Web Retailers Post Solid Quarterly Sales

 
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Welcome to the new monthly IRNewsLink Financials newsletter. Understanding the financial performance of retailers and the technology and services providers who serve them has never been more important than in today’s economy. With this new monthly edition of IRNewsLink, readers can follow key financial and operations metrics. Included in this report are charts and articles that summarize the monthly activity of retailers’ web sales, the financial performance of key vendors, new equity deals, recent mergers and acquisitions, and Internet Retailer’s new stock index.
Web sales continue to increase
Internet retailers continue to grow sales both on a quarterly and an annual basis. The combined quarterly sales of 17 web retailers that broke out sales in January and early February grew by 14.1% to $8.25 billion in 2008 from $7.23 billion in the comparable quarter in 2007. The combined annual sales of 14 retailers grew by 24.6% to $23.04 billion in 2008 from $18.49 billion in 2007.
Retailers
 
 
 
 
Company name
Period
Recent sales (millions)
Year ago sales (millions)
Change
Q2
$230.10
$274.20
-16.1%
Q4
$6,700
$5,670
18.2%
FY
$19,170
$14,840
29.2%
Q4
$32.00
$26.70
19.9%
FY
$119.00
$102.00
16.7%
Q4
$16.00
$10.00
60.0%
FY
$50.00
$32.50
53.8%
Q4
$93.94
$91,30
2.9%
FY
$366.60
$339.30
8.0%
Q4
$67.80
$65.90
2.9%
FY
$165.00
$144.00
14.6%
Q3
$24.70
$25.40
-2.8%
Q1
$23.00
$14.80
55.4%
Q4
$359.60
$302.40
18.9%
FY
$1,360
$1,200
13.3%
FY
$18.50
$21.10
-12.3%
Q4
$255.90
$294.50
-13.1%
FY
$834.40
$765.90
8.9%
Q3
$28.60
$24.40
17.2%
Q4
$107.70
$97.50
10.5%
FY
$213.50
$186.70
14.4%
Q4
$10.10
$19.00
-46.8%
FY
$47.60
$79.70
-40.3%
Q4
$28.90
$64.00
-54.8%
FY
$134.70
$223.40
-39.7%
Q4
$79.00
$65.60
20.4%
FY
$245.20
$185.10
32.5%
Q4
$45.40
$69.80
-35.0%
FY
$180.80
$250.20
-27.7%
Q2
$138.90
$105.00
32.3%
Q4
$34.40
$24.50
45.7%
FY
$126.50
$87.80
40.0%
*Sales are in U.S. Dollars
Quarterly vendor sales grow slightly
The combined quarterly sales of 11 companies in January and early February grew by just 0.6% to $21.12 billion in 2008 from $20.99 billion in 2007. The combined annual sales of 10 vendors grew by 11% to $84.40 billion in 2008 from $76.03 billion in 2007.
Service & technology providers
Company name
Period
Recent sales (millions)
Year ago sales (millions)
Change
Q4
$45.40
$39.30
15.5%
FY
$164.60
$137.10
20.1%
Q4
$62.30
$45.40
37.2%
FY
$229.00
$117.00
95.7%
Q4
$95.90
$96.90
-1.0%
FY
$394.20
$349.30
12.9%
Q4
$2,040
$2,180
-6.4%
FY
$8,540
$7,670
11.3%
Q4
$5,700
$4,830
18.0%
FY
$21,800
$16,600
31.3%
Q4
$391.40
$335.10
16.8%
FY
$966.90
$750.00
28.9%
Q4
$106.20
$98.50
7.8%
FY
$390.30
$373.60
4.5%
Q1
$20.60
$17.70
16.4%
Q4
$19.60
$16.77
16.9%
FY
$74.65
$52.22
43.0%
Q4
$41.40
$31.70
30.6%
FY
$152.50
$108.50
40.6%
Q4
$83.00
$43.10
92.6%
FY
$296.00
$143.00
107.0%
FY
$300.00
$261.20
14.9%
Q4
$36.10
$30.70
17.6%
FY
$140.40
$112.10
25.2%
Q4
$12,700
$13,390
-5.2%
FY
$51,490
$49,690
3.6%
Q4
$247.00
$221.70
11.5%
FY
$961.73
$847.50
13.5%
 
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