Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| COVER | 1 | 3 |
| PLUNKETT S E-COMMERCE &INTERNET BUSINESS ALMANAC 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| CONTENTS | 8 | 2 |
| INTRODUCTION | 10 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 12 | 3 |
| Chapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS AFFECTING THE E-COMMERCE &INTERNET BUSINESS | 15 | 38 |
| 1) Introduction to the E-Commerce &Internet Business | 16 | 2 |
| 2) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Surges | 18 | 1 |
| 3) Amazon Continues to Boost Its Market Share | 19 | 1 |
| 4) Wi-Fi Enables Wireless Traffic Growth | 20 | 2 |
| 5) Global Broadband Market Tops 3 Billion Subscribers, Fixed and Wireless/Ultrafast Broadband Expands | 22 | 1 |
| 6) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction | 23 | 1 |
| 7) Cloud Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) Point the Way to the Future | 23 | 2 |
| 8) Security Needs Flourish/Firefox and Google Chrome Grow | 25 | 2 |
| 9) HTML5 Makes Web Pages More Interactive, Sets up the Semantic Web 3.0 of the Future | 27 | 1 |
| 10) Chinese Consumers Near $500 Billion in Annual B2C Purchases Online | 27 | 1 |
| 11) VOIP (Telephony over the Internet) Continues To Revolutionize the Telecommunications Industry | 28 | 1 |
| 12) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence | 29 | 1 |
| 13) Carriers Eliminate Unlimited Access Plans for Smartphones and Landlines, Up Profit Potential | 30 | 2 |
| 14) 3G and 4G Networks Rollout Worldwide/5G on the Horizon/Massive Investments Required | 32 | 1 |
| 15) Social Media Privacy Concerns Plague the Industry | 33 | 1 |
| 16) User Generated Content Drives Social Media and Generates Ad Revenues | 34 | 1 |
| 17) Online Travel and Tourism Booking Continues Strong Growth | 35 | 2 |
| 18) Apple s iTunes Sets the Standard in the Music Industry, but Faces Competition from Internet Radio | 37 | 1 |
| 19) Tablets and Smartphones Cause Shift in Desktop PC Market/eBook Sales Top $1.3 Billion Yearly in the U.S. | 38 | 1 |
| 20) Cable and Satellite TV Lose Subscribers/Cheaper Streaming Options Proliferate, Including Netflix | 39 | 3 |
| 21) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online | 42 | 1 |
| 22) Online Banking Grows on Mobile Devices/The Internet and ATMs Replace Branches and Tellers | 43 | 2 |
| 23) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow | 45 | 1 |
| 24) Groupon and Other Coupon Firms Compete Aggressively for Consumers Attention | 46 | 1 |
| 25) The Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M: Wireless Sensors to Boom, Aided by Nanotechnology | 47 | 2 |
| 26) Manhattan s FreshDirect Sets the Pace in Grocery Sales Over theInternet | 49 | 1 |
| 27) Net Neutrality Regulation Looms/European Regulators Restrain U.S. Technology Firms | 50 | 1 |
| 28) Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models | 51 | 1 |
| 29) Light-Weight Satellites, Solar-Powered Drones and Giant Helium Balloons Studied for Internet Access | 52 | 1 |
| Chapter 2 E-COMMERCE &INTERNET BUSINESS STATISTICS | 53 | 16 |
| E-Commerce &Internet Business Overview | 54 | 1 |
| Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total &E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2006-3rd Quarter 2014 | 55 | 1 |
| E-Commerce Related Services Quarterly Revenue, U.S.: 2013-2014 | 56 | 1 |
| U.S. Retail Trade Sales, Total &E-commerce: 2011-2014 | 57 | 1 |
| Total &E-commerce Sales for Electronic Shopping &Mail-Order Houses, by Merchandise Line, U.S.: 2009-2012 | 58 | 1 |
| Total &E-commerce Sales for Electronic Shopping &Mail-Order Houses, by Merchandise Line, U.S.: 2011-2014 | 59 | 1 |
| Internet Access Technologies Compared | 60 | 1 |
| Number of Business &Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2008-2014 | 61 | 1 |
| Number of Business &Residential High Speed Internet Lines, by Speed, U.S.: 2010-2013 | 62 | 1 |
| Home Broadband Adoption Demographics, U.S.: September 2013 | 63 | 1 |
| Smartphone Adoption Demographics, U.S.: 2014 | 64 | 1 |
| Internet Users by Demographic Group, U.S.: 2014 | 65 | 1 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Sales &Income: 2009-2014 | 66 | 1 |
| eBay Quarterly &Annual Statistics: 2010-2014 | 67 | 1 |
| Employment in E-commerce &Internet-related Fields, U.S.: 1998-2014 | 68 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 IMPORTANT E-COMMERCE &INTERNET BUSINESS CONTACTS | 69 | 27 |
| Chapter 4 THE E-COMMERCE 450: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN | 96 | 461 |
| INDEX OF COMPANIES WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 97 | 11 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 108 | 4 |
| INDEX OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY U.S. STATE | 112 | 4 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 116 | 2 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE E-COMMERCE 450 | 118 | 439 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 557 | 25 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 558 | 2 |
| INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 560 | 22 |
| A Short E-Commerce &Internet Business Glossary | 582 | 29 |
