Topic: Patti Freeman Evans

Despite a slowing U.S. economy, online retail sales will continue to grow at double-digit rates for the next several years, but it will begin to take a turn toward maturity by 2012, according to new research from JupiterResearch.. That figure will ...
Retailers had been leery of using these services because they felt that they competed with their own online stores," noted Patti Freeman Evans, a senior analyst with market research firm JupiterResearch. "That thinking has been changing as large retailers realized that comparison ...

Striking Gold in the Multichannel Retail Rush

Blending operations, different systems and multiple data formats are problems common in any systems integration effort, but made painfully obvious when a multichannel project tries to go live, says Patti Freeman Evans, senior analyst with JupiterResearch.. "There are a lot of numbers ...
U.S. residents will increase their online spending for retail products and services at a 12 percent annual average clip through the end of 2010, according to a Jupiter Research study.. That, in Jupiter Research's view, is strong and healthy growth ...

E-Commerce Gets Smart

Smart growth: The term is usually reserved for city planners entrusted with balancing the growth of a local economy with quality of life issues for current residents. "By 2010, the Web will affect half of all retail sales," says Jupiter Research analyst ...