Friday, January 6, 2012

E-Commerce - Online Retailing - Growth

February 2011 Forrester Forecast
US online retail sales grew by 12.6% in 2010 to 176.2 billion. Assumption for next 5 years 10% growth.  By 2015 it will reach $278.9 billion.
http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/us_online_retail_forecast,_2010_to_2015/q/id/58596/t/2

Presently (2010) online sales account for 8% of total sales
http://mashable.com/2011/02/28/forrester-e-commerce/

But influence of web on sales can be as high as 50%. It means people buy because of influence of web.

The E-Commerce can go up to 20% of total sales
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/03/08/e-commerce-growth-slows-but-still-out-paces-retail/

US E Commerce Forecast for 2008 to 2012
$175 billion to 335 billion
http://www.sescommerce.com/ecommerce-growth.asp

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