This new almanac will be your ready-reference guide to the E-Commerce & Internet Business worldwide! In one carefully-researched volume, you'll get all of the data you need on E-Commerce & Internet Industries, including: complete E-Commerce statistics and trends; Internet research and development; Internet growth companies; online services and markets; bricks & clicks and other online retailing strategies; emerging e-commerce technologies; Internet and World Wide Web usage trends; plus, in-depth profiles of over 400 E-Commerce & Internet companies: our own unique list of companies that are the leaders in this field. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in all facets of the E-Commerce Business, from online retailers, to manufacturers of software and equipment for Internet communications, to Internet services providers and much more. Our corporate profiles include executive contacts, growth plans, financial records, address, phone, fax, and much more. This innovative book offers unique information, all indexed and cross-indexed.
Our industry analysis section covers business to consumer, business to business, online financial services, and technologies as well as Internet access and usage trends. The book includes numerous statistical tables covering such topics as e-commerce revenues, access trends, global Internet users, etc. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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- An outstanding, comprehensive analysis of e-commerce and Internet business, packed with charts, tables and - statistics - A welcome addition to the business literature as a source of essential, unique, well-respected, highly accessible reference material.A" CHOICE magazine - (Goes) beyond the usual business listing service to provide important criteria and details essential for long-term business analysis and industry trends.A" Midwest Review of Books With complete profiles of the Internet - firms and the latest statistics and trends in the industry, here is a major reference source for all facets of e-business.A" The comparative nature of this resource is one of its strongest features, enabling users to make across-the-board and across-the-country comparisons of company expenditures, growth and other key statistical areas - Plunkett's Almanac is a unique adjunct business reference source. Several times in the course of performing business reference service, this reviewer gave her copy to her patrons researching companies included in this book. All patrons were extremely pleased with (this) information - much of it being information which they had been unable to locate elsewhere - The reviewer recommends that the Almanac be placed on standing order, if possible, for all business reference collections that take pride in being patron-responsive. The - price is justified for the wealth of information provided in this first of its kind reference - A" Indiana University-Kelley School of Business, BUSINESS HORIZONSA"
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Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett's client list includes 5,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website, www.plunkettresearch.com, and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors. Jack Plunkett's work has been widely covered by hundreds of magazines, newspapers and broadcast stations, including stories in USA Today and Inc. Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal. The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists.
PLUNKETT'S E-COMMERCE & INTERNET BUSINESS ALMANAC 2009 CONTENTS A Short E-Commerce & Internet Industry Glossary i Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Industry 7 1) Introduction to the E-Commerce & Internet Industry 7 2) Booking Travel Over the Internet Becomes the Norm 10 3) Apple's iPod Revitalizes the Music Industry/Amazon and MySpace Follow Suit 12 4) Internet Film and TV Content Explodes 14 5) User Generated Content, Social Media, Video, Blogs and Wikis Abound 15 6) Car Purchasers Rely on the Internet 17 7) Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet 18 8) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Slows 20 9) Amazon Posts Growth While Other Retailers Suffer 21 10) Online Advertising Becomes Targeted, Nears 11% of Total U.S. Advertising Market 21 11) Banks See Growth in Online Services 23 12) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grows 25 13) Wi-Fi Accelerates 26 14) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 27 15) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge 28 16) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction 29 17) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic 30 18) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 31 19) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 31 20) Telecommunications Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 33 21) Security Needs Flourish/Firefox and Google Chrome Grow 34 Chapter 2: E-Commerce & Internet Industry Statistics 36 E-Commerce & Internet Business Overview 37 Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2001-3rd Quarter 2008 38 E-Commerce Industry Quarterly Revenues: 2007-2008 39 Internet Publishing & Broadcasting, Internet Service Providers & Web Search Portals: Estimated Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2007 40 World Internet Usage & Population Statistics: 2008 41 Internet Access Technologies Compared 42 Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2001-2007 43 Number of Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2001-2007 44 Percent of Home Broadband Adoption Across Population Subgroups, U.S.: 2005-2008 45 Demographics of Internet Users by Sex, Age, Race, Geography, Income & Education: December 2008 46 Most Common Internet Activities, U.S. 47 Most Common Daily Internet Activities, U.S. 48 U.S. Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Home: December 2008 49 U.S. Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Work: December 2008 50 Top 25 Companies & Top 10 Brands Online at Home & Work by Unique Audience & Time Spent: December 2008 51 Top 20 Websites, U.S.: December 2008 52 Top 20 E-Commerce Sites, U.S.: January 2009 53 Internet Advertising Figures: 2000-2008 54 Weekly Internet Advertising Statistics by Industry, Company & Genre 55 Leading Search Engines, U.S.: December 2007 vs. December 2008 56 eBay Quarterly Statistics: 2003-2008 57 Chapter 3: Important E-Commerce & Internet Industry Contacts 58 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE E-COMMERCE 450: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 81 Industry List, With Codes 82 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 84 Alphabetical Index 95 Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 99 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 103 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 104 Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 115 Individual Profiles on each of THE E-COMMERCE 450 119 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 551 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 553
