I got my copy of Internet Retailer magazine’s 2005 Top 500 Guide http://www.internetretailer.com/top500/index.asp , and it contains a lot of very interesting information
In 2005, the leading items over the Internet in terms of sales are:
- Mass merchant/department store = $18.267 billion in sales
- Computers/electronics = $17.667 B
- Office supplies = $10.323 B
- Apparel/accessories = $7.061 B
- Books/CDs/DVDs = $2.500 B
- Housewares/home furnishings = $2.416 B
- Specialty/non apparel = $2.325 B
- Food/drug = $1.872 B
- Health/beauty = $1.748 B
- Flowers/gifts = $1.203 B
- Sporting goods = $1.336 B
- Hardware/home improvement = $0.851B
- Toys/hobbies = $0.740 B
- Jewelry = $0.615 B
