growth of the Internet economy, industry and government observers told the E-Commerce Times that an end to a moratorium on certain Internet taxes will not mean the extinction of e-commerce. Gartner Dataquest principal analyst Ron Cowl...

Spurred by the spate of recent anthrax scares, U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to electronic billing and payment channels to allay mail safety concerns, with roughly 32 million Americans expected to view credit card and other statements online by the end of 2001, according to new data rel...

Credit card advertising has nearly doubled its presence on the Web this year, research firm Jupiter Media Metrix said Monday. "It's understandable that the significant growth of online advertising for credit services coincides with a softening economy and the approach of the holiday shopping seas...

In a characteristic trend-bucking move, EBay recently added Singapore to its roster of international trading sites. Prop that up against the backdrop of analyst reports that more than half of all Internet users reside outside the U.S., and you might ask yourself, "Why can't my company do that?"

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Many companies are beginning to throw in the towel when it comes to getting adolescents to make a purchase online. However, it might be too soon for e-tailers to surrender to the teen e-commerce problem. What follows is an exploration of the attempts companies can make to cap the generation gap a...

Much of the buzz around office water coolers lately has to do with the government's new powers to follow our every move on the Internet. Some argue it was bad enough that employers already had the right to read our e-mail. Now the government can do so, too. Where will it end, Americans wonder? E-...