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DATA MINE Aug. 6, 1999 Online Shopping Drops Is cybershopping finally coming down to earth? For the first time, E-commerce activity fell in the most recent quarter, according to a recent survey of 2,598 online consumers. Web purchasing fell about three percentage points, to 71% of respondents, and online shopping declined three points to 83%. Most likely, the reason is that online shopping has grown large enough to be affected by seasonal changes: The March quarter results included post-Christmas buying, while the second quarter had no holidays to drive higher purchases. But this may be a momentary pause: Some 95% of respondents say they plan to buy the same amount or more in the future. Online commerce activity May '99 Mar. '99 Nov. '98 Aug. '98 Apr. '98 Shopped online: 83% 86% 82% 80% 62% Bought online: 71% 74% 65% 63% 47% DATA: Greenfield Online Inc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS What I Did on My Winter Vacation The final months of 1999 will be grueling for many info tech workers fighting Y2K. More Execs Get Job-Wise on the Web... Increasingly, senior execs are going online to manage their careers. Gays Flock to Cyberspace The global gay and lesbian online population is expected to climb to 17.1 million people by 2005. Travel Dollars up in Cyberspace Consumers are feeling more comfy about paying online for travel. The Mother Lode A collection of items from the Data Mine