31 Dec 2000
| by EDMUND LIN, an e-commerce leader at Bain & Company
Amid a major re-rating of e-commerce ventures in Asia, the web
hosting sector is increasingly viewed by investors as a relatively safe
bet.
Most analysts estimate a USdollars 4-6 billion market in Asia within the
next three years. The likely winners in the web hosting space will be
those ...
31 Dec 2000
| by RACHEL OLIVER
The online version of the South China Morning Post, SCMP.com
(www.scmp.com) is moving into e-commerce and has already signed up a
number of Hong Kong merchants to its main web site.
The move is the first step of a strategy to establish the SCMP
Marketplace service, an online shopping mall where ...
31 Dec 2000
E-services company PacificNet has struck a deal with logistics
company Central Delivery Service. The deal will see the company offer
CDS's delivery expertise to its clients. The idea is to complete its
e-commerce offering by offering a fulfilment service in addition to
consulting and implementation.
...
31 Dec 2000
Rival portal operator, Beijing-based NetEase.com, has also
announced third-quarter losses. The company lost USdollars 5.02 million
during the quarter ending 30 September, on revenues of dollars 2.55
million, of which dollars 2.21 million came from advertising and dollars
0.33 million from e-commerce ...
31 Dec 2000
such as technology, marketing, content,
roaming and e-commerce.
...
31 Dec 2000
with the launch of e-commerce division
E-Drive, headed up by Alan Lawson. The launch follows what a spokeswoman ...
31 Dec 2000
| by DAVID KILBURN
Can sales evangelism translate to e-commerce? Amway Japan believes
so and has launched a new web site via McCann Erickson to take its
upbeat direct selling messages to Japan's growing numbers ...
, nutrition and cosmetic wares on the web. E-commerce will
enable both established and new customers to buy ...
31 Dec 2000
Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned cable and satellite network AXN
Asia is to rebrand its web site (www.axn-asia.com) as an action and
adventure community site which will include e-commerce, and is
investigating using the site as a research and scheduling tool for its
offline programming.
'We ...
31 Dec 2000
either. One of the big problems of e-commerce is that it
cannot recreate the same feeling you get when ...
31 Dec 2000
| by JEREMY STERN, European marketing director, Sega
the tide is turning in our favour. The recent EU Directive on
E-Commerce fully endorsed the principle ...