ECnow.com's predictions for 2003's top 10 e-commerce/e-business trends

Trends Book by CEO Mitchell Levy

2009's Top 10 Trends

Prior Year's Predictive Accuracy

2003's Top 10 Trends

2003's Top 10 Trends

NOTE: Mitchell Levy has put more details about the predictions into a book called "Happy About Knowing What to Expect in 2006". Read more about the book, or buy it in pdf or paperback formats.

NOTE: The italics represent the accuracy of the predictions as of 12/31/03
#01 - The American Psychological Association Announces its Best Year Ever (Correct)
#02 - Quiet, Yet Continued Strong Growth in E-Commerce (Correct)
#03 - The Economy Waffles while Folks Look for "the Breakout Event" and to overcome the dot.bomb Malaise (Mostly Correct)
#04 - Operational Efficiency Continues to be a Key Corporate Driver (Correct)
#05 - Specialist are In, Generalists are Out (Correct)
#06 - The Software Industry has Changed Forever (Correct)
#07 - Web Services Show Demonstrated ROI (Somewhat, not really yet)
#08 - Marketing has Changed Forever (Correct)
#09 - Significant Inroads Made on Eliminating Spam (Slight at Best)
#10 - Users Will Get More of What They Want (Wishful Thinking)
Bonus Trend: Key Areas to Keep on Eye On Include: Security, Wireless, Real-time Business Intelligence, Broadband

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