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With ICE systems and services, retailers, manufacturers and suppliers of consumer goods and services, can harness the true power of the Internet and the technologies behind it, to provide major commercial benefit.
"Moody's Investors Service Inc., a major Wall Street credit-rating agency, has announced that it is giving greater weight to online sales in rating the debt of retailers ... "
"British people believe that shopping online is good for the environment and helps to reduce their carbon footprint" according to a recent survey by market researcher GfK
"By 2020 v-commerce will replace e-commerce, with 3D virtual equivalents of shopping malls - A study conducted by the Social Issues Research Centre at Oxford University"
"Bill Gates recently unveiled his vision regarding the emergence of a so-called 'geospatial' Internet: 'You'll be walking around in downtown London and be able to see the shops, the stores, see what the traffic is like. Walk in a shop and navigate the merchandise, not in the flat, 2D interface that we have on the Web today, but in a virtual reality walkthrough."
'Virtual Globalisation could emerge as a third phase of Globalisation , alongside Physical globalisation and Cultural globalisation. At it's heart will be the virtual economy." ... from Key Questions for the 21st Century, published by The Tomorrow Project, which is partnered with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Tesco.com of the future could resemble the online virtual world Second Life. Second Life is becoming a bigger deal; it is a significant opportunity. We are looking at reworking the whole online environment to make it more three-dimensional and game-like.' ... Tesco.com Supply Chain Director Neil Ashworth - October 2007.
Heriot-Watt University has researched what happens to a product in how it is treated by different sales channels.
"The carbon emission of each item bought online and delivered to a customer is 132 grams of C02. Twenty-seven items need to be bought on a dedicated car journey to the shops to achieve the same level of efficiency. Nine purchases need to be made to be as green as shopping online on a bus journey." ... Dr. Julia Edwards, Heriot-Watt University speaking at IMRG's July 2008 OnLine Green Awards (The OLGAs)
In association with Coventry University