“Online is most certainly the gambling platform of
the moment… a strong driver of growth... part of the
recession-resilient home entertainment package.”
Betting Business, December 2008
European converged mobile devices shipments development
Smart phone
sales
50
90%
European sales of ‘smart
70%
phones’ have increased from
4 million sales per year (2003)
40
60%
to a mammoth 40 million in
2008. The figure as a
proportion of all mobile
50%
30 phone sales has risen from
Growth (%). Share of total mobile device sales just 2 per cent to 12 per cent
40%
over the six year period.
Smartphones as % of
20
Worldwide the number of
30% total mobile sales
mobile phones sold annually
Sales (in millions)
has now topped 1 billion
20%
units, targeting a global
10
market of 2 billion users.
10%
0
0%
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total number of online purchases in last six months
E-Commerce
purchasing power
UK
The United Kingdom tops the
485.5 million
European league table of e-
commerce purchases. In the
second half of 2008 Britons
France
189 million made 485.5 million
Denmark
transactions on the web.
33.8 million
Germans were the second
Norway most prolific online
26.2 million
purchasers with 341.7 million
Sweden
transactions with the French
31.3 million
in third place registering 189
million. The top three
Netherlands
65.3 million
constitute nearly 70 per cent
of the European total. Overall
Belgium
Germany
26.2 million
the most popular online
341.7 million
purchase is travel tickets,
Spain Italy
62.4 million
closely followed by holidays,
58.9 million
books, music/theatre tickets,
clothes and electrical goods.
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