12-24-2005, 12:09 PM
Highlights of 2 recent surveys:
full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=17093
Quote:... the New York City transit strike had an immediate and measurable effect on online shoppingthe share of online spending generated by New York area consumers rose from 3.4% to 4.4% during the first two days of the strike.
54% of consumers had finished their online shopping by Dec. 16 and 10% hadnt begun...
In recent years, consumers shop online later and later in the holiday season, making the week prior to the holidays the peak in online holiday shopping,...
The most popular category, according to the eSpending Report, is apparel/clothing, which will account for 17% of all online revenue...
The three top problems online shoppers faced were out of stock products (cited by 22%), they could not locate a sought after item (18%) or shipping costs were excessive (16%)..
full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=17093