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Wednesday
- September 20, 2000
Forrester: Christmas Sales Online to Double
Online spending this holiday season will double last
year's total, reaching $10 billion. According to a new Technographics
Brief from Forrester Research, Inc., one-third of all Internet
users will buy on the Web between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
"As the holidays get closer and parking
spaces become more scarce, 16.6 million US households will
opt to visit Websites instead of battling traffic at the
local mall. This amounts to 66% more online shoppers than
last holiday season," said Christopher M. Kelley, analyst
at Forrester. "Experienced Web users will drive household
shopping this year -- pushing the average spending for holiday-buying
households to $603."
Despite consumers spending $10 billion online
in the last five weeks of 2000, Web retailers whose marketing
efforts didn't produce the traffic and dollars they hoped
for will shut their doors and join the growing list of defunct
Dot Coms. Amid all the stress and anger, however, consumers
will continue shopping online. This will result in a 2001
that will see 23.3 million Web buyers in the US and more
than $64 billion in online spending.
E-Therapy Gains Momentum
According to the San Francisco Chronicle:
"Feeling a little blue in this hectic,
modern world? Maybe you've considered seeking therapy or
joining a support group.
If you cannot afford these services or can't
muster the courage to make yourself vulnerable before a perfect
stranger, the Internet may provide a sensible solution. With
demand on the rise, a growing number of mental health professionals
are starting to offer a virtual therapist's couch.
Until quite recently, The therapeutic commity
has been split on the idea of conducting psychological therapy
over the Internet..."
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