


the voice of distance selling in Europe
FACTBOOK 2006
Performance of Distance Selling
from a European perspective,
including comparative data from the US & Japan
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I:
EU Economic Overview, page 3
including comparative data (2005) concerning:
currency (average rates of exchange) page 5
population page 6
gross domestic product page 6
inflation page 7
unemployment page 7
labour costs page 8
CHAPTER II:
Retail Trade and Distance Selling page 9
including comparative data (2005) concerning:
retail trade page 9
share of distance selling page 9
distance selling: trends and performance page 10
penetration of distance selling page 12
overview total distance sales page 13
focus on online page 13
leaders in B2C distance selling page 14
national associations and membership page 15
quotes of leading representatives page 16
CHAPTER III:
Country Data, including per country key figures 2005
Austria page 18
Belgium page 19
Croatia page 20
Czech Republic page 21
Denmark page 22
Finland page 23
France page 24
Germany page 25
Great Britain page 26
Greece page 27
Hungary page 28
Ireland page 29
Italy page 30
the Netherlands page 31
Norway page 32
Poland page 33
Russia page 34
Slovak Republic page 35
Slovenia page 36
Spain page 37
Sweden page 38
Switzerland page 39
Ukraine page 40
USA page 41
Japan page 46
ANNEX I: The Distance selling Directive 97/7/EC and Comparative Study on the Implementation of
the Directive (page 51)
ANNEX II: Barriers to the Single Market Maximum harmonisation and Country of Origin principle
(page 57)