Thursday, May 18, 2006
E-commerce & Print -- The Model Still Holds -- And More Articles
Today I got the latest data about e-commerce as a percentage of retail sales data. I analyzed this data series in a previous post http://drjoewebb.blogspot.com/2006/03/do-math-part-2-every-01-increase-in-e.html
Well, for the fourth quarter, this percentage jumped from 2.2% to 2.7% of retail sales. Guess what? The model held true, with an r-squared of 90%. But now it's for every .1 percentage point increase in the share that e-commerce has, the model forecasts a $1.6 billion decline in annual printing shipments. No wonder the fourth quarter was so horrid. E-commerce took a huge leap at that time.
If packaging is such a hot place of printers to move their business, why is Smurfit-Stone selling their consumer packaging business?
http://www.register-mail.com/stories/051206/BIZ_B9Q0408B.GID.shtml
Internet surfing up.... especially for real estate, +23%
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060511/cgth058.html?.v=47
Can't get enough of ad:tech... here's a summary press release.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/5/emw382949.htm
Quebecor expects losses, and is cutting jobs
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=36855
Until 12/31/06, all Skype calls to regular phones are free!
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skypeout.html
U.S. Book production -18%
Press release http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060509005247&newsLang=en
More book statistics http://www.bookwire.com/BookIndustryStatistics.asp
Philadelphia approves city-wide wi-fi access
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060511&ID=5715338
Wi-fi in the home starting to pick up!
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UZM3PYE2MVIMIQSNDBCSKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=187201847
So the Philly thing means that you can wander the streets and be homeless and wireless at the same time?
The official press release about the e-paper project I worked on with Vince Naselli, Richard Romano, Bob Sacks
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb386647.htm
Remember... you can download my PrintFest keynote presentation of 5/12/06 http://www.drjoewebb.com/Dr.JoeatPrintFest2006.html
TURN OFF WINDOWS AUTOMATIC UPDATES! I did years ago, and my computing life has been far less aggravating. Woody Leonhard, PC guru, explains why--- the article is halfway down page of this link
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060511/
Well, for the fourth quarter, this percentage jumped from 2.2% to 2.7% of retail sales. Guess what? The model held true, with an r-squared of 90%. But now it's for every .1 percentage point increase in the share that e-commerce has, the model forecasts a $1.6 billion decline in annual printing shipments. No wonder the fourth quarter was so horrid. E-commerce took a huge leap at that time.
If packaging is such a hot place of printers to move their business, why is Smurfit-Stone selling their consumer packaging business?
http://www.register-mail.com/stories/051206/BIZ_B9Q0408B.GID.shtml
Internet surfing up.... especially for real estate, +23%
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060511/cgth058.html?.v=47
Can't get enough of ad:tech... here's a summary press release.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/5/emw382949.htm
Quebecor expects losses, and is cutting jobs
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=36855
Until 12/31/06, all Skype calls to regular phones are free!
http://www.skype.com/help/guides/skypeout.html
U.S. Book production -18%
Press release http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060509005247&newsLang=en
More book statistics http://www.bookwire.com/BookIndustryStatistics.asp
Philadelphia approves city-wide wi-fi access
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060511&ID=5715338
Wi-fi in the home starting to pick up!
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UZM3PYE2MVIMIQSNDBCSKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=187201847
So the Philly thing means that you can wander the streets and be homeless and wireless at the same time?
The official press release about the e-paper project I worked on with Vince Naselli, Richard Romano, Bob Sacks
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb386647.htm
Remember... you can download my PrintFest keynote presentation of 5/12/06 http://www.drjoewebb.com/Dr.JoeatPrintFest2006.html
TURN OFF WINDOWS AUTOMATIC UPDATES! I did years ago, and my computing life has been far less aggravating. Woody Leonhard, PC guru, explains why--- the article is halfway down page of this link
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060511/
