1. “ Online Grocers : Moving the grocery store into the home” Empower Research April 9 th , 2009
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5. Market Potential of the online grocery industry. The above graphs show the prowess of Asia not only in terms of its internet user base but also in terms of growing internet penetration which is the basic infrastructure needed to facilitate online grocery sales but the fact that people in Asia are very peculiar about their grocery shopping shall make the acceptance of online grocery stores slow but no doubt the long term prospects are good. In addition to this Latin America, North America & Europe have good internet penetration rates, indicating good potential for this industry but the fact that Online grocery industry, which is lying low in the U.S & slowly rising in Europe, calls for some drastic improvements in the existing model cannot be denied.
8. Key Players in the Online Grocery Industry : (Declared Defunct/Bankrupt) Major U.S Online Grocers . These major players command large market share in the relatively smaller Online Grocery Industry which is in its infancy, looking forward to grow in leaps and bounds. Source : The Online Grocery Industry by Prof. Karen Clay.