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Economic Union, ALRIGHT - online markets - Brief Article
Chief Executive, The, April, 2001 by Sonja Sherwood
EUROPE'S B2B online markets currently account for only 1.5 percent of all European business, or $200 billion euros. That number will grow to 1.8 trillion euros by 2004, forecasts NYC-based Internet research firm Jupiter MMXI. Yet at the same time, Jupiter predicts fewer than 100 of Europe's B2B markets will survive out of the 500 existing today.
To borrow from Bob Dylan: "The times they are a-consolidatin'."
Europe's Top 10 B2B Markets
Acequote UK
Band-X UK
BuildOnline UK
eumediX Netherlands
eu-supply.com Sweden
Goodex Germany
IngredientsNet.com Ireland
mondus Germany
PEFA.com Belgium
Phonetrade Sweden
Acequote Supplies for Small-and medium-sized
enterprises
Band-X Internet and telecoms bandwidth capacity
BuildOnline Construction
eumediX Medical supplies
eu-supply.com Construction
Goodex Industrial equipment and supplies
IngredientsNet.com Food ingredients
mondus Supplies for small- and medium-sized
enterprises
PEFA.com Fish
Phonetrade Mobile phones
Source: Jupiter MMXI
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