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Millions more people have access to online shopping this holiday season than just last year with the increase in broadband connections and the proliferation of tablets and smartphones. All these connections are the equivalent of rooftops built around new suburban malls in the 1970s and 1980s. Excluding food, Internet shopping is forecast to represent 15 percent of all U.S. retail sales by 2015, according to Forrester Research Inc.
Texas-based retailers growing online sales at a faster rate than overall revenue
Heres a list of the biggest e-commerce companies headquartered in Texas. Rankings based on online sales only according to Internet Retailers annual list of Top 500 business-to-consumer retailers in the U.S. and Canada. Other national Texas chains such as Fort Worth-based Pier 1 Imports and Dallas-based Tuesday Morning are in the early stages of building their online infrastructure. Internet Retailer 2010 ranking 4 20 42 96 118 194 196 210 215 230 254 257 308 363 379 406 474 475 2010 online-only sales $4.8 billion $1.53 billion $569 million $188.6 million $159.4 million $76 million $75.5 million $68.4 million $65 million $56 million $48.3 million $47.3 million $32 million $25.5 million $23 million $19.6 million $13.8 million $13.7 million
Texas-based company Dell Inc. J.C. Penney Co. Blockbuster Army & Air Force Exchange Service GameStop Corp. Zale Corp. Fossil Inc. Golfsmith International Blinds.com Cheaper Than Dirt RadioShack Corp. Teamexpress.com Container Store Mens Wearhouse Sally Beauty Calendars.com Wisteria Conns.com
Headquarters Austin Plano McKinney Dallas Grapevine Irving Richardson Austin Houston Fort Worth Fort Worth San Antonio Coppell Houston Denton Austin Farmers Branch Beaumont
Percentage change from 2009 6% 2% 3% -6.3% 20% 22.6% 50% 25.9% 32.4% 11.1% 5% 24.5% 26.2% 155% 9.5% 11% 11.4% 8.7%
Online shopping
U.S. e-commerce sales have seen positive year-over-year gains for seven consecutive quarters. The government will report the third quarter on Thursday. Second quarter 20 2011: 14%
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of local deal shoppers are very likely to recommend the daily deal site
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