Below you will find some interesting facts/projections about e-commerce around the world.
SIZE: 18% is the estimate percentage of total global retail that e-commerce will represent by 2020
SIZE: $7 Trillion is the estimated total value of e-business for 2008
E-COMMERCE: Top 4 Negative Growth: Office supplies -28%, DVD/CDs -22%, Flowers/gifts -11%, Event Tickets -9%
E-COMMERCE: Top 4 growth: Sports/Fitness +23%, Books/Mags +19%, Video Games +12%, Software +12%
SIZE: $3 Billion is the estimated cost to Switzerland’s economy if internet connectivity is lost for one week
SECURITY: Top web attackers: US 38%, China 13%, Ukraine 12%, Netherlands 8%, Russia 5%, UK 5%, Canada 3%, Japan 2%, France 1%, Latvia 1%
SECURITY: 2008 the average US cost per data breach incident was $6.7 million. Up 5% from 2007, lost business averaged $4.6 million
SECURITY: The growth of security threats registered in 2008 was 165%. Criminals are increasingly targeting trusted websites
E-COMMERCE: US Y/Y Growth: Q1 2007: 17%, Q1 2008: 11%, Q1 2009 0%
(source: imrworld.org)
