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January 7, 2002 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 50
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Dear readers,
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'Looking back at 2001'
by Kathy Foley
ADVERTISING
:Online ads grow fastest
:Online ad spend down in Q3 2001
BUSINESS USE
:Most UK small businesses are online
CHILDREN
:Parents face Internet-fuelled pester power
ECOMMERCE
:Online retailing demands higher attention to
fulfillment costs
:America shops online this Christmas
:E-procurement could save a fortune
:Online Christmas shopping popular in Asia
:Slight fall in South Korean online sales
:Online shopping to boom in Canada
:Three million online purchasers in UK in
November
:Online spend grew sharply in November
:Last-minute shoppers rushed for gifts
GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:Internet access costs impede usage
:Broadband audience to double in Europe
PORTALS/ISPS
:Half of Internet users in Thailand have second
Internet service provider
RECRUITMENT
:European online jobs market to soar
:Online shopping is half the job
:Dotcom job cuts still falling
USAGE PATTERNS
:Cybersex is bad for you
WOMEN
:Most online Xmas shoppers were women
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EDITORIAL:
'Looking back at 2001'
by Kathy Foley
Remembering the highs and lows of 2001.
For the full story, go to:
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html
For archives of editorials, go to:
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/index.htm
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NEWS STORIES START HERE
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ADVERTISING
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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Newsbytes:Online ads grow fastest
Advertising on the Internet will grow faster than advertising on any
other medium over the next four years, but will remain a tiny
proportion of the overall market.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357509&rel=true
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CyberAtlas: Online ad spend down in Q3 2001
Online ad spending for the first three quarters of 2001 totalled
USD2.1 billion, reports CyberAtlas.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357527&rel=true
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BUSINESS USE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=6
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eMarketer: Most UK small businesses are online
Almost every UK small company surveyed by PFA Research has internet
access; only 2 per cent of businesses aren't online.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357510&rel=true
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CHILDREN
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=11
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eMarketer: Parents face Internet-fuelled pester power
Sixty per cent of US children say they have asked their parents to
buy products they have seen on the Internet.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357513&rel=true
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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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Forrester Research: Online retailing demands higher attention to
fulfillment costs
Europe's online retailers are paying insufficient attention to
fulfillment costs, trusting that growing volumes and squeezing
vendors will solve their cost problems.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357502&rel=true
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Nielsen NetRatings: America shops online this Christmas
Online consumer spending in the US increased significantly during the
first week of December, with a 91 percent increase from the USD1.4
billion spent during an average week in November.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357503&rel=true
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South China Morning Post: E-procurement could save a fortune
Companies worldwide could save on aggregate USD2.3 trillion a year by
using the Internet to purchase resources.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357504&rel=true
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Reuters: Online Christmas shopping popular in Asia
According to Reuters, shoppers in Asia are turning to online retail
sites as a safe and convenient way to purchase presents this
Christmas.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357505&rel=true
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Newsbytes: Slight fall in South Korean online sales
Newsbytes reports that consumer ecommerce fell during October in
South Korea.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357524&rel=true
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eMarketer: Online shopping to boom in Canada
eMarketer reports that the number of Canadians shopping online is set
to increase to 7.2 million by 2005, up from 1.3 million this
year.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357528&rel=true
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NetValue: Three million online purchasers in UK in November
More than 10 million people visited shopping Websites in the UK in
November, reports NetValue.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357512&rel=true
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Forrester Research: Online spend grew sharply in November
Online retail spending in the US increased by USD1.3 billion in
November, according to recent results from the Forrester Online Retail
Index.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357515&rel=true
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Last-minute shoppers rushed for gifts
DM News reports that the top 500 US online shopping sites attracted
49.9 million unique visitors in the week ending December 23
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357516&rel=true
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GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18
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eMarketer: Internet access costs impedes usage
The cost of accessing the Internet varies greatly from country to
country according to figures from the Organisation of Economic
Cooperation and Development(OECD).
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357508&rel=true
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Broadband audience to double in Europe
Jupiter Media Metrix says that the number of households with
broadband Internet access in Europe will double this year.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357525&rel=true
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PORTALS/ISPS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=22
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Newsbytes: Half of Internet users in Thailand have second Internet
service provider
Newsbytes reports that almost half of Internet users, 48 per cent, in
Thailand have a second Internet service provider account in case of
access problems with their primary ISP.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357507&rel=true
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RECRUITMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=8
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IDC Research: European online jobs market to soar
The online recruitment market in Western Europe will be worth USD4.5
billion by 2005, according to IDC.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357526&rel=true
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Nielsen NetRatings: Online shopping is half the job
Half of all online purchasing in the US is done in the workplace.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357514&rel=true
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Challenger, Gray & Christmas: Dotcom job cuts still falling
Reuters reports that dotcom job cuts fell again in December, as the
worst of the tech industry bloodletting appeared to be over.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357517&rel=true
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USAGE PATTERNS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34
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Reuters: Cybersex is bad for you
About 6.5 percent of male Internet users are compulsive cybersex
fans, with online fantasy lives so intense that their off-line
relationships may suffer.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357511&rel=true
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WOMEN
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=35
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Pew Internet & American Life: Most online Xmas shoppers were women
Fifty-eight percent of US consumers that bought online during the
2001 holiday season were women, according to the Pew Internet &
American Life Project.
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357523&rel=true
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