Forerunner focuses on both consumer-facing e-commerce startups and on technology companies that support e-commerce.
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Keeping them buying: That's what understanding e-commerce--and the technology that drives it--is all about.
The four 'em's of e-learning, e-government, e-commerce, e-medicine are old hat to so many in the West.
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Priceline will launch in Europe in the autumn, potentially providing competition to UK e-commerce start-ups such as Lastminute.com.
This whole "connected Internet e-commerce crazy-fast buy-coffee-from-the-car" paradigm is starting to have some pretty interesting ramifications in our culture.
Dubai, a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates, is driven by commerce--and that helps explain the government-owned airline's success.
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You know we focus on e-commerce -- I've never got any problem with government in the last ten years.
Mobile commerce - or M-commerce - is the fastest growing area of retail.
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Teen apparel retailer Aeropostale is looking to revamp its m-commerce (e-commerce through mobile) channel to strengthen its direct-to-consumer business.
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In tough times, companies generally expand in localities that are are friendly to commerce--say, states like Texas or nearby Idaho.
Mar. 13 marked the launch of the new e-commerce site--which allowed actual purchases for the first time--and a stiff dose of reality.
Moreover, the introduction of mobile payment solutions and growing influence of social media are likely to complement growth in e-commerce and m-commerce channels.
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Other postponed IT programs include customer relationship management (25 percent), sales-force automation (22 percent), business-to-business e-commerce (18 percent) and business-to-consumer e-commerce (15 percent).
"China is very, very serious about becoming e-commerce-oriented in a few years, " says Cindy Cheung, general manager for IBM's Greater China e-business solutions group.
India Business Council across the street at the Chamber of Commerce -- Secretary Hillary Clinton, and also Secretary Locke, and the USTR Ambassador Kirk.
For example, an icon similar to the SSL encryption key-prevalent in e-commerce transactions-may pop up to indicate that a site matches a user's privacy tolerance level.
Our merchants will be surprised at how simple it is to integrate MasterPass to their existing e-commerce or m-commerce interfaces all within a highly secure environment.
Without Brennan, the transition landed upon the unlikely choice of Panetta -- whom some had mentioned as a possible Commerce secretary -- citing his management skills.
That's why, with help form the smart folks at technology publisher O'Reilly Media, we've assembled a glossary of e-commerce-related tech terms that every entrepreneur should know.
Business groups--notably the oil industry and U.S. Chamber of Commerce--warn that a decision against Exxon could open the door to excessive punitive damages claims against other companies.
Brick-and-mortar retailers are on the brink of getting parity in the e-commerce-versus-real world shopping wars, but they still cannot afford to lose ground over the holiday season.
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Bob Tobin, who is president of the small business council of the Rochester Chamber Of Commerce -- and an undecided voter -- said neither candidate has given him reason for optimism.
When Jack Ma , a Chinese-born Internet entrepreneur, came to Silicon Valley in 1999 to pitch his new venture--an e-commerce play dubbed Alibaba --investing in China was still a dubious proposition.
In a speech earlier this year, he cited the importance of precision-target advertising, real-time search functions, e-commerce, revenue-sharing with third-party software and games developers as well as payment for digital content.
TV, a phone-in order service and an e-commerce-enabled website.
Her firm, Forerunner Ventures, invests in next-generation e-commerce start-ups, and in a reversal of the traditional retail model, many of her new companies start online and eventually move to brick and mortar.
Jack Sheng, an e-commerce-company owner who bought a Nissan Leaf last year, says electric vehicles should be able to park free in all eight lots, not just the two with charging stations.
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Business-to-business e-commerce, or e-business, is a different story.
When customs officials held up a consignment of switches from Alcatel, under the pretext of "improper paperwork, " Roshan scooped up letters from the ministries of communication, finance and commerce--and got the switches three days later.
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