http://dir.salon.com/topics/e_commerce/?source=rss&aim=e_commerce en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST By Loren Fox Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/27/whitman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/27/whitman/index.html?source=rss The CEO of eBay presides over a company worth more than four times as much as Kmart. Maybe there's something to this e-commerce thing after all. By Ruth Shalit Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/2000/12/12/italy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/2000/12/12/italy/index.html?source=rss Doing market research in Milan is an exceptional, a very brilliant idea! More grappa! By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology/index.html?source=rss Is online shopping good for the environment or just a better way to be as wasteful as we want to be? Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology2/index.html?source=rss By thinking before clicking, you too can help prevent environmental devastation. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/29/ecommerce/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/29/ecommerce/index.html?source=rss Broke and stingy e-tailers have taken all the fun out of online shopping. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/20/customer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/20/customer/index.html?source=rss What does the failure of e-commerce experiments tell us about the potential for making money on the Net? Ian Angell Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/angell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/angell/index.html?source=rss The New Barbarian Manifesto By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/01/dotcomguy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/01/dotcomguy/index.html?source=rss Voyeurism! Consumerism! Hype! DotComGuy is a human incarnation of the worst the Net has to offer. By Lydia Lee Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/10/eluxury/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/10/eluxury/index.html?source=rss LVMH quietly launches Eluxury.com, but will anyone buy a $17,000 watch on the Web? By Diane Seo Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/29/amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/29/amazon/index.html?source=rss With its stock down 66 percent, is Amazon.com still worth the trouble? By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/05/19/den_boo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/05/19/den_boo/index.html?source=rss These spectacular dot-com flameouts are lessons in bad thinking, not harbingers of industry-wide collapse. By Lydia Lee Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/18/boo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/18/boo/index.html?source=rss Over-the-top design and a burn rate of $120 million in six months force the achingly hip fashion retail site to give up the ghost. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/29/mobshop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/29/mobshop/index.html?source=rss People were making fun of the name of Accompany, so the group-discount shopping site changed it to, um, well ... By Damien Cave Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/19/shipping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/19/shipping/index.html?source=rss You'd be happy to buy online, but you know you'll never make contact with the delivery guy. By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/13/dad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/13/dad/index.html?source=rss I thought the Net belonged to my generation, until my father surprised me with his start-up. By Lydia Lee Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/01/10/cookexpress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/01/10/cookexpress/index.html?source=rss CookExpress looks for funding after its gourmet meal-delivery service grinds to a halt. By Joe Kelleher Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/24/saint_nick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/24/saint_nick/index.html?source=rss In the year of e-Christmas what would you expect? By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/21/bezos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/21/bezos/index.html?source=rss With a decision to patent the obvious, Amazon sparks the ire of a free-software advocate -- and a boycott of its site. By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/20/grandma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/20/grandma/index.html?source=rss Who really benefits when an e-commerce site and an ISP team up to teach seniors how to surf? By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/chal/1999/12/11/number_29/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/chal/1999/12/11/number_29/index.html?source=rss What should you order online for Bill Clinton or Bill Gates, George W. Bush or Jesse Ventura? By Damien Cave Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/10/condomania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/10/condomania/index.html?source=rss It started the safe-sex decade by opening the first condom shop. Now 70 percent of its business is online and the company is thinking dot-com. By Morgan Sande Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/07/holiday_shopping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/07/holiday_shopping/index.html?source=rss Playing Santa's little helper, I surfed for a digital camera -- and longed for an elf to take a load off my aching eyes. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/12/03/tv_ads/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/12/03/tv_ads/index.html?source=rss Internet firms throwing big money at TV ad campaigns are making an elementary goof. By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/01/gifts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/12/01/gifts/index.html?source=rss Tis the season for journalists to be flooded with gifts from start-ups eager for attention. By Janelle Brown Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/22/wilderotter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/22/wilderotter/index.html?source=rss Wink CEO and confessed TVaholic Maggie Wilderotter is not interested in interactive TV that pushes couch potatoes onto the Web.