For CDW, 2004 was a very good year for web sales

2004 was a good year for web sales for CDW Corp. The direct marketer of personal computers and related merchandise posted 2004 web sales of $1.56 billion, an increase of 44% over 2003. "Our results validate the continued strengths of our customer-relationship focused business model," says CDW CEO John A. Edwardson.

In the fourth quarter, CDW also posted a strong increase in its e-commerce business by growing its Internet sales to $389 million, up 29% from the fourth quarter of 2003.

The company says the web now accounts for 27% of all sales which totaled $5.7 billion for 2004