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DATA MINE
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March 16, 1999
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How Fast Is Fast?
Best-of-breed E-commerce sites are growing at up to 100% a month, according to a new study by ActivMedia. The New Hampshire research firm says the rich are getting richer: Most of the fastest-growing companies are already among the largest commercial hubs on the Internet. More than 20% of ActivMedia's Top 100 E-commerce sites have annual revenues of more than $100 million a year; while each of the top 50 post about $50 million. Established corporations in the brick-and-mortar world are heavily represented in the Top 100, which includes catalog companies such as Lands End and Eddie Bauer. By contrast, heavily hyped early Internet startups like Auto-by-Tel and Virtual Vineyards have failed to keep pace. The 20 fastest-growing sites, according to ActivMedia:
Company Name
(Surveyed between Sept. 1998 and Jan. 1999) | Annual E-Commerce
Revenues
(Ranges, in millions of dollars)
| Monthly Growth (Percent) |
| Best Buy | $48+ | 100% |
| Insight Enterprises | $48-$59 | 100
| | World Wide Sports | $12-23 | 75
| | Charles Schwab | $48-$59 | 60
| | Bass Hotels & Resorts | $12-$23 | 50
| | Campmor | $100+ | 50
| | Click for Flowers | $12-$23 | 50
| | Tiger Direct | $24-$36 | 50
| | Uniglobe Travel | $48-$59 | 50
| | Unistar-Sparco | $72-$85 | 50
| | Tech Store | $100+ | 42
| | Cyberian Outpost | $100+ | 40
| | Etoys | $24-$36 | 40
| | Service Merchandise | $48+ | 40
| | Preview Travel | $100+ | 35
| | Artistic Visions | $12-$47 | 30
| | Galaxymall | $12-$23 | 30
| | GardenEscape | Refused to Answer | 30
| | Northwest Nexus | $12-$23 | 30
| | Pegasus Systems | $100+ | 30
| | The Learning Company | $100 + | 30
| | 1Travel.com | $100 + | 25
| | Avon Products | Refused to Answer | 25
| | CompUSA | $48-$59 | 25
| | Iuma | $36-$47 | 25
| | The Sabre Group | $100+ | 25
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| DATA: ActivMedia Research |
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