A very good source of detailed information that provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level is the World Bank project called Doing Business In, where the full 2010 report can be downloaded in English or Arabic. Other reports are also available in English, French and Spanish.
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has boosted eCommerce, according to the OECD. One reason for the surge in ecommerce is that “as consumers have become more cost-conscious, they are increasingly going online to compare products and save money”.
The OECD report adds “The crisis is also driving more businesses online, attracted to the Internet as a means to increase visibility and markets at relatively low cost. And business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce makes up the lion’s share of online sales: in the US, B2B generated $US3.1 trillion in sales in 2008 compared to $US130 billion for sales to consumers.”
According to the US Census Bureau, in 2008 only 4% of consumer sales were on-line (B2C) but a significant 27% of total business sales (B2B) were done by eCommerce.
For 2009 Thanksgiving Day, according to Experian Hitwise, traffic to the top 500 retailer Web sites dropped by 15 percent versus Thanksgiving Day 2008, with global traffic peaking at 5,732,966 visitors per minute at about 2 PM EST. Within North America, traffic peaked at about 10 PM EST, with an average of 4,095,242 visitors per minute.
According to Quantcast , the well known ranking company, the following are currently the Top 100 websites in the United States, and their metrics.
The following are the best positioned eCommerce websites in the list: eBay (9), Amazon (16), Walmart (26), Target (38), Sears (56), BestBuy (65), JCPenny (72).
It´s important to point out that Sears has divided its online presence into several websites, by product lines: PartsDirect, HomeServices, Outlet, Kmart, TheGreatIndoors, Lands’ End, and Craftsman.
e-Commerce news
Several readers of our newsletter have requested that we include information about e-Commerce stats and news. That’s a very good idea… so we will be adding a new section to AAMR covering International e-Commerce.
The section has to be built from the ground up, so please be patient. I’m sure that the e-Commerce content will bring many new visitors to the AAMR website.
China has more Internet users than the USA in 2009 and these two markets, among others, now offer significant opportunities for those operating in the e-commerce space. While the economic slowdown is curbing e-commerce growth somewhat in most markets; there is evidence that so far the online retail market has remained steady due mostly to the lower prices offered via online shopping. Demand is also beginning to grow for alternative payment methods for e-commerce transactions, particularly in the developing markets. The following report provides a global overview of the e-commerce market, including e-payments and e-banking. It also includes information on the emerging e-commerce market of China; USA and the leading online payment system, PayPal. Read more…
Spending on advertising using digital media channels now makes up more than 10% of overall worldwide advertising spending. The economic downturn has impacted upon the growth of overall advertising spending in 2009, with evidence that there has been a decline of roughly 5% on a global level. Digital marketing, however, remains a growth area as marketers shift towards new advertising methods at the expense of traditional formats. The following report provides an overview and analysis of Digital Media marketing with a focus on two of the key digital advertising platforms – Internet and Mobile.
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