133 million of buyers shopped online in 2006, which was 85% of USA online users.
Only 40% of consumers come to a shopping site with a committed brand in mind, so the site must engage, inform and make the purchase easy.
Retail outlets recorded sales of about $3.5 trillion in 2005. From 2004 to 2006, retail sales grew about 7% year over year.
E-retail sales are a small proportion of total sales but are growing very quickly, and excluding travel, increased to $114 billion in 2005, a 25% improvement compared to 2004.
comScore reports a 25% increase in online sales during the 2006 holiday season over 2005.
Online sales reached $138 billion in 2006, and Forrester Research forecasts online sales of $171 billion by 2009; an 18% increase, year over year.
Travel spending online was $65 billion in 2005. Analysts anticipate travel sales online to nearly double to $122 billion in 2009.
90% of consumers now research online. Then some buy online and some from a physical location.
These are very large numbers and the growth of online research and buying will only increase as people become progressively more strapped for time.
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