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A report released Wednesday by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) shows that 58.4 percent of online purchasers believe that online prices are as high as those offline. That percentage jumps to 75.4 percent among online users who do not shop on the Web.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened debate Thursday on possible new e-commerce regulations, specifically whether existing laws should apply to software and other types of Internet downloads.

Six months after being rescued from the brink of bankruptcy, online grocer Peapod, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPOD) continues to see increasing financial losses, reporting Wednesday that it fell well short of earnings estimates for the third quarter.

Bookselling giant Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced plans Wednesday to strengthen its clicks-and-mortar network by closely integrating operations with Barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN).

Shares of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) jumped $5.13 (US$) to $34.69 by mid-day Wednesday after the e-commerce bellwether reported a Q3 operating loss of $68 million, or 25 cents per share, outpacing projections by 8 cents.

Did you know that the current U.S. moratorium on Internet taxation does not ban taxes on goods sold via the Internet?

Until recently, it was rare to see dot-com chief executive officers lose their jobs or even leave voluntarily. But these are different times -- much different -- and suddenly the heads of Internet chiefs are rolling with regularity.

Although Canadians are using the Web in ever-increasing numbers, they are among the world's most cautious when it comes to actually purchasing goods and services online, according to a study released Tuesday by American Express (NYSE: AXP).

In an effort to promote public trust in Internet transactions, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and BBBOnLine unveiled the BBB Code of Online Business Practices on Tuesday.

Internet users around the world have a greater willingness to buy products and services online than do their U.S. counterparts, according to a report released Tuesday by research firm International Data Corp. (IDC).

E-commerce customer spending fell 12.8 percent from August to September, according to a new report published by U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Harris Interactive.

A "strong and growing demand" for Net access by way of cellular phones, televisions, voice portals and other wireless devices is driving the growth of e-commerce, according to a study released Tuesday by America Online (NYSE: AOL) and market research firm Roper Starch Worldwide.

A study released Monday by BizRate.com shows that the average online shopper abandoned two or three Web shopping carts over the last 90 days, each representing lost sales of $175 (US$).

Internet auction giant eBay issued an apology to its customers on Monday for sporadic system and service outages that have hampered the site's functions for the past week.

If e-commerce fails to capture whopping holiday sales this year, it is going to be for lack of imagination. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have always known that people want much more out of the holiday season than the opportunity to get a bargain, and they have made the creation of aestheti...