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Recent forecasts show that more than $50 billion will be spent on online purchases in the US this year and there are signs that internet retailers are prospering at the expense of their offline rivals. A report from The Media Audit shows that 29.6 million US homea have made five or more online purchases in… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: US Ecommerce Estimates & Forecasts

The embryonic web services market is set to undergo significant expansion over the next five years, according to a new study from technology analysts IDC. The report, Western European Web Services Market Analysis, 2002-2007 details the forecast for spending on hardware, software and services used to implement web services projects in each of seven industries… Continue reading Web Services Spending Poised For Strong Growth

At a time of uncertainty in the general retail sector, online shopping sales rose by almost a half in the US last year and internet buying is becoming an increasingly profitable activity, according to a new report from Shop.org and Forrester Research. The State of Retailing Online 6.0 featured a survey of more than 130… Continue reading US Online Retail Revenues Near $100bn

At-work internet users are a potentially lucrative audience and marketers would be well advised to devote a portion of their advertising budget towards reaching these people by day, according to new research from the US this week. The study carried out by the Online Publishers Association in association with Millward Brown IntelliQuest sought to examine… Continue reading Advertisers Eye At-Work Surfers

The broadband market has defied the downturn in the rest of the telecoms and internet sector and ‘enjoyed striking growth’ across the globe in the last three years, according to The McKinsey Quarterly. This expansion is set to continue for the foreseeable future as consumers tap into the benefits of high-speed internet access. In its… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Broadband To Be A Boon For Business

The government today launched its ‘Get Started’ campaign in an attempt to encourage non-internet users to visit the web. According to a recent survey from the Office of National Statistics, some 38% of the UK population have never accessed the internet (see Internet Usage Up 16% In 2002, Says ONS). This has raised fears that… Continue reading UK Government Seeks To Bridge ‘Digital Divide’

The broadband revolution is gathering pace in the United States with new figures showing that around 19 million homes had a high-speed internet connection by the end of March. According to Gartner Dataquest, approximately 18% of US households now have cable or DSL broadband access. The research company puts the growth rate at about 9%… Continue reading Broadband Goes Mainstream In The US

More than one in five internet users regularly download music from the web, according to a new study from Nielsen//NetRatings. The report found that 31 million internet users, some 22% of the active internet population aged 18 and over had downloaded music in the past 30 days. This is a potentially lucrative audience given that… Continue reading Music Downloading Proving Increasingly Popular

The widening “digital divide” between town and country is hindering the development of rural businesses in the UK, says a new study from The Countryside Agency. The fifth annual State of the Countryside report claims that while there are obvious benefits to life in the country, local companies are suffering because of limited access to… Continue reading Countryside Appeals For Broadband Injection

The introduction of more secure payment options could act as a spur for the online content market, according to a new study carried out by PaymentOne. Sales of online content virtually doubled in the US last year and the sector as a whole was worth $1.3 billion (see Online Content Sales Surge In 2002). However,… Continue reading Online Content Providers Must Pioneer New Payment Methods, Says Report