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Strategies & Market Trends : e-Commerce the Next 100 Months...... -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TLindt who wrote (1652)	11/9/1998 9:09:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2882

yeah, and this one caught my eye the other day... ...Portals are in a prime position to usher e-shoppers, since they host the Web's heaviest traffic. Last week, Jupiter Communications predicted that online spending this holiday season will reach $2.3 billion, up from $1.1 billion the previous year. The marketing research firm also found, however, that most shopping conducted online is for personal purposes rather than for gifts. The research firm noted that e-commerce companies need to ramp-up their marketing efforts in order to turn self-shoppers into gift-shoppers.... news.com Remember this is still in its infancy, and players will be jockying for position. Deals will be made, and it'll be more than a foot race to see who gets the major cut of this emerging market.