The CEFRIO, has just published the last eCommerce index. Over one year, the number of eCommerce buyers has increased by 66% while eCommerce revenue has grown by 35% (reaching 233 million dollars). In november, 20% of Quebec adults have made a purchase on the Internet. (more…)

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Many companies are bombarded with menacing ads implying that investing in an eCommerce site is the only way to avoid a sure business death.  Unfounded threat or reality?

Some answers can be found in eMarketer reports and the monthly eCommerce index from CEFRIO (financed by the Ministère du développement économique et de l’innovation). While eMarketer is forecasting a 16.4 Billion dollars market in 2009 (a 6.5% increase over 2008), CEFRIO is measuring a solid growth in the number of cyber buyers and associated revenue in Quebec. (more…)