Selling More Than Ever - Industry Trend or Event - Statistical Data Included

Industry Standard, The, Dec, 2000 by Laura Carr

Selling More Than Ever
Net merchants may rake in twice as much as they did last year.
Health and Grocery Sectors See Biggest Growth
U.S. Online Retail Revenue Forecast by Category
                                 1999   2000  Increase
Groceries                        $0.2   $0.8      300%
Health                           $0.2   $0.6      200%
Office products                  $0.1   $0.2      100%
Sporting goods                   $0.1   $0.2      100%
Movie and event tickets          $0.3   $0.5       86%
Apparel                          $0.9   $1.6       78%
Other retail                     $0.8   $1.4       75%
Travel                           $6.5  $11.0       69%
Toys                             $0.3   $0.5       67%
Flowers and specialty gifts      $0.3   $0.5       67%
Books, music and videos          $1.8   $2.8       56%
Consumer electronics             $0.4   $0.6       50%
Computer hardware and software   $5.4   $7.3       35%
Total                           $17.3  $28.0       62%
IN BILLIONS.
SOURCE: JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS, APRIL 2000
U.S. E-Tail to Reach $86 Billion in 2003
Online Retail Revenue Forecast: 1998 to 2003
1998   $7.7
1999  $17.3
2000  $28.0
2001  $41.1
2002  $60.0
2003  $86.3
IN BILLIONS.
SOURCE: JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS, APRIL 2000
Note: Table made from bar graph
The Holidays May Generate 41 Percent of the Year's E-Tail
U.S. Online Retail Revenue Forecast by Research Firm
                        Holiday revenue         Rest of the year
                             1999        2000         1999
Jupiter Communications       $7.0        $11.6       $10.3
Gartner Group                %6.3        $10.7       $11.6
Forrester Research           %5.0        $10.0       $15.3
                               Holiday as percentage
                                 of total revenue
                        2000           1999                  2000
Jupiter Communications  $16.4           40%           $17.3  41%
Gartner Group           $24.6           35%           $17.9  30%
Forrester Research      $34.8           25%           $20.3  22%
Jupiter Communications  $28.0
Gartner Group           $35.3
Forrester Research      $44.8
Note: Table made from bar graph
                        Holiday 1999  Total 1999
Researcher               E-Commerce   E-Commerce
Jupiter Communications      $7.0 *      $17.3
Gartner Group               $6.3 **     $17.9
Forrester Research          $5.0 ***    $20.3
                        Holiday as a % of 1999  Holiday 2000
Researcher                    E-Commerce         E-Commerce
Jupiter Communications           40%               $11.6 *
Gartner Group                    35%               $10.7 **
Forrester Research               25%               $10.0 ***
                        Total 2000  Holiday as a % of 2000
Researcher              E-Commerce        E-Commerce
Jupiter Communications    $28.0              41%
Gartner Group             $35.3              30%
Forrester Research        $44.8              22%
IN BILLIONS.
(*)NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER SALES ONLY
(**)FOURTH-QUARTER SALES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
(***)THANKSGIVING TO NEW YEAR'S SALES
SOURCE: COMPANIES LISTED