The web continues to be the fastest growing channel.
Written by Lawrence Johnson | March 25, 2009
Internet Reporter reported that web sales of the Top 500 retailers grew by 15.16% in 2008. 
While Amazon.com with its $19.17 billion in online sales skewed the average with impressive tallies that accounted for 61% of web-only sales and 34% of total online sales. It reported that without Amazon, web sales from other merchants grew by 8.82% to $36.47 billion last year from $33.52 billion in the prior year. In particular chain retailers were up by 8.12%, catalog companies grew by 2.03% \and consumer brand manufacturers were up 5.03% from 2007.
