Ecommerce sales and history of online shopping

ECOMMERCE SALES & HISTORY OF ONLINE SHOPPING 2011 $197B WORLDWIDE $240B 2010 AU$30B WORLDWIDE $143B AU$37B WORLDWIDE $218B AU$27B WORLDWIDE 2013 AU$33B 2012 1975 MICHAEL ALDRICH INVENTED ONLINE SHOPPING 1979 1981 THOMSON HOLIDAYS UK, 1ST B2B ONLINE SHOPPING 1984 FIRST B2C ONLINE SHOPPING AND MRS SNOWBALL, 72 IS THE 1ST ONLINE HOME SHOPPER 1990 TIM BERNERS-LEE WRITES THE FIRST WEB BROWSER 1994 PIZZA HUT OFFERS ONLINE ORDERING ON ITS WEB PAGE 1ST ONLINE BANK OPENS 1995 EBAY & AMAZON ARE FOUNDED 2000 THE DOT-COM BUST 2002 EBAY ACQUIRES PAYPAL FOR $1.5 BILLION 2004 DEALSDIRECT FOUNDED 2010 GROUPON REPORTEDLY REJECTS A $6 BILLION OFFER FROM GOGLE 2012 SUPERMARKET DEALS HAS A NEW HOME, AT DEALSDIRECT.COM.AU SOURCE:HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA. ORG/WIKI/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE HTTP://WWW.PWC.COM.AU HTTP://WwW.ECOMMERCEREPORT.COM.AU