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Statistic
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Source
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There are an estimated 359.8
million internet users
worldwide today, (as of July 2000.)
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Nua
Internet Surveys
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One
quarter of business to business purchasing will be done on-line
by 2003.
By then, B2B
e-commerce will account for USD2.8 trillion, equal to 33% annual
growth since 1998.
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Boston
Consulting Group
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eCommerce revenues in the Asia/PC Rim region grew
from only $460 million in 1997 to $2.2 billion in 1998. They
will triple to $6.63 billion in 1999, and rise rapidly
thereafter to reach $88 billion by the year 2003.
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eMarketer
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Europe is set to bridge the ecommerce gap with the
US with a projected 100% growth
over the next three years.
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Forrester
Research
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Over 40% of Australians are now on-line.
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Australian
Bureau of Statistics
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On-line banking in Asia is set to boom.
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Excite
News
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A new study shows that banner ads are
more effective than traditional advertising when it
comes to enticing experienced US Internet users to make
purchases over the Web. In a survey of nearly 1500 such users,
25 percent said that banner advertising drove them to shop
online.
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Anderson
Consulting.
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A new survey finds that the
amount of people using the Internet is Asia will increase by
422% in the next six years and will number 228
million by 2005.
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Newsbytes
Asia.
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64.6 percent of Japanese Internet users have had
some experience of buying online.
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Fujitsu
Research
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Online business to consumer sales tripled in
France in 1999.
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The
Benchmark Group
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Internet Users Worldwide
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World Total
Africa:
Asia Pacific:
Europe:
Middle East:
Canada and USA:
Latin America:
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359.8
million
3.11
million
89.43
million
94.22
million
2.40
million
157.24 million
13.4 million |
Nua
Internet Surveys
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