E-Commerce Commission Press Kit

number of Internet users and the ease and efficiency of ordering from the Internet. Basedon these assumptions, Morgan Stanley estimates that Internet retailing could reach $115billion in five to eight years.92. “1-800-FLOWERS announces key findings in on-line purchase habits...” 1-800-FLOWERS. Press Release. December 23, 1997.93. Green, Heather. “A Little Net Privacy, Please.” Business Week. March 16, 1998.94. Discounts typically do not include the cost of delivery. When added to the cost of a singleitem, delivery charges may result in a higher price than can be found in some stores.Combining multiple items in a single delivery lowers the total cost and consumers maysave money versus store prices.95. Lipton, Beth. “Online trading up 150 percent.” News.com. January 14, 1998.http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,18101,00.html?pfv96. These numbers represent wage and salary employment only, not self-employed and unpaidfamily workers. Total employment figures which include wage and salary, self-employed,and unpaid family workers are slightly higher.97. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that 2-7 million people telecommute. See:“Successful Telecommuting Programs in the Public and Private Sectors: A Report toCongress.” U.S. Department of Transportation, August 1997, pp.3-5.A recent survey of 2,000 U.S. households by Find/SVP suggests that the figure mighteven be higher. Their results find that the number of telecommuters in the U.S. jumped to11.1 million in 1997, up from 9.7 million in 1996. Three out of four telecommutersowned home computers and 43 percent have multiple phone lines. Thirty-five percent oftoday’s telecommuters use the Internet and e-mail.Http://etrg.findsvp.com:80/prls/pr97/telecomm.html98. “Successful Telecommuting Programs in the Public and Private Sectors: A Report toCongress.” U.S. Department of Transportation, August 1997, pp.3-5.61