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...ending in June, everybody from your broker to the corner grocer to the guy who sold you that recliner you're sitting on is paying attention to the online biz, no matter what the aggravation. And whether they're working for an aggressive Net start-up, a brick-and-mortar retailer who fears getting "Amazon-ed" or a company content for now to dip a toe into the scary world of e-commerce, they're all interested in the future of your wallet. Says Dan Burke, senior analyst at Gomez Advisors, a rater of e-commerce sites: "We're just...
That's because every shopper's click provides data, Brooks says. And in the past eight months, he has used that data, along with information from focus groups, to redesign his site five times. Brooks is dubious that a brick-and-mortar retailer can adapt as quickly to consumer needs. "My sense of time is compressed," he says. "For someone who has spent 25 years as a retailer to adopt this speed will be very tough...
...than with profits." ETrade was not profitable in 1998, or in two of three quarters in 1999. But because it can keep its own forgiving investors happy despite those numbers, and because it's not encumbered by expensive branch offices, the company is more nimble than its brick-and-mortar competitors, Burke says. But that may change soon: Cotsakos, who's thrived on the bold moves only Net moguls seem to get away with, said in September that he plans to form an alliance with a traditional financial company. The reason? To give investors personal attention...
...handed over all weapons required by previous agreements, observers believe the transition is unlikely to stop violence in the province. Many of the weapons handed over were old and not particularly useful, and it has been anticipated that KLA hard-liners ? some of whom have been involved in systematic mortar attacks on Serb villages ? may choose to simply hide their arms and continue their independence war from the underground...
...those. The 35 biggest traditional retailers have a market value of $630 billion, he says, while the 32 biggest online retailers have a market value of just $53 billion. Graham says that in time those numbers must converge because the online companies are taking business from their bricks-and-mortar competition...