Articles by Elaine X. Grant

Some online shoppers will do anything for a deal, andsome will gladly pay extra for convenience. The trickfor an e-tailer is to find a perfect balance betweenthe two I fall somewhere between the two camps, as I suspectmost online shoppers do. I have used Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN) and its competitor Hotwire to get, if Imay say so, fabulous deals o...

Like the St. Louis Rams, HotJobs (Nasdaq:HOTJ), Monster.com and E*Trade (NYSE: ET)were edged out in Super Bowl XXXVI as AT&T Wireless' mLife joined the NewEngland Patriots in the winner's circle According to a survey by Jupiter Media Metrix(Nasdaq: JMXI), AT&T cashed in on its Super Bowl ad campaign topromote its new mLife wireless brand, registeri...

Like the St. Louis Rams, HotJobs (Nasdaq:HOTJ), Monster.com and E*Trade (NYSE: ET)were edged out in Super Bowl XXXVI as AT&T Wireless' mLife joined the NewEngland Patriots in the winner's circle According to a survey by Jupiter Media Metrix(Nasdaq: JMXI), AT&T cashed in on its Super Bowl ad campaign topromote its new mLife wireless brand, registeri...

Like the St. Louis Rams, HotJobs (Nasdaq:HOTJ), Monster.com and E*Trade (NYSE: ET)were edged out in Super Bowl XXXVI as AT&T Wireless' mLife joined the NewEngland Patriots in the winner's circle According to a survey by Jupiter Media Metrix(Nasdaq: JMXI), AT&T cashed in on its Super Bowl ad campaign topromote its new mLife wireless brand, registeri...

With online payment company PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL)set for a Thursday IPO, analysts are optimistic aboutits prospects. "The signs are there that they will continue to besuccessful," Gartneranalyst Avivah Litan told the E-Commerce Times. Litanexpects the IPO to be successful, but "not the wildkind of success we saw a few years ago."

Name-your-own-price e-tailer Priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) and online auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY)have inked a deal that calls for Priceline to offer itstravel booking engine on EBay. "It is similar to the deal where Amazon last year signed on Expedia and Hotwire as partners," Forrester senior analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times....

According to a new study by GartnerG2, online shoppers who want to download and watch moviesover the Internet will have to wait until 2005 for thetechnology to hit the mainstream Despite considerable interest and hype, Internet video-on-demand is years away from becoming an e-commerce reality in theUnited States. Even by 2005, it will account for j...

I have seen the studies. I know that fraud is moreprevalent online and that many people are wary ofgiving their credit card information to Internetmerchants. But credit cards still seem like the bestand most convenient option. I'm sure I would besinging a different tune if mine had been one of thecredit card numbers snatched by hackers, but I just...

In a clear signal that online travel is on the mend,Expedia (Nasdaq:EXPE) reported much stronger than expected earningsfor the fourth quarter. "Internet travel, it appears, is recovering more quicklythan the travel business in general," Expedia CEO RichBarton said, pointing to travelers' desire for gooddeals and more information....

Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND), which provides e-commerce software to onlinemerchants and the U.S. government, has filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy and agreed to sell its assets and clientcontracts to e-commerce outsourcing company Digital River(Nasdaq: DRIV) Digital River CEO Joel Ronning told theE-Commerce Times that synergies between Beyond.comand Digi...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) andVeriSign(Nasdaq: VRSN) are teaming up to boost e-commerce security by developing newproducts and services for their big-business customers.IBM will supply the software and infrastructure, andVeriSign will contribute its expertise in Web identity,authentication and online payment "If IBM plans on offering an authentication service...

Shoppers who make a purchase on BestBuy.com(NYSE: BBY) will encounter a new payment engine designed to speed the sales process and minimize fraud Developed by ClearCommerce,the payment processing andsecurity software will provide real-time credit cardauthorization, as well as payment processing, forelectronic checks and automated clearing house (AC...

E-tailers took the first three spots on the latest list of the top 10fastest-growing sites, according to a new report released Friday by Jupiter Media Metrix. The research firm also reported that Internet malls widened their audience reach inDecember more than any other type of site. The surge in the popularity of e-commercesites was largely due t...