The National Retail Association is forecasting $204 billion in retail sales over the Internet in 2008, while the rest of the retail industry expects sluggish growth.
According to the NRA's Shop.org annual survey, The State of Retailing Online 2008, the expected $204 billion is a 17 percent increase over last year.
The sales categories expected to do the best include apparel, with $26.6 billion, computers, with $23.9 billion, and autos, with $19.3 billion.