Plunkett's E-Commerce & Internet Business Almanac 2025: E-Commerce & Internet Business Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends and Leading Companies

PLUNKETT'S E-COMMERCE & INTERNET BUSINESS ALMANAC 2025

Key Findings:

A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms within the E-Commerce & Internet Business Industry. Gain vital insights that can help shape strategy for business development, product development and investments.

Key Features:

• Business trends analysis
• In-depth industry overview
• Technology trends analysis
• Forecasts
• Spending, investment, and consumption discussions
• In-depth industry statistics and metrics
• Industry employment numbers

Additional Key Features Include:

Industry Glossary

Industry Contacts list, including Professional Societies and Industry Associations

Profiles of industry-leading companies

• U.S. and Global Firms
• Publicly held, Private and Subsidiaries
• Executive Contacts
• Revenues
• For Public Companies: Detailed Financial Summaries
• Statistical Tables

Key Questions Answered Include:

• How is the industry evolving?
• How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
• How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
• What is the size of the market now and in the future?
• What are the financial results of the leading companies?
• What are the names and titles of top executives?
• What are the top companies and what are their revenues?

This feature-rich report covers competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis—everything you need to know about the E-Commerce & Internet Business Industry.

Plunkett Research Provides Unique Analysis of the Following Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Business

1. Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Business
2. Introduction to the E-Commerce & Internet Business
3. Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Surges
4. Amazon’s Online Market Share Dominates/Temu & Shein Compete Aggressively
5. Package and Food Delivery by Drone
6. Wi-Fi Enables Wireless Traffic Growth, Including the Internet of Things (IoT)
7. Global Internet Market Tops 9.3 Billion Users both Fixed and Wireless
8. Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction
9. Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) Provide Data Storage & Access
10. China Is the World’s Largest E-Commerce Market and Continues to Boom
11. India Is the New E-Commerce Battle Ground
12. Overview of the Social Media Industry/TikTok Soars to 170 U.S. Million Users, Faces Ownership Legislation
13. Social Media Rakes in Global Online Shopping and Ad Revenues
14. Digital & Search Advertising Soar/Amazon Becomes an Advertising Media Giant
15. Programmatic Ad Buying Dominates the Digital Media Market
16. Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) /Hotels Fight to Keep Control of the Customer
17. Pandora and Spotify Lead in Streaming Music Via Internet Radio but Face Challenge from Apple Music/SiriusXM Tops 33.2 Million Subscribers
18. Overview of the Mobile Apps Industry
19. Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency
20. Smartphones and Neobanks Replace Bank Branches and Tellers
21. Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce
22. The Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M to Boom, Enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Open New Avenues for Hacking
23. Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models
24. Fashion Rental Pioneered by Online Apparel Firm Rent the Runway
25. Smaller Satellites (SmallSats and CubeSats) and Low Earth Orbit Revolutionize Telecommunications
26. Sharing Economy Gains Market Share in Travel with Online Sites Like Airbnb, Vrbo and Many Global Competitors
27. Digital Assistants Include Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home/Alexa and Similar Software Power Third-Party Developers
28. Amazon Becomes One of the World’s Leading Sellers of Apparel and Shoes
29. The Metaverse Has Difficulties Gaining Steam
30. OpenAI (ChatGPT), StabilityAI, Anthropic (Claude) and Others Launch Impressive Tools that Generate Text, Art, Code and Smart ChatBots
31. Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality and 3-D Technologies Create Opportunities for the Tech Industry/Immersion Games to Grow
32. Regulatory Environment Is Challenging for Online Businesses & Social Media

Plunkett Research Provides In-Depth Tables for the Following E-Commerce & Internet Business Statistics

1. Ecommerce & Internet Business Statistics and Market Size Overview
2. Global Digital, Network, Computer & Telecom Industries--Key Statistics & Market Size Overview
3. U.S. Computer Software & Related Services Quarterly Revenue: Q4 2023-Q3 2024
4. U.S. Retail Trade and Ecommerce Sales: 2019-2022
5. Total & Ecommerce Sales for Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses, by Merchandise Line, U.S.: 2019-2022
6. Internet Publishing & Broadcasting & Web Search Portals: Estimated Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2017-2022
7. Internet Access Technologies Compared
8. Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2020-2025
9. Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Sales & Income: 2018-2024
10. Employment in Ecommerce & Internet-related Fields, U.S.: 2002-2024
11. Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail and Ecommerce Sales: 1st Quarter 2012-3rd Quarter 2024