Ecommerce- boom or bust?

Dotcom trading is enjoying a boom, but its future depends on maintaining consumer trust. Lindsay Nicolle reports on the threats to confidence in online security: "Like the Wild West, the internet has been largely tamed. But it still has more than its fair share of bandits. And today, they not only want your money, but your identity too. Online internet identity theft could be the next major high-tech crime wave to hit the UK, and …

…web growth is making us consider e-commerce as a safer and less costly alternative to bricks and mortar growth into new branches." Actinic chief executive Chris Barling says, "We may be seeing the first signs that the internet is affecting not just high street sales, but also the inclination of retailers to expand their real-world outlets. Each year adds to the feeling that the original dotcom boom hype wasn't so much wrong as too early."