We have learned that Bid.com wants to be global. They are focusing on Europe, and have been working for 2 years now with a number of people, including the Bank of Ireland,and are very close to setting up operations there. I also understand that Ireland is growing very fast right now. Read this:
>>Internet shopping, e-commerce, is growing fast, too. The poll found that a large proportion of Internet users intend to increase the amount they spend via e-commerce.
The survey was carried out through 9,000 telephone interviews across the U.K., Germany and France by polling firm NOP on behalf of computer manufacturer Dell (DELL), publisher Ziff-Davis (ZD) and Internet search engine Yahoo! (YHOO.<<
Europeans caught in the Web
Internet usage in Europe set to explode, according to new survey
November 12, 1998: 8:31 a.m. ET
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LONDON (CNNfn) - European usage of the Internet is set to explode, led by the U.K., according to a survey to be released Friday. A poll of European consumers revealed that 15 percent of the U.K.'s population had accessed the Web, far higher than the 10 percent of Germans and 8 percent of the French population. Europe's figures trail the U.S., where more than one third of Americans have used the Internet.
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