You know the price wars that occasionally break out between gas station owners on opposite corners of an intersection? Well, the same type of price wars may break out on the Internet because of product comparison Web sites and attendant shopping “bots” that purport to give consumers the lowest price for products on the Web.
Will Shopping Agents Trigger Price Wars?
Posted by: Paul A. Greenberg December 21, 1999 12:00 AMYou know the price wars that occasionally break out between gas station owners on opposite corners of an intersection? Well, the same type of price wars may break out on the Internet because of product comparison Web sites and attendant shopping “bots” that purport to give consumers the lowest price for products on the Web.