Exit this survey May 2009: The Future of Ecommerce Question Title * 1. Some financial publications have speculated small to midsized ecommerce retailers could get squeezed out of the market as major offline brands like Walmart seek to increase Internet sales, but are those publications right? Which of these scenarios is most like to happen in the next five years? Big brands dominate forcing smaller stores out of business Big brands dominate, smaller stores become more specialized Big brands stumble and more stores pop up on the internet Big brands fail online and smaller stores dominate Question Title * 2. Amazon recently reported quarterly gross sales of nearly $5 billion. This includes sales from ecommerce services and from its marketplace activities. In the next five years, Amazon will likely . . . Become more of a marketplace and do less retailing itself Become the de facto online marketplace Replace eBay as the leading online auction site Turn on its ecommerce customers and take all the business itself Question Title * 3. Technology has always been a key to the ecommerce business. Which of these technologies is most likely to revolutionize online retailing in the next five year? ActionScript Adobe Flash AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Automated chat Flex jQuery Live chat Mark Logic Server Technology Online video PHP Ruby on Rails Streaming audio XML xQuery Question Title * 4. Predict the future. Using at least three sentences describe how the ecommerce business will change in the next five years. Question Title * 5. To Enter for a chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card. Please fill out the demographic information below. Name: Company: Address: Address 2: City/Town: State: ZIP/Postal Code: Country: Email Address: Phone Number: Done
