Forrester estimates that both US and European online retail (representing 17 Western European nations) will grow at a 10percentt compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2015, reaching $279 billion and €134 billion, respectively, in 2015.
To put the $31 billion estimate in perspective, the research firm also recently estimated that both US and European online retail (representing 17 Western European nations) will grow at a 10percentt compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2015, reaching $279 billion and €134 billion, respectively, in 2015.
There are two parts to this study component: i) Retailer Panel: A panel of 24 retailers (representing the main retail types) has been recruited from communities matched to our four main study areas in order to monitor POS displays and related marketing activity.
Though online retail still represents a relatively small percentage of total retail sales (8.4percentnt, according to the most recent Census Bureau figures), e-commerce continues to expand.
But Thirty Days NY, a new addition to New York's ephemeral retail landscape, represents a welcome departure from this drab but sensible formula.
The service sector (excluding wholesale and retail trade) represents some three-fifths of the state's economic output and employs more than half of the workforce.
But the fact that Web sites generate 29% of all complaints when online retail only represents 1% or 2% of total U.S. sales is a startling contrast.
This Thanksgiving retail craze represents the opposite of counting our blessings.
The retail sector represents an important source of antimalarials in Africa; a recent review found that the proportion of caregivers seeking treatment from shops during recent childhood illness ranged from 15% to 83%, with a median across studies of approximately 50% [7].
Raising the currently low (in comparison to other countries) tobacco tax to 70% of retail price represents an optimum in Russia to defer people from starting smoking, to prompt people to quit, and to increase tax revenues.
