Morgan Stanley's internet and retail research teams led by
Scott Devitt just published a big report on global e-commerce, which they project will be a $1 trillion market by 2016. E-commerce and retail are engaged in a zero-sum game: one company's gain in e-commerce is another's lost retail sales. As such, the team refers to e-commerce in the context of "retail sales disruption."
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FT is suggesting that the company has also provided a much-needed model for MBA students and other women headed into the business of fashion. "There now seems to be a path to follow," says Christina Wallaceof, co-founder of newly launched e-commerce site Quincey Apparel, which she founded with Harvard Business School classmate Alex Nel.
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