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According
to Washington Post writers Carol Vinzant and Neil Irwin, "If
The Graduate had been made in 1999 instead of 1967, the word whispered
to Dustin Hoffman would not have been 'plastics' but 'B2B' . . .
But it was not to be. Most of those dime-a-dozen online exchanges
are in deep trouble, and many are gone."
Here is just a sampling of B2B exchanges, some of which have folded
under economic pressures:
Buyer-Centric
Exchanges
- Petrocosm
(ChevronTexaco oil and gas exchange; since closed)
- TradeXchange
(GM's initial attempt into B2B; closed after GM endorsed Covisint)
- Covisint, LLC
(Automotive industry exchange; partnership of GM, Ford, and Daimler
Chrysler; more info here)
Seller-Centric
Exchanges
- Xiameter
(Dow Corning silicon supplier exchange)
- Staples (Direct
sale of office supplies to businesses)
e-Market-Centric
Exchanges
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