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Net Facts & Figures

1. Shoppers Show Rising Satisfaction with Web Shopping
   Online customer satisfaction dipped slightly last year, but it is up again this year, particularly in the retail sector. eMarketer 2006

2. UPS Delivers For Internet Heavies
   Yahoo and eBay benefit from Brown's holiday push with new shipping options. - Source: More ECommerce Building, 2005

3. Retailers Ringing in Holiday Cheer
   Whether it's Black Friday or Cyber Monday, online holiday visits this week are bringing holiday cheer to retailers, as holiday shoppers flocked to the Internet for deals. - Source: More E-Commerce News , 2005

4. Early Signs Point to Solid Online Shopping Holiday; ... there are more signs that retailers themselves believe the lines may be a bit shorter at the stores, with more users choosing to do their shopping and buying online. - Source: E-Commerce Times, 2005

5. Good Tidings For Online Retailers in 2005; predictions of sale increases up to 25 percent over last year, hitting a record high of $18 billion. - Source: InternetNews.com, 2005

6. Social Shopping at Yahoo
   [November 15, 2005] Revamped site aims to amp holiday spending by adding social networking. - Source: InternetNews.com, 2005

7. Book Sites Unite
   [November 7, 2005] Abebooks.com buys comparison shopping site Bookfinder.com. - Source: InternetNews.com, 2005

8. By 2007 there will be 1.1 billion Internet users worldwide. - Source: IDC, 2004

9. Over 40% of all Americans have made a purchase online. - Source: NDP Group, 2004

10. Over 75% of online consumers do not care whether an online store is run by a large or small company. - Source: TNS, 2004

11. $1.6 trillion was made via e-commerce in 2003; $7.1 trillion is expected in 2007. - Source: IDC, 2004

12. A recent UK study indicated that 82% of Internet users go online to research products and services. - Source: UK National Statistics Office 2004

13. More than 60 million Europeans now shop online, an increase of 50% since 2003. - Source: Forrester, December 2004

14. US online retail sales will more than double over the next six years, reaching $316 billion by 2010. - Source: Forrester, August 2004

15. 61% of small and mid-sized enterprises believe the Internet is a significant advertising medium. - Source: The Kelsey Group, November 2004

16. In 2004, paid search advertising grew by 51% to $3.6 billion in the US alone. - Source: eMarketer 2004

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