Plunkett’s Industry Almanacs in Printed and eBook Formats

Key Findings:

A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms within the E-Commerce & Internet Business Industry. Gain vital insights that can help shape strategy for business development, product development and investments.

Key Features:

• Business trends analysis
• In-depth industry overview
• Technology trends analysis
• Forecasts
• Spending, investment, and consumption discussions
• In-depth industry statistics and metrics
• Industry employment numbers
  
  

Additional Key Features Include:
Industry Glossary

Industry Contacts list, including Professional Societies and Industry Associations

Profiles of industry-leading companies

• U.S. and Global Firms
• Publicly held, Private and Subsidiaries
• Executive Contacts
• Revenues

• For Public Companies: Detailed Financial Summaries

• Statistical Tables
  
  

Key Questions Answered Include:

• How is the industry evolving?
• How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
• How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
• What is the size of the market now and in the future?
• What are the financial results of the leading companies?
• What are the names and titles of top executives?
• What are the top companies and what are their revenues?
  
  

This feature-rich report covers competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis—everything you need to know about the E-Commerce & Internet Business Industry.

Plunkett Research Provides Unique Analysis of the Following Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Business

1. Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Business

2. Introduction to the E-Commerce & Internet Business

3. Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Surges

4. Amazon’s Online Market Share Dominates/Temu & Shein Compete Aggressively

5. Package and Food Delivery by Drone

6. Global Internet Market Tops 9.83 Billion Users both Fixed and Wireless

7. Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction

8. Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) Provide Data Storage & Access

9. China Is the World’s Largest E-Commerce Market and Continues to Boom

10. India Is the New E-Commerce Battle Ground

11. Overview of the Social Media Industry/TikTok Soars to 170 U.S. Million Users

12. Social Media Rakes in Global Online Shopping and Ad Revenues

13. Digital & Search Advertising Soar/Amazon Becomes an Advertising Media Giant

14. Programmatic Ad Buying Dominates the Digital Media Market

15. Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) /Hotels Fight to Keep Control of the Customer

16. Pandora and Spotify Lead in Streaming Music Via Internet Radio but Face Challenge from Apple Music/SiriusXM Tops 33.0 Million Subscribers

17. Overview of the Mobile Apps Industry

18. Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency

19. Smartphones and Neobanks Replace Bank Branches and Tellers

20. Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce

21. The Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M to Boom, Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Open New Avenues for Hacking

22. Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models

23. Fashion Rental Pioneered by Online Apparel Firm Rent the Runway

24. Smaller Satellites (SmallSats and CubeSats) and Low Earth Orbit Revolutionize Telecommunications

25. Sharing Economy Gains Market Share in Travel with Online Sites Like Airbnb, Vrbo and Many Global Competitors

26. Digital Assistants Include Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home/Alexa and Similar Software Power Third-Party Developers

27. Amazon Becomes One of the World’s Leading Sellers of Apparel and Shoes

28. OpenAI (ChatGPT), Gemini, Anthropic (Claude) and Others Launch Impressive Tools that Generate Text, Art, Code and AI Agents

29. Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality and 3-D Technologies Create Opportunities for the Tech Industry/Immersion Games to Grow

30. Regulatory Environment Is Challenging for Online Businesses & Social Media

Plunkett Research Provides In-Depth Tables for the Following E-Commerce & Internet Business Statistics

1. Ecommerce & Internet Business Statistics and Market Size Overview

2. Global Digital, Network, Computer & Telecom Industries--Key Statistics & Market Size Overview

3. U.S. Computer Software & Related Services Quarterly Revenue: Q4 2024-Q3 2025

4. U.S. Retail Trade and Ecommerce Sales: 2019-2022

5. Total & Ecommerce Sales for Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses, by Merchandise Line, U.S.: 2019-2022

6. Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services: Estimated Revenue, Annual Payroll & Number of Employees, U.S.: 2023

7. Internet Access Technologies Compared

8. Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2021-2025

9. Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Sales & Income: 2019-2025

10. Employment in Ecommerce & Internet-related Fields, U.S.: 2002-2025

11. Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail and Ecommerce Sales: 1st Quarter 2016-3rd Quarter 2025