1999 E-Commerce

• Huge jump in 1998
• All sales est. at more than $1 Trillion by 2002 !!
• Business purchases estimated at
  $300 Billion by 2002 (1998 - US Commerce Dept)
  $7.3 Trillion by 2004, (2000 - Gartner Group)
  2000: $433 Billion and
  "only" $6 Trillion projected for 2004
  $8.5 Trillion projected for 2005 (2001 - Gartner Group)
• Electronic Cash
  2001: Near Death
• E-Supply Chains with Commodity Auctions
  2001: Still waiting on XML standards and rise of 3rd party brokers
• Internet Banks
  2001: Growing fast
• Collaborative filtering in retail business
  2001:ubiquitous - no longer worthy of note

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