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European online retail spending will rise by 160% year on year this Christmas season, reaching a value of ₏4.1 billion, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Just under a quarter of all European online sales for the year will take place in December. The UK leads the way, with consumers accounting for 34%… Continue reading European Online Retail To Reach E4.1bn This Christmas

Over 50% of companies that currently advertise on the internet plan to increase their online ad budget over the next year, according to a new study published today by ISBA. The study, conducted by research company Arc, shows that 70% of brands now advertise online and only 12% expect to see their investment in internet… Continue reading Advertisers To Build Investment In Online Campaigns

Almost 40% of British adults now have home internet access and six service providers each control more than 5% of this total subscriber base, according to data from Forrester Research released today. The research company says that the penetration of home Net access has risen from 32% of adults to 40% in only the last… Continue reading Britain’s Home Internet Access Reaches 40% Of Adults

Online adspend in the US fell by 17.1% year on year during the first three quarters of 2001, according to the latest figures from CMRi, the internet division of CMR. “As many look to the holiday season to alleviate the slowdown in online activity, we may see a bright spot in spending post-holiday, especially as… Continue reading US Online Adspend Falls 17% In First Three Quarters

In 2000, online retail failed to make any kind of impression in Italy, Austria or Spain, with online sales reaching just to $560 million in Italy and $240 million and $120 million in Austria and Spain respectively, according to Datamonitor. By 2005, the Italian market will have outstripped the Austrian and Spain markets, says the… Continue reading Online Retail To 2005 Set To Boom In Italy

Forrester Research have revealed that results of the latest Forrester Online Retail Index. According to figures for October, total spending online in the US decreased from $4.0 billion in September to $3.6 billion in October. The number of households shopping online decreased to 13.7 million in October, from 15.2 million in September and consumers spent… Continue reading US Online Spending Falls In October

eMarketer reports that online consumer spending in the US will rise by more than 20% to reach $10.7 billion in Q4 2001. eMarketer’s Online Holiday Shopping 2001 report, drawn from a variety of sources and forecast in line with retail projections against the quarterly assessments from the US Department of Commerce, also predicts that 14.1… Continue reading US Online Shopping Boom Forecast For Q4

According to the latest Pew Internet report, 17% of US internet users have been asked to pay for something that used to be free online and 12% of Internet users, more than 13 million people, say a favourite site has gone out of business as a result of the advertising slowdown and subsequent effects on… Continue reading Internet Users Unwilling To Pay For Content, Says Pew

More than half of internet users in Great Britain who did not shop online last Christmas intend to do so this year, in another indication that the web is becoming more widely accepted as a source for goods and services purchases. According to the November survey of 12,500 British consumers by Lightspeed Research, around one… Continue reading Online Spend To Rise 78% In Britain This Christmas

Internet advertising revenue in the UK exceeded £90 million in the first half of 2001 – an increase of £26 million or 42% on the same period last year, according to the latest research carried out for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The study, which measures the industry based on figures submitted by the finance… Continue reading UK Online Ad Revenue Rises 42% In H1 2001