Article 1: E-commerce: A valid business solution?

For better or worse, the electronic commerce revolution has arrived and is beckoning the meat, poultry and prepared foods industry to get onboard for a test ride, if nothing else. Petrak examines the potential of electronic commerce as a business tool for meat, poultry and prepared foods processing firms...

Article 2 : E-commerce for everyone

ISSA throws its hat in the ring, hoping its offer of affordable e-commerce functions will entice its members to sign on.SSA 2000 in Atlanta seemed the perfect time and venue for the unveiling of ISSA's most recent endeavor - the launching of an industry portal designed specifically for its members...

Article 3 : Covering the risks of e-commerce

The new economy is creating new opportunities for agents and brokers who are prepared to seize them. That is because while e-commerce businesses might operate in a "virtual" world, the losses to which they are exposed are all too real. Specialized e-commerce policies have been developed to cover them. Providing such coverage to these businesses has become an important, and growing, mission at Hamilton Dorsey Alston, a large privately held brokerage. HDA's technology practice group provides insurance and risk-management services to an array of high-tech businesses, including about 75 e-commerce accounts. The brokerage is profiled along with a look at sales prospecting, markets, risk, and e-commerce...

Article 4 : Shopping on the go

Home shopping is just the beginning. Grocery may learn to become as mobile as the consumer with convenience taking on a multiplicity of hi-tech assisted formats says Belinda Gannaway Forget food on the hoof. The next big Convenience with a capital C in food retailing is going to be the ability to shop wherever you are and collect wherever you choose...

Article 5 : Online Shopping Without Credit Cards: Could It Be A Three-Way Win?

IMODASolutions' payment system could be just what it takes to overcome consumers' reluctance to give out credit card numbers or personal information online. MODA provides a front-end software gateway from a merchant's online shopping system to MasterCard's Remote Payment and Presentation System, which can connect any merchant's bank to any consumer's bank. When a consumer clicks SECURE-eBill at the merchant's Web site, transaction information goes to a MODA Web site, which links the event to RPPS, Cardinal Commerce, the consumer's e-mail address, and her bank for processing when the consumer initiates payment from the e-mailed invoice. MODA software also generates management information for the merchant's business accounting system, including receipts, errors, exceptions, refunds, and recurring payments...