E-COMMERCE - Dotcom's Dilemma

"Chances are, you'll see some large printers do mergers and acquisitions with some dotcom companies so that they can completely fold them in and not have outside investments in these companies," he claims.

Waiting Out the Storm
But Giles is not the only person in the dotcom world predicting consolidation and more restructuring in the months to come. Mark Osborn, vice president of marketing for four51—an e-procurement solution for print distributors—agrees.