Despite earlier, more positive projections, eMarketer forecasts that the ongoing recession will cause online sales to decline by 0.4 percent in 2009.

eMarketer believes that online sales will rebound in 2011 and achieve double digit growth in 2011 to 2013.

Source: eMarketer, “Online Sales Slip,” eMarketer, May 5, 2009

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