信息技术的发展不仅为买卖双方的沟通建起了信息高速公路,而且通过互联网让生产厂商有使用现代信息手段开拓更广阔的市场。市场分析家们甚至认为,互联网的普及和不断完善,将使传统的买卖关系和供需模式出现根本性的变化。在互联网普及率最高的美国,生产厂商已开始从中受益了。 The development of information technology has not only established an information superhighway for the communication between buyers and sellers, but also enabled manufacturers to use the modern information means to open up a broader market through the Internet. Market analysts even think that the popularization and continuous improvement of the Internet will make the fundamental changes in the traditional trading relations and the mode of supply and demand. Manufacturers in the United States, where Internet penetration is the highest, have started to benefit.