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To: King David who wrote (3935)	1/3/2001 4:17:00 PM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3990

>>>Anybody have a comment on the resluts of the latest online holiday shopping season and the impacts on CYCH? Millions more households buying and spending billions more on line vs last. Online holiday sales top $6 billion (December 28, 2000) Online shoppers spent more than $6 billion this holiday season, according to BizRate.com, with more than 52 million orders placed online between Nov. 20, 2000, and Dec. 26, 2000. That figure represents a 60% increase from the comparative period last year, when total holiday sales for the web reached $3.75 billion and online orders neared 38 million (for the period spanning Nov. 22 through Dec. 26, 1999). "Last year, the story was how consumers were stung by e-tailers' poor planning. This year, consumers are the winners because e-tailers sat up, listened and met expectations," says Chuck Davis, president and chief executive officer of BizRate.com. "What is important this year is that e-tailers were able to deliver on their promises -- including on-time shipment and customer support. As a result, many businesses were rewarded with repeat customers as satisfied shoppers returned later in the season for additional gift purchases." In fact, the holiday peak sales day arrived five days later this season, when merchants rung up a record-breaking $254 million in sales on Monday, Dec. 18. On-time delivery, having ranked last in BizRate.com's audit of customer satisfaction in 1999, leapt to third place this year. In fact, 88% of online orders were delivered on time (for the period of Nov. 20 through Dec. 15, 2000). This was a significant increase from last season, when 74% of purchases were delivered on time. Retail categories experiencing the highest level of growth in sales compared with holiday 1999 included Home and Garden (+277.1%), Toys (+158.5%) and Food and Wine (+77.4%). Entertainment goods (including compact discs, videos and DVDs) remained the retail leader in popularity among web shoppers, representing a quarter of all online transactions (excluding services such as travel) for the holiday season. For the first time, women made up the majority of holiday shoppers (at 56%, compared with 50% in 1999) and are positioned to become the power behind online shopping. internetretailer.com I bought into the close at a buck even.....I'm a glutton for punishment, and stupid to boot.

To: King David who wrote (3935)	1/3/2001 4:32:58 PM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 3990

Don't it just go to figure, the "Media" gets you all holed up in those big "blue chips", saying the InterNUT sucks. And then they take a big Dump...ala Ferd Motor, gM....and Holiday Sales dismal....Ole Bush aka.."W" picks up on it early, with Clinton aka..Clitorus fighting his "economic" record for posperties sake. An...Old Allen aka "G. Spot" settles that arguement with a rate cut as the old economy crashes down a dark hole. So much sex on TV these days... All the while.... *Online holiday spending soars in 2000* (December 26, 2000) Online holiday shopping peaked during the week of Dec. 17 as overall spending nearly doubles 1999 levels, a new study from Goldman Sachs/PC Data disclosed today. The latest figures (for the week ending Dec. 17) show total online holiday spending was $8.7 billion since the first week of November, a 108% increase over the $4.2 billion consumers spent on the web during the same period last year. The latest weekly figures also show that online consumers continued to increase spending during the week ending Dec. 17 to $1.6 billion, up slightly over the previous week's $1.5 billion. This compares with $878 million during the comparable week in 1999. The latest weekly numbers also demonstrate high satisfaction with online buying. Forty percent of respondents said their shopping experience was better than in 1999 and 54% said it was the same; 5% said it was worse. PC Data Online and Goldman Sachs, surveyed 2,823 home-based Internet users Dec. 18 - 21 concerning their buying practices during Dec.11 - 17. The weekly survey is part of a study commissioned by Goldman Sachs e-commerce analyst Anthony Noto and PC Data Online to better understand and measure behaviors, attitudes and trends on online buying during the holiday season. The margin of error is +/- 1.9 at a 95% confidence level. Online Consumer Spending by Category Week Ending Dec. 17, 2000 Category Spending (in thousands) % Gift Spending Apparel $227,164 59.3% Books $88,005 49.0% Computer Software $33,458 18.3% Computer Hardware $236,663 39.1% Game hardware $7,529 83.2% Game software $31,123 60.6% Toys/Childrens $142,482 90.4% Greeting cards $17,264 47.3% Event tickets $20,537 32.6% Electronics $90,239 79.8% Food/Grocery $36,453 31.4% Home N Garden $37,121 72.7% Flowers $22,554 82.3% HBA $20,397 29.7% Personal Accessories $122,558 65.1% Music $39,990 57.1% Pet supplies $68,660 26.3% Sporting goods $18,810 67.1% Travel $197,467 16.8% Video/DVD $51,676 52.9% Other $75,259 48.0% Total $1,585,409 internetretailer.com I'm a fool....

To: King David who wrote (3935)	1/3/2001 6:25:46 PM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 3990

FWIW...after Christmas Numbers.Category Spending Week Ending Dec. 24, 2000 % Gift Spending (in thousands) Apparel $98,738 65.3% Books $43,105 56.8% Computer Software $34,655 44.7% Computer Hardware $116,844 32.1% Game hardware $13,265 82.4% Game software $19,563 69.8% Toys/Childrens $104,264 88.1% Greeting cards $9,973 66.1% Event tickets $27,028 57.3% Electronics $118,639 62.3% Food/Grocery $20,913 32.7% Home N Garden $10,858 62.6% Flowers $14,731 82.8% HBA $19,502 46.3% Personal Accessories $60,462 75.6% Music $33,694 52.9% Pet supplies $50,901 42.7% Sporting goods $36,559 71.6% Travel $109,485 18.4% Video/DVD $42,856 63.9% Other $58,289 51.1% Total $1,044,325 internetretailer.com I don't know about you, or any body elses opinion, but to me all quarter numbers, Christmas Numbers, and post Christmas numbers are nothing but, fxcking solid. ie...they did a fxcking solid billion the week after Christmas...for the sake of reference. Started By: TLindt Date: Jan 12, 1998 1:01 AM So is it boom or bust for this segment of the net? Feel free to come in and tell us all about your farovite e-Commerce play. If you have questions about what's going on maybe you can find your answers here. I mean they are saying that e-Commerce hit the magic Billion in sales over the past Holiday Quarter 1997. So come on in and tell us who's making the money, how they are doing it, or when they plan on doing it. Whether it's Security, Backend, Frontend, Commerce Zone, Hardware, e-Tailer, e-Service, whatever....... Subject 18819 3 years shopping went 10 fold, and that's still a fraction. J.C. Penney's Internet sales surge (November 30, 2000) J.C. Penney Co. Inc. reported web-based sales in November of $39 million in and $206 million year to date, compared to $16 million and $54 million in last year's respective periods. Total company sales in November totaled $2.9 billion; year to date, $25.8 bliion. internetretailer.com