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As 2002 drew to a close, US online consumer sales (excluding auctions) were on track to total $74 billion for the year, according to research by comScore Media Metrix. Despite economic uncertainty and a generally disappointing Christmas for the retail sector, online commerce experienced growth of 39% last year as the number of internet shoppers… Continue reading ECommerce Market Goes From Strength To Strength

The market for paid online content in the US was worth $361 million in the third quarter of 2002, a rise of 14% on the previous quarter and a 105.3% increase year on year. Research from the Online Publishers Association and comScore Networks found that the number of US consumers paying for web content climbed… Continue reading US Spend On Internet Content Doubles In A Year

The perception that broadband services are too expensive to inspire mass adoption is supported by a new study from Reed Electronics Research. Following analysis of fourteen European countries, it was found that the ‘trigger’ price necessary to encourage widespread take-up of broadband was E39 or £25 per month. As a point of reference, BT’s standard… Continue reading Broadband Prices Must Come Down, Says Study

Online advertising spending growth will outpace growth in total US media spend in 2003, according to a white paper from eMarketer. The Media Spending Outlook produced in conjunction with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) predicts that overall ad expenditure will increase by 4.7% next year. This estimate is in line with a number of recent… Continue reading Online Media Helps To Fuel Ad Recovery

Service availability is no longer a major impediment to the growth of broadband in the US but the majority of internet users are yet to be convinced of the merits of switching to high-speed services. A new survey from InStat/MDR has revealed that less than one in ten dial-up internet subscribers are unable to access… Continue reading Broadband Providers Must Change Strategy To Woo Subscribers, Says InStat/MDR

Almost half of all UK households now have access to the internet, according to the Q3 Expenditure and Food Survey from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The number of online homes increased by approximately 300,000 in the three months to September 30 and now stands at 11.4 million, equivalent to 46% of all UK… Continue reading Home Internet Usage Still Growing

Over 95% of business broadband subscribers in the US connect to the internet via DSL or cable modems, according to a report from In-Stat/MDR. The company stated that in-ground broadband services are expected to retain their hold on the business community with total subscribers set to increase from 4.8 million last year to 15 million… Continue reading US Firms Turning To DSL And Cable Broadband

“The world wide web is tightening up,” according to a new report from eMarketer, which shows that more and more websites are now charging for access to content and more and more consumers are willing to pay for it. Across the board, from financial data to news to music, the availability of free content is… Continue reading Days Of Free Web Content May Be Numbered, Says eMarketer

Online shopping sales hit the £1 billion mark during November, as customers turned to the web in a bid to avoid the pre-Christmas high-street rush, according to the Interactive Media In Retail Group (IMRG). The retail monitoring group found that web spending was up 10% on the previous month when £860.5 million was exchanged online… Continue reading Internet Shopping Is A Billion Pound Industry, Says IMRG

NTL has announced that it now has half a million residential broadband internet customers. The cable company launched the new 1-Megabit service earlier this year, claiming that a combination of a powerful cable modem and NTL’s fibre optic network make the service twenty times faster than a normal dial-up internet connection. Commenting on the success… Continue reading NTL Reaches Half A Million Broadband Users