US 2002 Online Retail Sales Forecasts Comparisons
BizRate.com has increased its US online retail sales estimate for 2002 from $45.2 billion to $51.5 billion, representing a jump from 26% growth to 44%, according to a report from eMarketer.
The number of online transactions rose from 68 million in Q2 2001 to 92 million in Q1 2002 – a increase of 35%, according to the report.
Emarketer has collated a comparison US online retail sales forecasts for 2002, of which IDC’s $116.8 billion is the most optimistic, as shown.
| US B2C Online Sales 2002 Forecasts Comparisons | |
| Sales ($ billion) | |
| IDC, 2001 | 116.8 |
| Gartner G2, December 2001 | 91.9 |
| Yankee Group, 2001 | 86.6 |
| Giga Information Group, November 2001 | 75.0 |
| eMarketer, March 2002 | 75.0 |
| Forrester Research, November 2001 | 74.0 |
| Cyber Dialogue, 20001 | 56.6 |
| Jupiter Media Metrix, October 20012 | 39.3 |
| 1 excludes travel | |
| 2 excludes travel, prescription drugs & automobiles | |
Source: BizRate.com/eMarketer, April 2002