We had an interesting discussion on Walmart, UPC Bar Codes, RFID today in our research group. The point was about how this powerhouse has affected adoption of some technologies in non-Web commerce.

I came across some interesting statistics which points to Walmart and their growing dominance on the Web. From the Internet Stock Blog.

The top 10 with visitors in December ’04, December ’03 (in millions) and year-over-year growth were:

eBay, 50.9, 49.9, 2%
Amazon, 42.5, 37.4, 14%
Wal-Mart Stores, 23.8, 16.7, 42%
Yahoo Shopping, 22.6, 21.5, 5%
Shopping.com, 19.1, 17.1, 11%
Target, 17.5, 13.9, 26%
Dell, 17.5, 12.7, 38%
Best Buy, 17.3, 12.9, 34%
Overstock.com, 14.7, 8.6, 71%
Expedia, 12.7, 11.4, 11%

EBay with 2% growth is no match to Walmart’s 42%. Walmart says - “Watchout!” to the rest of the Web.

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