As women start to use the Internet more for shopping, the prospects sharply improve for on-line retailers

Article Abstract:

According to recent surveys, more women are shopping online than ever and the numbers are expected to grow significantly. From September 1997 to April 1999 the number of women who purchased goods and services online rose from 3.0 million to 10.6 million, while of those making purchases online, 38% were women. Though America Online's senior vice president for strategic business Katherine Borsecnik sees online buying shifting dramatically, since 80% to 85% of household spending is handled by women, her company doesn't consider gender a factor in serving AOL customers. Women.com's CEO Marleen McDaniel, however, has held for years that the Internet will blossom as more and more woman go online.

Video Retailing Service, All Other Information Services, Economic aspects, Internet, Internet service providers, Marketing, Demographic aspects, Surveys, Internet service provider, Home shopping, Women consumers

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Amazon sues big bookseller over system for shopping

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Amazon.com is suing Barnesandnoble.com over the patented "one click" technology that allows customers to but more than one item at a time. Barnesandnoble has responded that the patent infringement suit over it's Express Lane one-click checkout system is jealousy over the servcice's popularity. The two online giants have been feuding for years, but this case could be far reaching for electronic commerce, considering how many retail internet sites have their own "electronic wallets". To protect their interests, more and more online companies are suing over patents, which could, eventually hurt Internet growth.

Book Stores, Company legal issue, Booksellers, Bookstores, Amazon.com Inc., Patent law, Industry legal issue, AMZN, barnesandnoble.com Inc., BNBN

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Ticketmaster and Microsoft settle suit on Internet linking

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Though no terms were disclosed, USA Networks' Ticketmaster and Microsoft settled their two-year-old lawsuit in late-January 1999, over the way Microsoft was taking Internet users to a deep Ticketmaster link, bypassing a lot of advertising. Internet law specialists gain no new knowledge by the non-disclosure, except that Microsoft's Sidewalk on-line guide users now will have to go to Ticketmaster's home page.

Comment:

Lawsuit with Ticketmaster is settled

Microsoft Corp., Abstract, MSFT, Ticketmaster Group Inc., TKTM

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