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B2C

In computing, any electronic commerce system that sells products or services direct to the consumer, especially over the Internet. Most B2C systems are extensions of businesses that still maintain conventional sales and service outlets on the high street.

The main problem for B2C systems that rely solely on Internet business is keeping their customers. Since the Internet is a highly competitive market-place, and the technology makes it easy for consumers to change loyalties quickly, B2C businesses can have short lifespans.



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an independent research firm, has recognized IBM WebSphere Commerce as the only commerce vendor to land in the leaders category for the last two years in both B2C (business-to-customer) and B2B (business-to-business) e-commerce, in a 3rd Quarter 2006 Forrester Wave Commerce Platform report.
WESTERN EUROPE'S experiment in B2C e-commerce is not dead, reports the Yankee Group, a Boston, MA-based consulting firm.
Far more prevalent, however, was the evidence of widespread shareholder value destruction, including a 70 percent loss this year among B2C e-commerce companies and more than 80 percent losses incurred by B2C portals, B2B marketplaces, and Application Service Providers.
 
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