BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE:   Business Week ebiz




DATA MINE June 11, 1999


The Country Gets Wired
Thanks to the popularity of the Web and the ease of getting online, nearly 60 million U.S. households are expected to have Internet access by 2003.

Millions of U.S. households
1995 12.7
1996 21.7
1997 24.9
1998 33.3
1999 38.8
2000 44.3
2001 51.2
2002 56
2003 59.8
DATA: Forrester Research Inc.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


MORE NUGGETS

A Child's Net
Kids and teens are expected to account for $1.3 billion in E-commerce in 2002.

Gender Gap
The gender difference in online purchasing tastes is widest when it comes to airline tickets and computer hardware.

Couriers Like E-Commerce
E-commerce will be the primary driver of growth in the express mail industry.

The Mother Lode
A collection of items from the Data Mine



Copyright 2000, Bloomberg L.P.
Terms of Use   Privacy Policy