Now think of Internet electronic commerce as the e-mail equivalent of traditional commerce's surface post.
Hirai Yoshimitsu, deputy secretary-general of the Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan, predicts that within a decade, half of Japan's e-commerce will be conducted over non-PC devices such as phones and public computer kiosks.
This panel, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, should recommend extending the no-new-Internet-tax forever.
The United States gets 70 percent of electronic commerce, they said, compared to Europe's 20 percent.
Idealab has developed its own electronic-commerce system and image-compression technology that all its companies can use.
Such breathlessness (complete with mixed metaphors) is an occupational hazard in the world of electronic commerce.
On the other hand, it could spark an ugly patent war over electronic commerce.
Indeed, practically everything that was predicted about electronic commerce three years ago has turned out to be wrong.
But the glitter of e-tailing is fool's gold compared to cold hard cost savings through B2B (business-to-business) electronic commerce.
Advertising and electronic commerce are also becoming increasingly important to the national players.
State and municipalities were starting to pile on levies that threatened to strangle this electronic-commerce marketplace in its infancy.
These two industries, although not strictly in the category of electronic commerce themselves, are being profoundly changed by it.
Many consultants look to a new strut to prop up growth: electronic commerce.
The ultimate promise of electronic commerce is undiminished, but the road from here to there is taking some surprising turns.
In the final quarter of last year, America Online made about 18% of its revenues from advertising and electronic commerce deals.
So the rules that will be devised for electronic commerce may affect the choice between physical and digital methods of trade.
Politicians are painting a dire picture of schools being shut down and hospitals closing whilst ways are found to tax electronic commerce.
Electronic commerce as hot dance club: few would have guessed three years ago that this would become the Internet's favourite business model.
ECONOMIST: In one form or another, electronic commerce is here to stay
Electronic commerce is enabling large manufacturers and traders to slash operating costs.
Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choice.
It is used for making very low-value purchases at shops, vending machines and pay phones or it can be used for electronic commerce.
During one test, DIS employees from five buildings viewed a live, on-screen presentation of a managers' meeting detailing the department's electronic commerce plans.
Deutsche Telekom's second tactic is to reinvent itself as a Systemhaus, selling multimedia, electronic commerce and anything else floating modishly across the Atlantic.
In the three years since the Internet has taken off, the slow growth of electronic commerce has been one of its greatest disappointments.
Add to that the increased demand for IT projects, plus year 2000 and electronic-commerce projects, and you've got a "really stressed-out situation, " Polansky says.
As electronic commerce booms, it's not just the middlemen who will find creative ways to use the Internet to strengthen their relationships and customers.
Bushnell also dabbled in electronic commerce during the 1980s by launching ByVideo, which took online orders through kiosks set up in airports and other locations.
The ad campaign led to a tremendous amount of "heavy volume to the electronic-commerce site, which wasn't configured for that sort of volume, " Doyle said.
Sponsored by Representative Christopher Cox (RCalif.) and Senator Ron Wyden (DOre.), the bill would stop states and municipalities from imposing targeted, discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
AOL's flair for understanding the needs of the mass market and the size of its subscriber base will combine with Netscape's Internet browser and electronic-commerce software.
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