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E-commerce, e-business, e-tailing, whatever "e" you want to call it, Internet merchandising is booming. However, as Internet-based businesses are learning, once the sale has been made, the work has just... read more →
Any doubts that logistics and fulfillment are the key to successful online retailing should have been dispelled by this holiday season. The Grinch didn't exactly steal Christmas, but poor logistics... read more →
In the recent months, the Internet has had an enormous, historic impact on the stock market in many different ways. Real-time access to stock prices and lower transaction cost has... read more →
In the last few months, the business media has gone e-commerce crazy. The sudden crush of stories on the benefits of Internet-based commerce is rivaled only by the rush of... read more →
For decades, UPS was the only nationwide private parcel carrier with zoned ground parcel service. Its only competitor of significance until 1985 was the Parcel Post of the United States... read more →
In the early 1980s, the less-than-truckload segment of the trucking industry had little concern about competition from the parcel carriers like United Parcel Service and Federal Express. And of course,... read more →