About the Book
This new almanac will be your ready-reference guide to the E-Commerce and 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 and clicks and other online retailing strategies; emerging e-commerce technologies; Internet and World Wide Web usage trends; as well as, in-depth profiles of over 400 E-Commerce and 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'SE-COMMERCE & INTERNET BUSINESSALMANAC 2008CONTENTSA Short E-Commerce & Internet Industry Glossary iIntroduction 1How To Use This Book 3Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Industry 71) Introduction to the E-Commerce & Internet Industry 72) Booking Travel Over the Internet Continues Rapid Growth 103) Apple's iPod Revitalizes the Music Industry 114) Internet Film Content Explodes 135) User Generated Content, Social Media, Video, Blogs and Wikis Abound 156) Tagging Takes Hold 167) Ajax Enables New Services 168) Car Purchasers Turn to the Internet in Droves 179) Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet 1810) Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon Create New Ways of Retailing 1911) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom 2112) Online Advertising Becomes Targeted, Nears 10% of Total U.S. Advertising Market 2213) Banks See Growth in Online Services 2414) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grows 2515) Wi-Fi Accelerates 2716) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 2817) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge 2818) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction 2919) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic 3020) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 3121) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 3122) Telecommunications Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 3223) New Dual Mode Handsets Switch from Cellular to Wi-Fi 3324) Security Needs Flourish/Firefox Grows 3425) U.S. E-Commerce Companies Expand Overseas, China to Become World's Largest Online Market 35Chapter 2: E-Commerce & Internet Industry Statistics 37E-Commerce & Internet Business Overview 38Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2001-3rd Quarter 2007 39Revenues Associated with the U.S. E-Commerce Industry: 2006-2007 40Internet Publishing & Broadcasting: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 41Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2004-2006 42World Internet Usage & Population Statistics: 2007 43Internet Access Technologies Compared 44Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 45Number of Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2000-2006 46Percent of Broadband Adoption Across Population Subgroups: 2005-2007 47Demographics of Internet Users by Sex, Age, Race, Geography, Income & Education: February/March 2007 48Most Common Internet Activities, U.S. 49Most Common Daily Internet Activities, U.S. 50U.S. Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Home: December 2007 51U.S. Internet Statistics & Top Sites, Work: December 2007 52Top 25 Companies and Top 10 Brands Online at Home & Work by Unique Audience & Time Spent:December 2007 53Top 20 Websites, U.S.: December 2007 54Top 20 E-Commerce Sites, U.S.: January 2008 55Internet Advertising Figures: 2000-2007 56Weekly Internet Advertising Statistics by Industry, Company & Genre 57Leading Search Engines, U.S.: December 2007 58eBay Quarterly Statistics: 2003-2007 59Chapter 3: Important E-Commerce & Internet Industry Contacts 60Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web SitesChapter 4: THE E-COMMERCE 450:Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 81Industry List, With Codes 82Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 84Alphabetical Index 95Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State 99Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 103Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 104Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S. 115Individual Profiles on each of THE E-COMMERCE 450 118Additional IndexesIndex of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 561Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 563
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"
