62% of internet users who used the internet to find out about music they bought cite something they found offline with 32% saying it was something they found on the internet, according to the Pew Internet Project. When queried about specific ways the internet influenced their music buying decisions, here is what internet users who bought music in the previous year said: 68% said it helped them learn more about bands or artists they were interested in; 57% said it introduced them to new artists they had not heard about before; 42% said it helped them save money in buying music; 37% said online information led them to buy more music than they otherwise would have; 30% said online information changed the specific songs or album they had in mind.
Jun 07
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- Top online retailers ranked by audience in October 2008
- Top-selling products on Black Friday 2008
- Top online shopping cateories for Black Friday 2008
- $10.6 bln spent on Black Friday in 2008
- Top reasons why Americans shopped online in October 2008
- Top shopping categories ranked by market share
- E-commerce growth in 2007-2008
- Where consumers spend their money online - video games grew 60% in one year
- 65% of Americans would prefer cash to gifts for 2008 holidays
- Mobile audience growth by site category, April 2007 vs. April 2008
- Have you ever logged onto your credit card Web site?
- 2.6% of flyers strongly agree that the additional fees after purchasing an airline ticket are acceptable
- 49% of shoppers do their holiday gift buying online
- 88% of online shoppers save their time
- Why people switch credit cards
- 91% of online shopers plan to purchase the same number of gifts online than in 2007
- 56% of online retailers expect holiday sales growth of 15% or more in 2008
- 45% of employed sometimes work at home
- 78% of shoppers not buying more online because of the high cost of shipping
- E-commerce growth, Q2 2008
- Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008
- US online households pay 11 bills a month online
- 44% of businesses rely on credit cards for financing
- 6% of US households with income average or above own a timeshare
- Premium Internet video to generate $6 bln by 2013
- $68 mln of domain sales conducted in the first half of 2008
- Top US music retailers: Apple, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, Target
- 50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008
- 41% of online buyers of music ordered a CD and 58% downloaded digital files
- 56% of music buyers could buy music online
- 78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
- 39% of cell phone buyers research phones on the internet
- How do online music buyers find out about new music?
- What online users do after buying music
- 12% of music buyers purchase digital music files
- The Brazilian IT market will grow to $24 bln
- How people learn about music they may want to buy
- 53% of online Americans purchased music in 2007
- 32% of internet users buy music online
- 56% of those who bought music most recently said they could have made the purchase online
- 62% of Americans say all of the music they buy are CDs
- How users learn about new cell phones
- Sharing content and buzz after buying music
- 27% of cell phone buyers said online information had a major impact on their decision
- How people learn about music they may want to buy
- 12% of users buy their cell phone online
- How Internet users find out about new music
- What people do after buying music online
- 3.13 bln books sold in 2007
- Demographics of an online music buyer
- 12% of music buyers purchase digital music files
- How internet users who have bought music in 2007 use online resources to learn about music
- Growth numbers for online banking users
- 59% of internet users use social media to vent about customer-care experience
- 41% of young Americans prefer site that makes recommendations
- 60% of internet users would change online retailers for Web 2.0 tools
- Customer satisfaction across financial service institutions
- E-commerce to generate $204 bln in 2008
- Interest to promotional activities by US retailers
- Average Easter apparel spending to reach $23.82 a person
- Economic impact on choice of US retailers
- Americans spend $14.44 bln on Easter in 2008
- 75% of China’s online gaming market is virtual item sales
- 25% of cellphone owners shop online on their phones
- E-book sales Q1 2002 - Q4 2007
- 55% of online shoppers think about payment methods when checking out
- 32 mln insurance quotes were submitted online in 2007, 2 mln policies bought
- US e-commerce sales up 29.5% in Q4 2007
- US credit card market: Visa - 44%, MasterCard - 31%, AmEx - 20%, Discover - 5%
- Insurance e-servicing visits grew 15% in 2007
- E-commerce sales for 2007 reached $136.4 bln
- US retail e-commerce sales in 2007 grew 19.0
- The 4Q 2007 e-commerce estimate was up 18.0% from 4Q 2006
- Top-selling product categories for 2007 holiday season
- 70% of users research everyday grocery products online
- 43% of Web users cannot find commercial information online
- 17% of Web users think official product sites are useless
- Americans spend 24 minutes a day on online shopping
- US e-commerce spending reached $34.7 bln by Q3 2007
- Income levels and levels of confidence in e-commerce
- 66% of online users had bought something online in September 2007
- Demographic profile of online shoppers
- Income of online users who bank online
- US footwear sales, 2005-2007
- 32% of internet users use online classifieds
- 1.4% of online revenues lost to fraud in 2007
- Demographic progfiles of online purchasers online
- Attitudes about online shopping: by household income
- 56% of low-income Americans go shopping once a week or more often
- 75% of internet users do not like sending personal information online
- 26% of online customers go to Amazon reviews before buying
- Top mobile shopping activities: checking store locations, checking prices, checking delivery status
- Only 25% of Americans think online shopping is convenient
- Retailers lost $40 bln to theft in 2006
- 17% of Internet users bought digital content
- Low-income Americans more worried about online credit card security than high-income
- 53% of Internet users banked online in September 2007
- 30% of online Americans posted a review in September 2007
- 59% of Americans shop at least twice a week
- 78% of online consumers spend 10+ minutes reading reviews
- 57% of men shopped for Valentine’s Day gift online
- Fastest-growing Canadian Web categories in December 2007
- 51% of US travel was booked online in 2007
- 3.5% of US teens have a credit card in their name
- Top US apparel retailers: eBay, LL Bean, Victoria’s Secret, Zappos
- Fastest-growing Web categories in France in December 2007
- 99% of South Koreans buy online
- 85% of global online population shopped online
- 55% of German Internet users buy books online
- 45% of UK Internet users buy books online
- 44% of UK users bought DVDs online
- US kids spend between $6-12 a month on digital content
- 41% of global online purchasers bought books in Q4 2007
- 33% used a search engine to find the best online store
- Social shopping grew 8x in 2007
- 6th week of holiday shopping season most active in UK, France, Germany
- 9% of UK Christmas shoppers went to Amazon in 2007
- 57% of Americans still very concerned with credit card safety online
- E-Commerce to reach $100 bln in India
- 82% shoppers in 2007 holiday season shopped online for gifts
- 44% of online shoppers consider themselves bargain hunters
- Gift cards market worth $14 bln, prepaid cards market worth $81 bln
- Travelers visit the travel website 2.5 times before purchase
- UK online sales up 269% on Christmas Day 2007
- Gift card sales near $100 bln in 2007
- Mattresses to generate $11 bln by 2011 in the US
- Sales up 3.6% between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2007
- Most respected US retailers in 2007: Overstock, Lowes, Ralph Lauren
- 43% of online shoppers look for low prices, 18% for free shipping
- Online spending up 18% so far in 2007
- 44% of shoppers plan to spend $100-500 this holiday season
- 79% of Americans believe American products are safer
- Most wanted items on Amazon wishlists
- Holiday season shopping, 2006 vs. 2007
- 32% of small and medium retailers sell online
- Top shopping sites on Thanksgiving Day
- UK Internet sales up 29% in 2006, 13.9% of businesses sell online
- 46% of Americans to shop online on Monday, Nov 26th
- $9.3 bln spent online so far, Black Friday spending up 22%
- $257 bln worth of goods and services sold through auctions in 2006
- Online retailers on average accept 2.6 payment options
- 62% of consumers read reviews online before purchasing
- US holiday retail sales to reach $39 bln in 2007
- 70% of leisure travelers booking travel online
- US e-commerce revenues to reach 33 bln in 2007
- 64% of US small businesses bank and shop online
- 88% of retailers plan to improve product detail pages
- 30% of US small businesses projecting their online sales to increase in the next 12-24 months
- Top e-commerce sites: Amazon, WalMart, Target
- 90% of US households still buy paper greeting cards
- Consumer travel sites earned $79 bln in 2006
- 53% of car shoppers start shopping online
- Online book sales to rise 11% in 2007
- 34% of young online consumers prefer Paypal or similar services for payments
- 42% of US online shoppers use comparison engines
- 6% of 2006 sales were online sales
- $18.3 bln worth of apparel and footwear sold online in 2006
- 69% of purchasers research online, 67% make purchases in physical stores
- 40% of online shoppers dissatisfied with return process
- $9.6 bln worth of apparel sold online in 2006
- Preferred payment systems in Germany: in advance - 85%, invoice - 55%, COD - 53%
- What Germans buy online: physical goods - 80%, online services - 23%
- Group travel to generate $175 bln by 2008
- 54% of US travel to be booked online in 2007
- E-commerce spending in China reached $35.5 bln in 2006
- 46% of holiday shoppers got their ideas from window shopping
- Online sales in holiday season 2006 week-by-week
- E-commerce holiday spending from home up 30% in 2006
- Fastest-growing e-commerce categories in 2006 holiday season
- Top-selling categories in 2006 holiday season
- E-commerce sales in November 2006
- Top UK e-commerce sites: GUS, Amazon, Tesco
- Most popular e-commerce sites in France: Grope PPR, CDiscount.com, Amazon
- Top online retailers by customer satisfaction: Netflix, Amazon, LLBean, QVC, Apple
- Only 33% of US shoppers looked for bargains this holiday season
- 78.2% of US online users made purchases on the Internet
- Top 5 last minute holiday gifts
- Top e-commerce sites in Germany: Web.de, Amazon, Otto
- $24.8 bln worth of gift cards to be purchased in 2006
- Buy.com Black Monday traffic up 54% in 2006
- Teens spent $3 bln online in 2006
- $11.7 bln spent online in January-November 2006
- $25-30 bln worth of gift cards to be sold in 2006
- $913 mln in e-commerce lost due to security concerns
- 40% of Americans have more than 10 people on their holiday lists
- Top search terms for top e-commerce destinations
- Black Friday sales up 6% in 2006
- 40% of US employees to do holiday shopping from work
- 90% of holiday shoppers consider free shipping the best incentive
- E-commerce spending so far up 19% in 2006
- Top-growing e-commerce categories in Q3 2006: consmer electronics, apparel
- E-commerce spending reached $32.1 bln in Q3 2006
- E-commerce spending reaches $79 bln in Q3 2006
- Americans to spend $250 bln on holiday shopping
- US e-commerce to earn $27 bln over the holiday season
- 75% of visitors to a slow e-commerce site will never shop on that site again
- Top-growing shopping destinations: eBags, OfficeMax, LLBean
- Holiday spending to grow 7.5% in 2006
- 62% of US small businesses expect a strong holiday season
- US holiday sales to grow 6.7%
- US consumer to spend $728 on holiday shopping in 2006
- 50% of online retailers expect their holiday sales to grow over 30% this year
- 76% of consumers believe online shopping is safe
- US watch sales down 4.9% in 2005
- 77% of online shoppers read reviews from other users
- $80.8 bln spent online in the first half of 2006
- 90% of travel purchases happen 1+ weeks after search
- 32 mln Brits to shop online by 2011
- 58% of parents will use online coupons for in-store purchases
- 2% of teens purchased alcohol online
- Back to school shopping patterns for 2006
- 12% of all e-commerce payments in 2005 went through online payments systems
- E-commerce generated $80.8 bln in the first half of 2006
- 64% of women and 60% of men shop online
- $111 bln worth of products was checked out through self-checkout in 2005
- Internet users 18-34 are 18% more likely to buy a car this year
- UK online shoppers spend 1,744 pounds online every year
- 2 mln Americans shopped for groceries online in Q4 2005
- $475 bln spent with store self-checkout machines
- Americans spent $31 for Fathers Day, $41 for Mothers Day
- Top wanted gifts for Fathers Day: greeting card, dining out, gift card
- Top online stores on customer satisfaction: Netflix, Amazon, Newegg.com
- 10.2% of all auto insurance in Korea in 2005 was bought online
- 82% of visitors to newspaper Web sites have bought products online
- Retail sales up 7.6% in May 2006
- 27.4 mln US seniors have bought something online in the last 6 months
- $24.5 bln spent online in Q1 2006
- Online cosmetics and fragrances sales to reach $800 mln by year-end 2006
- Online sales to reach $211 bln in 2006
- 44% of home improvement do-it-yourselvers are women
- 55% of retailers implemented richer imagery, 47% implemented zoom tools
- 54% of US shoppers say Internet is the most trusted shopping information source
- Online shoppers and in-store pickuppers end up spending 58% more
- Online merchants challenge 43% of credit card chargebacks
- Gays and lesbians more likely to book travel online
- Travel reward program participants generally choose from 5.9 suppliers
- US retail sales up 0.6% in March 2006
- Internet is the second choice for holiday shopping
- Top reasons for people to shop online
- 7 out of 10 online shopping sites see traffic increases in October 2005
- 57% of Australian online shoppers prefer to pay by direct bank deposit
- 76% of Americans bought gift cards in 2005 holiday season
- 31% of hotel site visitors would rebook from hotel site
- Top hotel sites in customer satisfaction: Expedia, Travelocity, Hotels.com
- Online sales of luxury items up 28% in 2005
- 62% of e-commerce traffic happens on weekdays 8am-8pm Central
- 1.6% of online store revenue is credit card fraud
- 59% of gift card owners spend more than gift card value when visiting the store
- 95% of affluent Americans bought online in 2005
- Retail sales up 3.2% in February 2006