| Chapter
1: Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce and Internet Industry |
1 |
| 1 |
Introduction
to the E-Commerce & Internet Industry |
1 |
| 2 |
Booking Travel Over
the Internet Becomes Commonplace |
3 |
| 3 |
Online Delivery
and Illegally Shared Files Force the Music Industry to Adapt |
4 |
| 4 |
The Film Industry
Faces Online Challenges and Opportunities |
6 |
| 5 |
Netflix Faces Stiff
Competition |
7 |
| 6 |
Car Purchasers Turn
to the Internet in Droves |
8 |
| 7 |
Health Information
Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet |
10 |
| 8 |
eBay and Amazon
Create New Ways of Retailing |
11 |
| 9 |
Bricks, Clicks
and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom |
13 |
| 10 |
Games Go Online
in a Big Way |
13 |
| 11 |
Online Advertising
Comes of Age |
14 |
| 12 |
The ASP Model Evolves |
15 |
| 13 |
Banks See Growth
in Online Services |
16 |
| 14 |
Insurance E-Commerce
Grows |
16 |
| 15 |
Wi-Fi and Wireless
Technologies Take Off |
17 |
| 16 |
Last Mile Challenges
Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge |
19 |
| 17 |
Fiber-to-the-Home
Gains Traction |
20 |
| 18 |
Services Available
via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic |
21 |
| 19 |
The U.S. Remains
Far Behind in Broadband Deployment and Access Speeds |
22 |
| 20 |
Security Needs Flourish/Mozilla
Grows |
22 |
| 21 |
U.S. E-Commerce
Companies Expand Overseas |
23 |
| Chapter
2: E-Commerce and Internet Industry Statistics |
25 |
| |
U.S. E-Commerce
& Internet Overview |
26 |
| |
Estimated Quarterly
U.S. Retail Sales, Total and E-Commerce: 1999-2004 |
27 |
| |
U.S. Database and
Directory Publishers Revenue & Inventories: 2001-2003 |
28 |
| |
U.S. Online Information
Services Revenue: 2001-2003 |
29 |
| |
U.S. Software Publishing
Industry Estimated Revenue & Inventories: 2001-2003 |
30 |
| |
Number of High Speed
Lines, U.S.: 2000-2004 |
31 |
| |
High Speed Lines
by Technology, U.S.: December 1999 and June 2004 |
32 |
| |
Internet Access
Speeds |
33 |
| |
Number of Persons
Using a Home Computer Connected to the Internet by Country,
Dec. 2004 |
34 |
| |
Demographics of
Internet Users, U.S., 2004 |
35 |
| |
Internet Users by
Age Group, U.S., 2004 |
36 |
| |
Percent of Adults
Online, U.S.: 1995-2004 |
37 |
| |
Television vs. Internet
Usage by Age, Education and Employment Status, 2004 |
38 |
| |
Most Common Internet
Activities, 2004 |
39 |
| |
Most Common Daily
Internet Activities, 2004 |
41 |
| |
Use of the Internet
for Everyday Activities, 2004 |
42 |
| |
Marketing Techniques
Driving Online Holiday Shopping, 2004 |
43 |
| |
Weblog Demographics,
2004 |
44 |
| |
Growth of the Blogosphere:
March 2003 – November 2004 |
45 |
| |
Use of Online Rating
Systems, 2004 |
46 |
| |
EBay Statistics:
1st Quarter 2001-2004 |
47 |
