http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1583721
Internet usage as a part of people's everyday lives is increasingly pervasive around the world, says a new study, and e-commerce is more than ever a part of life online.
Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of Internet users have by now purchased a product or service online, according to "The Face of the Web," an annual study of Internet trends by marketing research firm Ipsos-Reid in New York City, a U.S.-based division of Ipsos.
That's up dramatically from 36 percent of respondents in 2000.