Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses in the U.S. - The 2015 Report

Our goal at Kentley Insights is simple...provide leaders with the right insights to help them unlock value in their company. Everything we've done in creating this report is focused on this goal. The 2015 Report on Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses is an in-depth evaluation of the industry and will provide you with all of the key insights, trends and benchmarks you need to create a broad and comprehensive diagnostic and understanding of the industry and your company.

Used for a range of strategic purposes, from due diligence to streamlining to forecasting to gap analysis to evaluating new opportunities, this report is loaded with over 100 of the most insightful benchmarks and trends, covering industry sales, growth, firms, product line breakdown, inflation, inventory turns, gross margin, payroll, employee productivity, pay ranges for top roles, job categorization breakdown, operating expenses, financial ratios, profitability, firm size data, state statistics, employment, historical data, forecasts, and much more. Just take a look at the table of contents and you'll see this is the one report that delivers the insights on the revenue, cost and capital sides of the business.

The core data is generated from the most comprehensive set of surveys filled out by companies in the industry. Our analysts create the forecasts based on industry dynamics and the macroeconomic environment.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing all types of merchandise using the electronic and print media to induce direct response by the customer. These establishments can employ methods, such as broadcasting infomercials, broadcasting and publishing direct response advertising and publishing traditional or electronic catalogues, to display their merchandise and reach their customers. They can also provide sites facilitating consumer to-consumer or business-to-consumer trade in new and used goods, on an auction basis, using the Internet. Transactions between these retailers and their customers typically require the use of information technology (telephone or computer network) and the delivery of merchandise is typically done by mail or courier. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing from catalogue showrooms, without stock, are also included

If you are looking for that one market report that will help you make the right strategic decisions, this is it. Download a sample report to see for yourself. Also, check out some select highlights from this particular report:

INDUSTRY GROWTH
Over the past 3 years, the industry has grown at an annual rate of 9%
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COMPANY GROWTH
There are 38,965 companies in the industry
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PRODUCT LINE BREAKDOWN
10.9% of sales comes from new & used computer hardware, software, & supplies, incl computer game software & tablet computers
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SALES PER CAPITA
In 2014, California residents spent $629 per capita at Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses establishments
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SALES PER ESTABLISHMENT
In New York, the average sales per establishment is $4.9 million
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INFLATION & PRICING
The forecasted inflation for 2015 is 0.6%
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COMPANY SIZE BENCHMARKS
From 2009 to 2014, the number of companies with 10-99 employees has grown 24.8%
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PROFITABILITY
49.6% of companies are profitable in the industry
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FINANCIAL RATIO BENCHMARKS
The asset turnover of the industry is 1.6
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RIGHTSIZING ANALYSIS
The average sales per employee is $961,908
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EXPENSE BENCHMARKING
14% of revenues are spent on advertising
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OPERATING EXPENSES
In 2014, industry operating expenses grew 7.5%
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INVENTORY TURNS
In 2015, inventory turns are forecasted to contract -0.4%
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GROSS MARGIN
In 2014, gross margin expanded 38 basis points
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PAYROLL
In 2014, payroll per employee was $52,060
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PAYROLL BY STATE
California averages $62,696 in payroll per employee
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JOB CATEGORIZATION BENCHMARKS
6.1% of the jobs in the industry are management positions
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JOB CATEGORIZATION PAY RANGES
The average industry hourly pay for office and administrative jobs is $15.07
Discover the bottom 10%, 25%, average, top 75% and 90% pay ranges in 14 job categories

TOP DETAILED JOBS ANALYSIS
Order Clerks make up 8.2% of the jobs in the industry with an average hourly pay of $13.58
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The above highlights represent a very small fraction of what you’ll find in this report.

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