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• 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

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