Archive for August, 2008

Census Bureau Releases 2nd Quarter 2008 Ecom Sales Stats

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The Census Bureau has released its quarterly stats on ecommerce.  To view the full release, visit the U.S. Census Bureau website.

For those of you who want the quick review:

The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2008, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes, was $34.6 billion, an increase of 2.9 percent (±1.0%) from the first quarter of 2008. Total retail sales for the second quarter of 2008 were estimated at $1,034.8 billion, an increase of 0.9 percent (±0.3%) from the first quarter of 2008. The second quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 9.5 percent (±1.2%) from the second quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 2.5 percent (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.3 percent of total sales.

On a not adjusted basis, the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2008 totaled $32.5 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent (±1.0%)* from the first quarter of 2008. The second quarter 2008 e-commerce estimate increased 8.9 percent (±1.2%) from the second quarter of 2007 while total retail sales increased 2.3 (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2008 accounted for 3.1 percent of total sales.

Lag in Posting

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Hello Everyone!  It’s Friday, August 8th and I realize there has been a lag in my posting to this blog.  I’ve been hard at work finishing customer websites, setting up new marketing plans and keeping up with my all my ‘other’ everyday work (except for this blog obviously.)

To start a new trend, I am going to start publishing the finished websites on this blog, so users can see firsthand the projects that are being created by netMouser.

To start it off, I would like to welcome Comfort Street Shoes to the netMouser family!  Desert Birkenstock has two locations here in Las Vegas, and now…they have a third ONLINE location:  Comfort Street Shoes.  If anyone is a big proponent of comfort shoes, this is your place to go!  They have a great variety of footwear for both adults and kids, and many of the famous brands that are known for walking and foot comfort.

I also want to welcome ImageJoe to the netMouser family!  Joe Cavender is a local Las Vegas photographer who doesn’t do the ‘normal’ thing…he does EXCEPTIONAL photos of Las Vegas, Sedona Arizona, Death Valley, Scotty’s Castle, along with Corvette Autos & other types of photography.  His work is wonderful and I am happy to have been a part of developing this talented photographer’s website.  You can now buy his prints online, so please go check out his website.

And since I am mentioning our client sites, please also take a moment to browse the netMouser family portfolio.  There you will find all of our featured portfolio projects.  From every type of site you can think of, whether an ecommerce shopping cart, promotional website or community website…it’s all there in our portfolio.

Have a great Friday and a happy weekend!