This panel, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, should recommend extending the no-new-Internet-tax forever.
The United States gets 70 percent of electronic commerce, they said, compared to Europe's 20 percent.
Such breathlessness (complete with mixed metaphors) is an occupational hazard in the world of electronic commerce.
Now think of Internet electronic commerce as the e-mail equivalent of traditional commerce's surface post.
The country lags far behind the U.S. in the hottest industry of the 1990s, electronic commerce.
On the other hand, it could spark an ugly patent war over electronic commerce.
Indeed, practically everything that was predicted about electronic commerce three years ago has turned out to be wrong.
But the glitter of e-tailing is fool's gold compared to cold hard cost savings through B2B (business-to-business) electronic commerce.
Advertising and electronic commerce are also becoming increasingly important to the national players.
These two industries, although not strictly in the category of electronic commerce themselves, are being profoundly changed by it.
Many consultants look to a new strut to prop up growth: electronic commerce.
The ultimate promise of electronic commerce is undiminished, but the road from here to there is taking some surprising turns.
In the final quarter of last year, America Online made about 18% of its revenues from advertising and electronic commerce deals.
So the rules that will be devised for electronic commerce may affect the choice between physical and digital methods of trade.
Politicians are painting a dire picture of schools being shut down and hospitals closing whilst ways are found to tax electronic commerce.
Electronic commerce as hot dance club: few would have guessed three years ago that this would become the Internet's favourite business model.
ECONOMIST: In one form or another, electronic commerce is here to stay
Electronic commerce is enabling large manufacturers and traders to slash operating costs.
Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choice.
It is used for making very low-value purchases at shops, vending machines and pay phones or it can be used for electronic commerce.
During one test, DIS employees from five buildings viewed a live, on-screen presentation of a managers' meeting detailing the department's electronic commerce plans.
Deutsche Telekom's second tactic is to reinvent itself as a Systemhaus, selling multimedia, electronic commerce and anything else floating modishly across the Atlantic.
In the three years since the Internet has taken off, the slow growth of electronic commerce has been one of its greatest disappointments.
As electronic commerce booms, it's not just the middlemen who will find creative ways to use the Internet to strengthen their relationships and customers.
Bushnell also dabbled in electronic commerce during the 1980s by launching ByVideo, which took online orders through kiosks set up in airports and other locations.
Sponsored by Representative Christopher Cox (RCalif.) and Senator Ron Wyden (DOre.), the bill would stop states and municipalities from imposing targeted, discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
Legislation will be introduced to promote electronic commerce and start modernising the law, improving competitiveness by enabling the United Kingdom to compete in the new digital marketplace.
It is easy to see why the mall was the first image that sprang to mind when people started to think about electronic commerce on the Internet.
Civil liberties advocates and many companies resolutely oppose the plan, saying it is unworkable, an infringement on individual privacy and destined to stunt the growth of electronic commerce.
Second, electronic commerce poses a headache for national regulators, especially in service industries such as medicine and financial advice where suppliers are much better informed than their customers.
In some ways electronic commerce has already had a profound impact: just ask the Wall Street brokers who have been watching their private clients flock to online discount brokers.
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