In 2000, 70 per cent of the global top retailers already operated a transactional web site.

Producers are also engaging in direct sales to consumers through on line retailing, bypassing retailers.

Criminal groups attack the websites of web retailers and Internet payment systems, extorting payment to make the attacks cease.

In Europe, for example, on line retailing accounts for 2 per cent of total grocery sales, but it is growing by 50 per cent annually.

Only by combining online and offline operations will new retail come into being.

In particular, online retail sales of physical goods amounted to approximately RMB5.08 trillion, while online retail sales of services amounted to nearly RMB1.49 trillion.

Significantly broaden distribution via retail and the Internet.

Online sales are less common in retail trade (B2C) or in services' industries, with sales accounting for only 1.7 and 1 per cent of total sales, respectively.

On these platforms which resemble eBay and Amazon Marketplace manufacturers, retailers, and individuals offer products and services to consumers through online storefronts. By contrast, in the US, Europe, and Japan, roughly 70 of the market is composed of e tailers running their own Web sites, whether online only merchants like Amazon or traditional brick and mortar retailers such as Carrefour, Dixons, and Walmart.

On line retailing is still in its infancy and represents a minor share of total sales, but it is significant for selected products, such as books and computers.

Knowledgeable participants expect the new retail model to be an integrated form of online and physical retail, each modified by the presence of the other. Think again of the 3D printing model, a potential form of demand driven mass customization, and its combination with online mobile payments systems and social media.

(b) About 30,000 children and young people work in a shop, supermarket, kiosk or service station

For the purchase of online travel, consumers are evenly split between travel agencies and airline web sites.

Online retail and supporting logistics is expanding in a wide range of advanced and developing economies. In China, where the expansion is occurring extremely quickly, estimates suggest that only part of the expansion is at the expense of traditional retail.

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The top 100 retailers (see table 3) account for 25 per cent of worldwide retailing sales.

Indeed, the Indian government s decision to welcome foreign retailers coincided with French retailer Carrefour s announcement that it will shut down its substantial operations in Singapore by the end of this year. Meanwhile, its British counterpart, Tesco, is shifting away from the large hypermarket format and investing heavily in online systems.

(b) Drive sales of UNICEF cards and gifts with a special focus on broadening their distribution through retailers and the Internet

The retail sector includes two main types of retailers store and non store retailers.

Rather, e tail supports incremental consumption 1 of online consumption seems to generate roughly 0.40 of additional sales. And incremental spending as a share of total spending is even higher in China s less developed cities, where a shortage of brick and mortar retailers means that online shopping provides access to otherwise unavailable products and brands.

Both online e commerce platforms and offline retail stores have their respective strengths and weaknesses, and consumers are present at various channels. Therefore, both parties are attempting the multi channel model.

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In most countries, the retail sector has typically developed in three stages first, local or regional players dominate, before a smaller number of national companies takes over, with e tailers ultimately challenging traditional businesses. But China lacks national leaders, with the top five Chinese retailers in different product categories commanding less than 20 of the market, compared to up to 60 in the US.

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The retail sector is characterized by economies of scale and scope as well as vertical integration and the existence of large retail chains.

By contrast, Alibaba (which owns marketplaces such as Taobao) and 360buy.com (which focuses on electronics) rank among China s top ten retailers, and already provide national coverage through the reach of express delivery companies. As a result, China s retail sector seems more likely to follow a two stage development path, with e tailers emerging as the major national players.

Expanding the distribution through high reach, efficient channels like retail and the Internet is thus a key opportunity.

The process of opening the retail sector in China began in 1992 when foreign investment was allowed in retailing on a trial basis.

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Foreign sales represent a significant share in total sales of the main European retailers.

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The overall on line retailing business in the United States reached 40 billion US dollars in 2002 and is expected to grow to more than 130 billion in 2006.

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The Euro Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP) is a European based trade organization for retailers.

In the case of Colombia, for example in 1995 small retail establishments accounted for approximately 47 per cent of total retail sales, down from more than 75 per cent in 1985.

On the Internet, many National Committees have done excellent work to improve their Internet sites and to drive consumers to their webshops, resulting in the growth of this channel across the board.

Now the enterprise users can directly log into the single window portal to apply online.

Some products enter the market through wholesalers who in turn distribute the products to a variety of retailers, while in other cases the producer sells directly to the retailer.

IS3.4 The Committee was informed that a new e commerce website for the sale of stamps was in the final stages of testing and would go online shortly.

Growing use by retailers of own brands and discount retailing have also been driving prices down significantly.

With 15 million retail outlets, India has the highest retail outlet density in the world.

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