About the Book
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 and 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.
Table of Contents:
PLUNKETT'S E-COMMERCE & INTERNET BUSINESS ALMANAC 2007 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 Continues Rapid Growth 9 3) Apple's iPod Revitalizes the Music Industry 11 4) Internet Film Content Explodes 13 5) User Created Content Floods the Internet 15 6) Tagging Takes Hold 16 7) Ajax Enables New Services 16 8) Car Purchasers Turn to the Internet in Droves 16 9) Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet 17 10) Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon Create New Ways of Retailing 19 11) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom 20 12) Online Advertising Comes of Age 21 13) Google Ventures Beyond Online Advertising 23 14) Banks See Growth in Online Services 24 15) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grows 25 16) Wi-Fi Accelerates 26 17) WiMAX Extends Far Beyond Wi-Fi 27 18) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge 28 19) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction 29 20) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic 29 21) The U.S. Remains Far Behind in Broadband Deployment and Access Speeds 30 22) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 30 23) New Technologies Combine Cell Phones with VOIP 31 24) Security Needs Flourish/Firefox Grows 32 25) U.S. E-Commerce Companies Expand Overseas, Especially in China 33 Chapter 2: E-Commerce & Internet Industry Statistics 35 U.S. E-Commerce & Internet Overview 36 Internet Access Technologies Compared 37 World Internet Usage & Population Statistics: 2007 38 Number of High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 39 Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total and E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2001 through 3rd Quarter 2006 40 Online Retail Spending by Category: 2000-2006 41 eBay Quarterly Statistics: 2001-2006 42 Revenues Associated with the U.S. E-Commerce Industry: 2005-2006 43 U.S. Internet Service Providers Estimated Revenue & Expenses: 2004-2006 44 U.S. Internet Publishing & Broadcasting Industry Estimated Revenue & Expenses: 2004-2006 45 Weekly Internet Advertising Statistics by Industry, Company & Genre 46 Demographics of Internet Users by Sex, Age, Race, Income and Education: December 2006 47 How Access Speed Affects Content-Generating Internet Activities 48 Web Browser Share, By Country: June 2006 49 Top 10 Search Providers, U.S.: December 2006 50 Top 20 Web Sites, U.S.: December 2006 51 Top 15 E-Commerce Sites, U.S. 52 No. 1 Newspaper Web Sites in the Top 10 Markets by Local and National Penetration 53 Top 25 Companies and Top 10 Brands Online at Home & Work by Unique Audience & Time Spent, December 2006 54 U.S Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Home: December 2006 55 U.S. Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Work: December 2006 56 Most Common Internet Activities, U.S. 57 Most Common Daily Internet Activities, U.S. 58 Chapter 3: Important E-Commerce & Internet Industry Contacts 59 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites Chapter 4: THE E-COMMERCE 450: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 79 Industry List, With Codes 80 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 83 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. 116 Individual Profiles on each of THE E-COMMERCE 450 119 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 566 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 568
About the Author :
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.
Review :
"...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." CHOICE magazine "...(Goes) beyond the usual business listing service to provide important criteria and details essential for long-term business analysis and industry trends." 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." "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..." Indiana University-Kelley School of Business, "BUSINESS HORIZONS"
