According to the study, created by Chetan Sharma Consulting, mobile app downloads should jump from 7 billion in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012. By this time, the market will be worth 17.5 billion dollars, the study predicts, despite the expected lower price of mobile apps, which should drop from the current average of 2 dollars per app to 1.5 dollars in 2012.
comScore reports the final tally for 2009 US online holiday sales was up 4% over 2008, to $29.1 billion. In mid-November, eMarketer predicted 2009 US online holiday sales would grow a slightly higher 5.4% and total $30.0 billion.
More here: http://darealya.com/291-billion-in-us-retail-e-commerce-spending and here: http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/1/comScore_Reports_29.1_Billion_in_U.S._Retail_E-Commerce_Spending_for_Full_November-December_Holiday_Season_Up_4_Percent_vs._Year_Ago
If anyone has some noticying statistics for Europe I would appreciate.
E-commerce was always expected to outperform overall retail, but positive growth in the second half seemed increasingly unlikely as consumer confidence, consumer spending and unemployment continued to worsen. Despite the greater savings and convenience usually found online, e-commerce was not immune from the effects of the recession.
