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[2002-03-25] Online Fraud and IP Address Tracking
ClearCommerce Corporation, a provider of payment processing and fraud protection software for e-commerce, studied 1,100 of its best online merchants to get a better understanding of online fraud. In doing so, they analyzed 6 million transactions from 40,000 customers who were collectively doing business with the company’s merchants.
[2002-03-21] The Birth of the Sell Side Solution
Global shipping giant DHL employs the world's largest express shipping network to service over 120,000 destinations in 228 countries and territories. 5,900 offices, 36 hubs, 275 gateways, 254 aircraft, and a team of 68,700 air express professionals support their worldwide coverage.
[2002-03-20] The Joy of Targeting Teenagers
Teenagers are the generation that marketing execs would and do spend millions a year to try to understand. Every product directed towards the teen crowd goes through hundreds of changes and focus groups to determine whether or not that particular ad will work. This generation has so many variations to it that to say that you are going to target "all teens" is virtually impossible. We must focus on a common factor that most teens share and can be drawn upon to create attachment to our product.
[2002-03-14] E-commerce On The Rise
Although last year’s global recession hurt many sectors of the business world, e-commerce was an area that that ended really well. Buyers around the world spent more than $600 billion dollars last year. This figure was a huge 68 percent increase from the previous year (2000). [International Data Corp (IDC)].
US Online Retail Sales
Historically, the fourth quarter of every year has largest number of online sales. This is usually due to the holiday season. Although, the September 11th attack initially affected online sales, the fourth quarter of last year came back stronger than ever. Here is a breakdown of online sales as estimated by the Department of Commerce for the last two years:
[2002-03-11] Looking Into The Future
While overall there has been a lot of negative attention and news concerning the Internet and related business, it continues to be a great tool for marketing a business, gathering work-related information, and browsing for products and services, as well as research and study for millions of Internet devotees. Regardless of the many struggles companies and individuals have experienced surrounding Internet-related commerce, the web has truly become a part of our everyday lives and appears to be moving ahead optimistically. Although there have been reductions, layoffs and pessimistic views of online business, there are still staggering statistics that support the growth of the Internet and its continued augmentation. It will surely persevere in providing us with both technological advances as well as convenience.
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