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Holiday shoppers helped push online sales to nearly US$5 billion in November, a 36 percent increase over October but below November 2000 spending levels, Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) and Greenfield Online said Monday. ...

When does 10 percent growth for consumer e-commerce beat the old days of 100 percent growth? When the 10 percent growth comes amid an overall slowdown in consumer spending. ...

At the onset of the busiest shopping season of the year, e-commerce in the United Kingdom got a big boost from the British government in the form of a media blitz designed to get shoppers "clicking with confidence." ...

Monster.com parent company TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW) answered the surprise counter-bid by Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) for career site HotJobs (Nasdaq: HOTJ) on Friday by warning that Yahoo's stock is overpriced, making the deal risky. ...

A record number of people visited e-commerce sites during the week ending December 7th -- more than 50 percent higher than 2000 levels -- Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) reported Thursday. ...

When executives from Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) met with analysts last month, they said they were eager to expand the portal's participation in online marketing research. Already, Yahoo! said, nearly a dozen research firms had asked about partnerships. ...

The shakeout in the online grocery sector came on hard and fast in 2001. And, somewhat ironically, the one company left standing was the first to wave a warning flag. ...

Online consumer spending in the U.S. rose to US$5.3 billion in November, a 10 percent increase over 2000 levels, according to a report released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT) and Harris Interactive (Nasdaq: HPOL). ...

U.S. e-tailers have made major strides in improving the online ordering and delivery process, though Web shopping may be taking longer than in past years because consumers have more choices, according to the annual e-Fulfillment Report released Wednesday by consulting firm Accenture (NYSE: ACN). ...

Eighteen percent of Internet users made an online purchase during the last week of November, with each spending an average of US$77 -- a slight drop from the previous week -- according to a report released Monday. ...

Retail is like football. Even though the game has four quarters of equal length, how a team plays in the final 15 minutes often has a lot more to do with the outcome. So too in retail sales, where the last 12 weeks of the year do more to determine the final score than any other timeframe on the calendar. ...

Portals and Internet shopping malls attracted a larger share of the online shopping audience than major e-tailers last week, according to a report released Thursday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). ...

Visits to online shopping sites remained strong last week, up 45 percent from a year ago and 3 percent higher than the week before, according to a report released Thursday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). ...

Pop quiz time. Harris Interactive reported this week that only 3 percent of consumers bother to read online privacy policies when they visit new sites. ...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) said Tuesday it had bought all of the assets of defunct e-tailer Egghead.com through a California bankruptcy court for US$6.1 million. ...

When it was the new thing, e-commerce seemed to be all about fun ...

Anyone who's ever been to Norwalk, Connecticut knows it's a pretty good place to lie low for a while. ...

Automakers eager to use their no-interest financing deals to attract buyers in the face of a slowing economy helped boost online advertising in recent months, according to a report released Tuesday by Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT). ...

MSN said Monday it has struck a marketing and e-commerce deal with the Volvo division at Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) that will include the pre-sale of a number of 2003 model-year vehicles on the portal. ...

The number of dot-com job losses fell to 2,901 in November, continuing a downward trend that began last summer, according to a report released Friday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. ...