Web Retailers Post Solid Quarterly Sales

Web Retailers Post Solid Quarterly Sales

Posted by John B. Frank Friday, February 13, 2009

Welcome to the new IRNewsLink Financials
Welcome to the new monthly IRNewsLink Financials newsletter. Understanding the financial performance of retailers and the technology and services providers who serve them has never been more important than in today’s economy. With this new monthly edition of IRNewsLink, readers can follow key financial and operations metrics. Included in this report are charts and articles that summarize the monthly activity of retailers’ web sales, the financial performance of key vendors, new equity deals, recent mergers and acquisitions, and Internet Retailer’s new stock index.
Web sales continue to increase
Internet retailers continue to grow sales both on a quarterly and an annual basis. The combined quarterly sales of 17 web retailers that broke out sales in January and early February grew by 14.1% to $8.25 billion in 2008 from $7.23 billion in the comparable quarter in 2007. The combined annual sales of 14 retailers grew by 24.6% to $23.04 billion in 2008 from $18.49 billion in 2007.

Retailers
Company name	Period	Recent sales (millions)	Year ago sales (millions)	Change
1-800-Flowers.com Inc.	Q2	$230.10	$274.20	-16.1%
Amazon.com Inc.	Q4	$6,700	$5,670	18.2%
Amazon.com Inc.	FY	$19,170	$14,840	29.2%
Coastal Contacts Inc.*	Q4	$32.00	$26.70	19.9%
Coastal Contacts Inc.*	FY	$119.00	$102.00	16.7%
Cymax Stores Inc.	Q4	$16.00	$10.00	60.0%
Cymax Stores Inc.	FY	$50.00	$32.50	53.8%
Drugstore.com Inc.	Q4	$93.94	$91,30	2.9%
Drugstore.com Inc.	FY	$366.60	$339.30	8.0%
Fingerhut Direct Marketing Inc.	Q4	$67.80	$65.90	2.9%
Fingerhut Direct Marketing Inc.	FY	$165.00	$144.00	14.6%
Indigo Books & Music Inc.*	Q3	$24.70	$25.40	-2.8%
NBTY Inc.	Q1	$23.00	$14.80	55.4%
Netflix Inc.	Q4	$359.60	$302.40	18.9%
Netflix Inc.	FY	$1,360	$1,200	13.3%
One Way Furniture Inc.	FY	$18.50	$21.10	-12.3%
Overstock.com Inc.	Q4	$255.90	$294.50	-13.1%
Overstock.com Inc.	FY	$834.40	$765.90	8.9%
PetMed Express Inc.	Q3	$28.60	$24.40	17.2%
Shutterfly Inc.	Q4	$107.70	$97.50	10.5%
Shutterfly Inc.	FY	$213.50	$186.70	14.4%
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.	Q4	$10.10	$19.00	-46.8%
Tempur-Pedic International Inc.	FY	$47.60	$79.70	-40.3%
The Talbots Inc.	Q4	$28.90	$64.00	-54.8%
The Talbots Inc.	FY	$134.70	$223.40	-39.7%
Urban Outfitters Inc.	Q4	$79.00	$65.60	20.4%
Urban Outfitters Inc.	FY	$245.20	$185.10	32.5%
ValueVision Media Inc.	Q4	$45.40	$69.80	-35.0%
ValueVision Media Inc.	FY	$180.80	$250.20	-27.7%
VistaPrint Ltd	Q2	$138.90	$105.00	32.3%
VitaCost.com Inc.	Q4	$34.40	$24.50	45.7%
VitaCost.com Inc.	FY	$126.50	$87.80	40.0%
*Sales are in U.S. Dollars

Quarterly vendor sales grow slightly
The combined quarterly sales of 11 companies in January and early February grew by just 0.6% to $21.12 billion in 2008 from $20.99 billion in 2007. The combined annual sales of 10 vendors grew by 11% to $84.40 billion in 2008 from $76.03 billion in 2007.
Service & technology providers

Company name	Period	Recent sales (millions)	Year ago sales (millions)	Change
Art Technology Group Inc.	Q4	$45.40	$39.30	15.5%
Art Technology Group Inc.	FY	$164.60	$137.10	20.1%
CyberSource Corp.	Q4	$62.30	$45.40	37.2%
CyberSource Corp.	FY	$229.00	$117.00	95.7%
Digital River Inc.	Q4	$95.90	$96.90	-1.0%
Digital River Inc.	FY	$394.20	$349.30	12.9%
eBay Inc.	Q4	$2,040	$2,180	-6.4%
eBay Inc.	FY	$8,540	$7,670	11.3%
Google Inc.	Q4	$5,700	$4,830	18.0%
Google Inc.	FY	$21,800	$16,600	31.3%
GSI Commerce Inc.	Q4	$391.40	$335.10	16.8%
GSI Commerce Inc.	FY	$966.90	$750.00	28.9%
JDA Software Group Inc.	Q4	$106.20	$98.50	7.8%
JDA Software Group Inc.	FY	$390.30	$373.60	4.5%
Keynote Systems Inc.	Q1	$20.60	$17.70	16.4%
LivePerson Inc.	Q4	$19.60	$16.77	16.9%
LivePerson Inc.	FY	$74.65	$52.22	43.0%
NetSuite Inc.	Q4	$41.40	$31.70	30.6%
NetSuite Inc.	FY	$152.50	$108.50	40.6%
Omniture Inc.	Q4	$83.00	$43.10	92.6%
Omniture Inc.	FY	$296.00	$143.00	107.0%
RedPrairie Corp.	FY	$300.00	$261.20	14.9%
RightNow Technologies Inc.	Q4	$36.10	$30.70	17.6%
RightNow Technologies Inc.	FY	$140.40	$112.10	25.2%
United Parcel Service Inc.	Q4	$12,700	$13,390	-5.2%
United Parcel Service Inc.	FY	$51,490	$49,690	3.6%
VeriSign Inc.	Q4	$247.00	$221.70	11.5%
VeriSign Inc.	FY	$961.73	$847.50	13.5%


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