<$BlogRSDUrl$> Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant
Internet Happenings, Events and Sources


Monday, June 23, 2003  

These are some very interesting current statistics taken from the June 23, 2003 edition of NewsScan Daily "Above the Fold" on how the Internet is being utilized in various business and economic sectors:

AUTOMOTIVE: One of every four car sales in the U.S. will take place on the Internet by 2007, says Jupiter Research...

BANKING: Wells Fargo, the nation's 4th-largest bank, now has 4 million active online customers...

B2B: Cisco does more than 90% of its sales to other businesses online...

EDUCATION: The University of Phoenix Online now has a student body of 63,000...

ENTERTAINMENT: RealNetworks has more than twice as many Internet multimedia subscribers as Microsoft...

HEALTH: WebMD gets more than 17.2 million visitors a month...

MEDIA: More than 120 million people visited Yahoo from home in April -- that's about the same number as tuned in all the major TV networks combined...

REAL ESTATE: Realtor.com gets 9 out of 10 of the listings of houses for sale...

RETAIL: Amazon's a giant, all right, but is still only the 54th largest retailer, well behind Sears, 7-Eleven, Barnes & Noble, and Wal-Mart...

TRAVEL: Expedia leads the industry, with $5.3 billion in booking last year.

The complete USATODAY article is available by clicking here.

posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:05 PM
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