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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sears may feel the chill soon. Most businesses are finding that the Net is actually pretty lucrative. According to ActivMedia, which surveyed 2,000 commerce-related websites, 46% are profitable and an additional 30% expect to cross that line in the next couple of years. For some firms, the Net has become an essential competitive advantage. Dell, which sells $5 million worth of computers a day on its website, claims that the efficiencies of Web-based sales give it a 6% profit advantage over its competitors. Discount-mortgage broker American Finance and Investment, which conducts 60% of its business online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Click Till You Drop | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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