Industrial Distribution, July 1st, 2000
Experts say pricing and service will determine online survival
Until recently the word "e-commerce" was a magic mantra that virtually guaranteed profitability. As a result, self-anointed "e"-trepreneurs barely old enough to vote only had to launch a Web-based business to see venture capital firms fighting for the right to finance the start-up.
By the same token, companies that were light years away from profitability saw their initial public offering being bid up to stratospheric heights only days after the company went public.
In fact, almost from its inception the Internet has been view...
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