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Business Definition for: B2C

  • business-to-consumer: relating to an advertising or marketing program aimed at businesses doing business directly with consumers as opposed to other businesses. The term is most commonly used in reference to commerce or business that is conducted over the Internet between a commercial enterprise and a consumer.

Wiktionary Definition for: B2C

  • '''Business to Customer'''

Additional Resources

E-Commerce - Yale University
E-commerce involves conducting business transactions using electronic systems, tools, and processes. B2C commerce relates to interaction between business and consumers for selling goods. When B2C commerce is done electronically, it is known as B2C e-commerce. Several issues need to be addresses before commencing a B2C e-commerce venture. The paper examines...
Tags: Yale University, Web Technology, B2C, B2C Commerce, E-business, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
Presentations 2001-10-09
Bluestone Software Creates the Foundation for Global-class Web Consumerism With Total-e-B2C™; Bluestone Sets B2C Component Stack on Internet Operating Environment, Relies on J2EE, XML Technologies To Underpin Comprehensive B2C Solution
Business Editors
Tags: B2C, Internet, J2EE, XML
Research articles 2000-06-13
Leading Woodwork Manufacturer Selects Bluestone Software's B2C Platform; Bluestone's Total-e-BusinessTM to Power New B2C Online Ordering System within 90 Days
Business Editors
Tags: B2C
Research articles 2000-09-11
Giga Information Group Predicts Strong B2C E-Commerce Growth Despite Dot Com Shakeout; Multi-Channel Companies Will Dominate B2C Internet Sales by 2002
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: B2C, dot-com, Giga Information Group Inc.
Research articles 2000-07-18
The ABCs Of B2C
While the term e-commerce refers to all online transactions, B2C stands for "business-to-consumer" and applies to any business or organization that sells its products or services to consumers over the Internet for his or her own use. However, B2C has grown to include services such as online banking, travel services,...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, B2C, International Data Group, ABC Inc.
White papers 2001-08-27
SERVQUAL: Its Applicability in Electronic Commerce B2C
The new economy, characterized by the increase and spread of new information and communication technologies in organizations, has changed the economic precepts established in the physical markets. Electronic commerce business to customer (B2C), which represents the company-customer electronic commerce mode, has contributed significantly to this fact. The fundamental proposal of...
Tags: Marketing, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing Research, B2C, Electronic Commerce
White papers 2005-09-27
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce Statistics
To better inform the Committee on Consumer Policy's work on ensuring effective protection for consumers in the online marketplace, this paper provides a quantitative overview of the status of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce. This paper begins with a discussion of the methodological challenges involved in quantifying e-commerce activity around the globe....
Tags: E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, B2C, E-business, Internet
White papers 2001-03-13
Empowering Your B2B and B2C Exchanges
Article Empowering Your B2B and B2C Exchanges E-Commerce is all about transforming your key business processes with Internet technologies. For it to be effective, E-Commerce must be totally integrated into every area of your business. With this kind of technology we can also set up all of your...
Tags: B2C, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
White papers 2000-01-01
E-commerce
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) comprises of a set of technologies, applications, and business processes that forms a strategic link between businesses, consumers, and communities. With the wide proliferation of technology tools in the realm of business management, today, the e-commerce paradigm has assumed great significance. B2C commerce relates to interaction between...
Tags: B2C Commerce, E-business, Internet, B2C, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology
Presentations 2001-04-12
SYSPRO CyberStore Extends Concept of SOA to B2B and B2C Trading
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- SYSPRO, a leading producer of enterprise software for SMB manufacturers and distributors, has announced that SYSPRO CyberStore, a next-generation e-commerce application, further extends the concept of SOA Service Oriented Architecture to the application of B2B and B2C trading.
Tags: B2B, B2C, SOA
Research articles 2006-07-28
SYSPRO Announces SYSPRO CyberStore to Automate B2B, B2C Sales
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- SYSPRO, a leading producer of enterprise software, has announced SYSPRO CyberStore, a next-generation e-commerce application. SYSPRO CyberStore provides full integration and out-of-the-box Internet trading functionality to automate Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) sales activities. It enables orders to be placed into SYSPRO on a 24/7 basis,...
Tags: B2B, B2C
Research articles 2006-01-31
ISSUES AND ADVANCES IN B2C RESEARCH
Since the major dot com decline in 2001, there has been a quiet revolution in business to consumer (B2C) commerce that has online spending growing at record levels. According to a comScore report in January 2005, online spending in 2004 grew by 26 percentSince the major dot com decline in...
Tags: B2C, ComScore Networks Inc.
Research articles 2005-05-01
E-Commerce
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) comprises of a set of technologies, applications, and business processes that forms a strategic link between businesses, consumers, and communities. In today’s technology dominated business environment, e-commerce is seen as a potent tool to streamline business processes and reduce operating costs. B2C commerce relates to interaction between...
Tags: E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, B2C, B2B Commerce, B2C Commerce, E-business, Internet, B2B, Gonzaga University
Presentations 2000-11-20
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment - Is It Just a Click Away?
This paper concerns electronic bill presentment and payment EBPP in the business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplace and, more specifically, remote bill payments as opposed to payments made at the point of sale. B2C EBPP applications are plausibly among the most promising innovations to shift U.S. consumer payments from checks to electronic alternatives....
Tags: EBPP, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, B2C
White papers 2001-11-05
Electronic Commerce (EC): A Survey
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) involves making business transactions through telecommunication networks including the Internet. In today’s technology dominated business environment, e-commerce is seen as a potent tool to streamline business processes and reduce operating costs. B2C commerce relates to interaction between business and consumers for selling goods. B2B commerce relates to...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, B2B, Web Technology, B2C, B2B Commerce, B2C Commerce, Electronic Commerce, E-business, Survey
Presentations 2003-01-01
More B2C profits to come from web transactions, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 09-15-2000 INTERNET executives surveyed by International Data Corp IDC, an international research house say that over half of business-to-consumer (B2C) revenues this year will come from web transactions. At the Business Times...
Tags: B2C, International Data Corp., micropayment, Web
Research articles 2000-09-15
ATG Ranked as Leader in E-Commerce for B2C Sites in Vendor Evaluation by Independent Analyst Firm; Among Commerce Platforms for Business-to-Consumer Sites, ATG Ranks Number One in Current Offering
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc., NASDAQ: ARTG), whose licensed and on demand technology powers e-commerce sites and corresponding e-marketing and customer service for the world's most customer-centric enterprises, today announced that it has been named a leader in B2C sites (Forrester Research's "Forrester WaveTM: Commerce Platforms, Q3,...
Tags: ATG, B2C, e-business, leader
Research articles 2006-09-20
SOHU STORE PERSISTS IN B2C SHOPPING MODEL
AsiaInfo Services 07-20-2004 Sohu Store Persists in B2C Shopping Model CHINA, Jul 20, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Sohu, China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese who use the portal network for the ...
Tags: B2C, Sohu.com
Research articles 2004-07-20
Branding of Commodities
This paper categorizes the commodity market as commodities consumed at industrial level (B2B) and commodities consumed at retail level (B2C). Branding in the context of industrial buying has been determined on the basis of research which states that consumer’s concerns for on-time delivery, consistency of product performance, level of technical...
Tags: Commodity, B2C, Branding, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Marketing
White papers 2003-09-02
`Parcel@Home', New B2C Delivery Partnership, Announced by U.s. Postal Service and Emery Worldwide
Business Editors
Tags: B2C, partnership, U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 2000-08-15
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