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The 1990’s saw the birth of the World Wide Web and since then life has never been the same. The dollars invested in information technology and the sheer volume of internet usage continues to grow at an extraordinary rate each year.
The statistics speak for themselves...
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“The IT industry (excluding communications) contributes about NZD$7 Billion per annum to the economy with a whopping NZD$3.5 Billion of that spent on software and web design.”
Statistics New Zealand
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“There will be 1.07 Billion internet users globally by 2005, 1.21 Billion by 2006 and 1.35 billion by 2007.”
eTForecasts, Sept 2004
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“Online shopping is becoming more and more commonplace. It has been predicted that US online shoppers will double to 132 million in the next five years”.* With today's hectic schedules, people need a way to save time and shopping online is a way to do this. In a recent study, it was found that 19% of Internet users shop online once per week and this number is expected to continue to grow.”
*source: iconocast.com **source: peoplesupport.com
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“Over 400,000 Kiwis are regular online shoppers, having made at least six purchases in the last 12 months. This has grown over 700% from 2001, when just 52,000 people shopped regularly online”.
Nielsen Media Research Auckland, Dec 11, 2006
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The total number of Internet subscribers in New Zealand is now almost 1.4 million, with broadband subscriptions up 30% over a six month period ending 30 September 2006.
Statistics New Zealand, 7 March 2007
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