America: E-commerce exceeds 100 billion USD

Last year, the revenue of the e-commerce industry in the US officially exceeded the threshold of 100 billion USD. Analysts predict this optimistic growth of the e-commerce industry will last for years to come.

Statistics from comScore Networks said that last year the US e-commerce industry's revenue reached $ 102.1 billion - an increase of 24% compared to 2005's figures. brought in 24.6 billion USD in the total revenue mentioned above.

" E-commerce is growing very strongly ," said Jeffrey Grau, an analyst with eMarketer. " The proportion of people involved in e-commerce activities in the total population is growing rapidly ."

eMarketer predicts this year that the US e-commerce industry will achieve 22% revenue growth, bringing the total revenue to $ 132 billion.

Meanwhile, the statistics of Cowen & Co, an investment firm, said that last year's US e-commerce revenue reached US $ 108 billion while forecasting that figure would reach US $ 225 billion in 2011. .

" We estimate that e-commerce industry revenue will increase by 20% next year. The main driving force behind the strong growth is thanks to the popularity of broadband, low prices and convenience. benefits of e-commerce , "said the investment firm.

Grau analysts say users are becoming too familiar with buying online and buying more online. " I think if retailers don't pay attention to e-commerce, they'll definitely fall behind ."

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