Update on which companies are doing the most business via the Web.
(from Giga Information Group 11/19/99
Today, to get on this list, companies have to bring in more than $1 billion via the Web. Since the April 1999 version of this list, Egghead (http://www.egghead.com), E*Trade (http://www.etrade.com), Onsale (http://www.onsale.com) and Disney (http://www.disney.com) have dropped off and Federal Express (http://www.fedex.com), Ingram Micro (http://www.ingrammicro.com), Nortel Networks (http://www.nortelnetworks.com) and UPS (http://www.ups.com) have been added. FedEx and UPS ship packages that were ordered from e-commerce sites on the Web.
Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) --- Net sales for the third quarter 1999 were $356 million, and the number of customer accounts, including auction participants, reached 13.1 million in the quarter. The National Retail Federation (NRF) (http://www.stores.org) lists Amazon.com as No. 2 on its list of the top 100 retailers, with estimated consumer sales of $1.0 billion to $1.1 billion from August 1998 through July 1999. In October 1999, Amazon.com was No. 1 on the NextCard eCommerce Index (http://www.nextcard.com). NextCard publishes the Index, which is a monthly listing of the top 25 online merchants with the greatest number of transactions conducted by NextCard's payment card customers. Also, Amazon.com is listed as the No. 3 "e-company" on the Fortune e-50 Index (http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/e50/index.html), which was published in the Dec. 6, 1999 issue of Fortune Magazine. The Fortune e-50 Index is Fortune's index of e-stocks that have the potential to upstage the Dow.
Charles Schwab (http://www.schwab.com) --- At month-end of September 1999, Schwab had approximately 3.0 million active online accounts with $263.6 billion in assets, up 50 percent and 102 percent, respectively, from September 1998. Online trades accounted for 67 percent of all customer trades during both the second and third quarters of 1999. Charles Schwab is listed as the No. 2 "e-company" on the Fortune e-50 Index.
Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) --- Cisco is listed as No. 2 on the Interactive Week Internet 500 (http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/internet500.html). The Interactive Week Internet 500 chart estimates Cisco's online revenues as $9.5 billion. Cisco is listed as the No. 5 net hardware company on the Fortune e-50 Index and earns an A+ on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page (http://www.netb2b.com/nm200/index.html).
Dell (http://www.dell.com). By the end of third quarter 1999, sales through dell.com reached $35 million a day, or 43 percent of revenues. This is an annualized run rate of $12 billion. Dell is listed as No. 4 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates Dell's online revenues as $10.5 billion. Dell is listed as the No. 4 net hardware company on the Fortune e-50 Index. The NRF lists Dell as No. 3 on its list of the top 100 retailers, with estimated consumer sales of $500 million to $600 million from August 1998 through July 1999. Dell also earns an A on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page.
Federal Express --- FedEx is listed as No. 5 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates FedEx's online revenues as $5.6 billion. FedEx also earns an A on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page.
IBM (http://www.ibm.com) --- IBM is listed as No. 3 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which posts IBM's online revenues as $6.1 billion. According to the November 1999 issue of Air Transport, IBM's online tech support and self-service capabilities have resulted in cost avoidance of $340 million. IBM is listed as the No. 1 net hardware company on the Fortune e-50 Index and earns an A on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page.
Ingram Micro --- Ingram Micro is listed as No. 8 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates Ingram Micro's online revenues as $3 billion.
Intel (http://www.intel.com) --- Intel is listed as No. 1 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates Intel's online revenues as $10.5 billion. Intel is listed as the No. 3 net hardware company on the Fortune e-50 Index and earns an A- on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page.
Nortel Networks--- Nortel is listed as No. 9 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates Nortel's online revenues as $2.4 billion. Nortel also earns an A- on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page.
UPS --- UPS is listed as No. 6 on the Interactive Week Internet 500, which estimates UPS' online revenues as $5.4 billion. UPS also earns an A+ on NetMarketing 200's Best B2B Web Sites page. |
