Feb 02
Among Germany’s Internet users, 55% bought books, 42% had bought Clothes/Accessories/Shoes and 25% purchased Music/Videos/DVD’s in Q4 2007, according to Nielsen.
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- 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
- Apparel and accessories online sales up 41% in 2005
- 2005 e-commerce volume grew 24.6% according to Dept of Commerce, 23.8% according to comScore
- 20% of travel searchers book immediately after finding a travel deal
- US e-commerce up 3.3% in Q4 2005, 2.4% of all sales were e-commerce
- Home improvement shoppers start their searches with Yahoo! and MSN
- Car shoppers visit MSN and Yahoo!
- Apparel/clothing shoppers visit Yahoo! and AOL
- Best search engines by conversion rate: AOL - 6.17%, MSN - 6.03%, Yahoo! - 4.07%
- Retail spending in China to reach $1.2 trillion in 2010
- Retail sales up 2.3% in January 2006
- UK e-commerce up 28.9% to $14.31 bln in 2005