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E-Commerce Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2020
For many organizations, e-commerce systems are not a nice-to-have but an essential element of their business model. Nevertheless, while the overall ROI and TCO experience of e-commerce systems are positive, these systems can be complex and difficult to deploy. This report provides an overview of e-commerce adoption and investment trends, providing data on how many organizations have the technology in place, how many are in the process of implementing it, and how many are expanding implementations.
January, 2020
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Retail & CPG Digital Services 2020-2021 RadarView™
The Retail & CPG Digital Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ report zeroes in on key action items to navigate ongoing headwinds to gain competitive advantage. It identifies key global service providers and systems integrators to assist enterprises in business transformation. The 115-page report also highlights key market trends and offers Avasant’s view of the road ahead for retail and CPG companies in the coming years.
August, 2020
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Internet Tax Moratorium in Jeopardy (Dec 2001)
A long-term policy for the tax treatment to be applied to online transactions continues to elude federal legislators. Leaders in Congress are scrambling to give themselves, and the states, more time to reach a consensus. The House Judiciary Committee introduced a tax moratorium extension measure, which would extend the ban on placing duplicative or discriminatory taxes on Internet services for two years. A similar two-year extension has been proposed in the Senate, where a compromise eight-month extension was rejected just days before the end date for the original tax moratorium. With that rejection, the moratorium expired on October 21, 2001.
September, 2002
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E-Commerce Update: Sales and Satisfaction on the Rise (Mar 2002)
Despite an economic recession and the tragedy of September 11, the analysis of last holiday seasonâs ecommerce performance is encouraging. Total sales revealed modest but encouraging gains, and consumer surveys revealed growing satisfaction with service levels provided by emerchants. As the net economy rebuilds itself in 2002, the forecast looks only partly cloudy, and there is cause for optimism in the days ahead.
September, 2002
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Preventing Domain Name Registrations From Lapsing (Mar 2002)
Domain name registrants are well aware of the issue of cybersquatting, which is the practice of registering a domain name for the purpose of extracting a fee from the "rightful" owner in exchange for its transfer. Another peril poses a more persistent, if less controversial, risk. That peril is that a valid domain name simply may lapse and become generally available, possibly without the registrant's knowledge.
September, 2002
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Click-Through Contracts: How to Make Them Stick (Sep 2001)
A "Click-Through" agreement is any legal document contained within computer software, whether online or offline, by which the vendor seeks to enter into a binding contract with the user of that website or software. Instead of scribbling your "John Hancock," you click a button, check a box, or otherwise indicate your electronic assent. As a relatively new form of contracting, these electronic agreements have created a dilemma for lawmakers and have resulted in several lawsuits. For the vendor, creating an enforceable agreement requires familiarity with these decisions to see what works, and what does not.
September, 2002
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Get on Top of Supply Chain and Customer Management Applications
Supply chain difficulties and customer relationship management (CRM) missteps directly impact the corporate bottom line. Solutions center around sharing information through new partnerships conducted through the Internet. But, accomplishing this goal requires an unprecedented openness and trust among participants.
September, 2002
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Digital Signatures Present New E-commerce Opportunities
The digital signature law signed by President Clinton in early summer became effective October 1, 2000. Although some aspects of the legislation will phase in over the next year, e-commerce organizations need to begin implementation now. There are a number of unresolved questions related to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, otherwise known as E-Sign, that must be faced. Waiting until all of the answers are known, however, is not advised.
August, 2002
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The E-Business Overview: IT Architecture
As e-business applications grow from departmental and divisional applications into critical enterprise systems, corporations are re-visiting their web architectures and fine-tuning their engines for optimal business performance. This analysis explores how e-business architecture can be built and optimized. We also take a look at recent architectural demands of flexibility and adherence to standards.
August, 2002
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Oracle Internet Procurement
The supplies and services required to produce products and run a business typically account for over half of total costs. Any reduction in the cost of acquiring goods and services flows directly to the bottom line. Thus, streamlining the purchase process and trimming procurement costs has emerged as a target for many organizations attempting to improve profitability.
August, 2002
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Edify Electronic Banking System 3.0
Industries that can empower their customers, employees, and partners with realtime access to information are surging ahead of their competition. Such a trend is enforced by advances in Internet technology, the introduction of collaborative applications, and self-service applications such as those offered by brokerage firms and travel agencies. In the banking industry, the challenges for deploying self-service applications are more stringent than anywhere else, with uncompromising demands for reliability, security, and 24x7 access. Applications that can meet these needs in mission-critical production environments are vital to financial institutions around the globe.
August, 2002
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Defining Your Website Hosting Requirements
When identifying your website's hosting needs it is important to consider your company's goals. A wide array of hosting options is available for you to store, deliver, and receive information from customers and potential customers from around the world. Knowing your company's requirements will help you choose a Web hosting company with the proper "fit."
August, 2002
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Wireless Technology to Boost Internet Usage
Internet users are increasingly turning to broadband wireless solutions as frustrations with dial-up and hardwired connectivity grow. Depending on location, many users have the option of selecting a wireless Internet link that offers speeds of 2 Mbps to 11 Mbps. The economy of wireless Internet is often attractive.
August, 2002
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Agriculture Industry is Increasing Efficiencies with Online Auctions
Contrary to its stereotype as an old-fashioned industry, agriculture is in a craze about the same phenomenon as all other industries: e-commerce--specifically auctions. Although online auctions are of peak interest on the Internet, agricultural auctions are in the early stages of development (currently, there is no data enumerating the number of cattle sold online), and like all other industries, agriculture is seeking a more efficient and cost-effective way of doing business. Online auctions and trading posts serve this function.
August, 2002
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Agriculture and the Internet: Small Farms Promote Themselves Online
In a study of websites promoting small farming operations in the American Mid-West, Computer Economics found that owners of family farms and small orchards use several strategies to compete with large, nationally based e-commerce sites and attract visitors and shoppers to their operations.
August, 2002