ccording to the biannual global ACNielsen Online Consumer Opinion Survey 2005, more than 627 million people have shopped online, with over 325 million doing so within last month alone. The survey is the largest of its kind, and has polled over 21,000 respondents in 38 markets from Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America and South Africa.

Europe and North America have the highest number of online shoppers, with Germany, Austria and the UK leading the list. At least 95 per cent of the internet users in these countries have purchased online. In Asia Pacific, South Korea and Taiwan lead with at least 90 per cent of the respondents having purchased online. ... more