BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE:   Business Week ebiz
DATA MINE May 13, 1999 Move Over Amazon While Amazon wants to become the Wal-Mart of the Web, other sites are doing just fine by focusing on premium goods such as wine, cosmetics, and specialty foods. A recent study shows that these sites expect revenues to grow nearly tenfold this year. And more than half report they're already profitable. Average sales at premium specialty goods sites 1998: $26,000 1999: $241,000 2000: $834,000 DATA: ActivMedia Research _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Customers Are King in 2000 Delivery of customer service is the No. 1 spending goal for 2000 Even Tech CEOs Face Internet Challenges The toughest problem: Keeping the company Web site in good shape Hotel E-Bookings Are Set to Soar In the next three years, Net bookings could more than quintuple Japan Gets the E-Commerce Bug The Japanese are starting to catch up in electronic commerce The Mother Lode A collection of items from the Data Mine