He said that sooner or later you need more than an outpost in cyberspace .
Online commerce has to be about technology plus people.
According to Forrester Research more than 500,000 vehicles will be sold online in the United States by 2003, compared with an expected 15,000 this year. The moves by motor website operations is yet another example of the changes that the Internet will bring to traditional market systems. The market in the US in particular is likely to be a battleground between the manufacturers seeking to establish direct sales channels, the existing dealer network and the Internet upstarts. The contents of the Finfacts E- Business Briefing newsletter are copyright and reproduction is forbidden without the express authorisation of Finfacts. All rights reserved.