Research and Markets: B2C E-Commerce Sales of Major Global Companies, 2006-2008

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c5d155/b2c_ecommerce_sal) has
announced the addition of the "B2C E-Commerce Sales of Major Global Companies,
2006-2008" report to their offering.

The publisher publishes the first ranking of top E-Commerce providers. The
international market is dominated by E-Commerce companies from the US. The
German Otto Group ranks second place.

Amazon's online sales figures total more than twice the market share of the
world's second and third largest E-Commerce providers. This is the result of a
current survey conducted by our research company. The survey is based on an
analysis of the sales figures of major international E-Commerce providers. The
findings have been used to compile the first ranking of the world's most
important E-Commerce providers.

According to the research results, the US company Amazon recorded total sales of
around 13.1 billion euros in 2008. The Hamburg-based Otto Group, a trading and
services corporation, ranks second place with online sales totaling 5.5 billion
euros in the same year. With sales reaching 5.3 billion euros, the US office
supplier Staples ranks third worldwide.

The ranking reveals a market dominance of companies from the US. 13 of the top
20 E-Commerce providers are US-based companies, seven are headquartered in
Europe. A comparison of current and previous year's sales figures show that
E-Commerce is an expanding sales channel. In 2008 alone, Amazon achieved a sales
increase of 29.2 percent. The Otto Group recorded a sales increase of 12.5
percent.

Ranking includes B2C Online sales of 30 major global companies. Sales in local
currency and Euro available. Growth rates in local currency.

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c5d155/b2c_ecommerce_sal

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