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Online Holiday Shopping Preview

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: eMarketer
Published: November 2006
Product Code: R203-455
Description
Attention: Marketers, Advertising Agencies and Online Retailers.

The Online Holiday Shopping Preview forecasts what will happen online in the important months prior and up to and immediately following the holiday shopping season.

eMarketer predicts that Web merchants will ring up sales worth $24.3 billion during the upcoming holiday season, November and December, a respectable 22.1% growth over last year.

But there are many numbers - and many trends - behind those numbers.

Key questions the "Online Holiday Shopping Preview" answers:
  • How has online holiday shopping evolved?
  • How will online holiday spending this year match up against prior years?
  • Where are online consumers shopping and what are they buying during the holiday shopping season?
  • What tactics are retailers planning to use to attract shoppers to their Web sites?
  • And many more...
eMarketer Reports—On-Target and Up-to-Date

The Online Holiday Shopping Preview aggregates the latest data from leading marketing, commerce and communications researchers with eMarketer numbers, projections and analysis to provide the information you need to make the right business decision—every time.
Table of Contents
Impetus

US Retail E-Commerce Holiday Sales, 2002-2006 (billions and % increase vs. prior year)

Issues & Questions

The eMarketer View

Key eMarketer Numbers: Online Holiday Shopping

Holiday Shopping Outlook

US Holiday Retail Sales, 2002-2006 (billions and % increase vs. prior year)

Attitudes of US Consumers toward Holiday Spending, September 2005 & September 2006 (% of respondents)

Change in Holiday Sales Projections according to US Retailers, 2006 vs. 2005 (% of respondents)

Change in Holiday Income Projections according to US Retailers, 2006 vs. 2005 (% of respondents)

Greatest Challenges that US Retailers Expect to Face during the Holiday Season, 2006 (% of respondents)

Market Trends

US Q4 Retail E-Commerce Sales, 2002-2006 (billions and % increase vs. prior year)

US Retail E-Commerce Sales, by Quarter, 2006 (billions and % of total)

US Retail E-Commerce Holiday Sales, 2002-2006 (billions and % increase vs. prior year)

Comparative Estimates: US Retail E-Commerce Holiday Sales, 2002-2006 (billions)

Anatomy of the Online Holiday Season

US Retail E-Commerce Sales, by Week Ended, Holiday season 2004 & Holiday season 2005 (billions)

Change in US Retail E-Commerce Sales, by Week Ended, Holiday season 2005 (% increase vs. prior year)

Top 10 Non-Travel Online Holiday Shopping Spending Days among US Home, Work and University Internet Users, November 1-December 16, 2005

Consumer Trends

Demographic Profile of US Internet Users Who Shopped Online for the Holidays, December 27-29, 2005 (% of respondents in each group)

US Holiday Gift Spending, by Sales Channel, 2002-2005 (% of total and % change)

Internet Access Location Most Frequently Used for Online Holiday Shopping according to US Internet Users, 2005 (as a % of respondents)

Shopping Category Trends

Retail Sales in November and December, by Category, 1970-2004 (as a % of annual sales)

Leading Online Holiday Retail Categories* in the US, November 1-December 25, 2005 (billions and % increase vs. prior year)

Fastest Growing Online Holiday Retail Categories* in the US, November 1-December 25, 2005 (% increase vs. prior year)

Leading Online Holiday Shopping Categories among US Adult Internet Users, October 29-December 23, 2005 (millions and % increase/decrease vs. prior year)

Internet Retailer Trends

How Consumers Find Online Retailers

Leading Reasons US Internet Users Shop Online during the Holiday Season, 2005 (as a % of respondents)

Level of Concern about Holiday Season Internet Security according to US Internet Users, December 27-29, 2005 (% of respondents)

Location Where US Online Buyers Typically Start Their Online Shopping, September 2006 (% of respondents)

Factors that Influence Where US Online Buyers Decide to Shop, September 2006 (% of respondents)

Web Sites Where US Internet Users* Researched Products They Bought Online or Offline during the Holiday Season, January 2006 (% of respondents)

Advertising & Marketing Trends

Online Marketing Strategies that US Online Retailers Plan to Increase for the Holiday Season, September 2006 (% of respondents)

Web Site Features Offered by US Internet Retailers that They Expect to Be the Most Effective for Driving Holiday Sales, September 2006 (% of respondents)

Marketing Promotions that US Internet Retailers Plan to Use this Holiday Season, September 2006 (% of respondents)

Marketing Promotions that US Online Retailers Plan to Use to Generate Online Revenue from Loyal Customers during the Upcoming Holiday Season*, 2005 & 2006 (% of respondents)

Ranking Retail Web Sites

Top 20 Web Sites that Are Visited for Holiday Shopping according to US Internet Users, 2005 (as a % of respondents)

Top Ten Most Heavily Visited US Retail Web Sites during the Holiday Shopping Season, November 1 - December 25, 2005

Customer Satisfaction Scores of the Top 40 US Online Retailers, Spring 2006 (based on 100-point scale)

Future Behavior of Customers of Online Retailers with the Highest and Lowest Customer Satisfaction Rankings in the Top 40 US Online Retailers*, Spring 2006 (based on 100-point scale)

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