This statistic shows retail e-commerce sales as a percent of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2017, and a forecast until 2021. In 2017, e-commerce sales accounted for 9 percent of all retail sales in United States, this figure is expected to reach 12.4 percent in 2020. In 2016, the leading e-retailer in the United States was Amazon with 46.66 billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce sales of physical goods in the United States. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have also been catching up on the sales potential of online sales - in 2016, Walmarts U.S. e-commerce sales amounted to an estimated 12.73 billion U.S. dollars.
E-commerce share of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2021
This statistic shows retail e-commerce sales as a percent of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2017, and a forecast until 2021. In 2017, e-commerce sales accounted for 9 percent of all retail sales in United States, this figure is expected to reach 12.4 percent in 2020. In 2016, the leading e-retailer in the United States was Amazon with 46.66 billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce sales of physical goods in the United States. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have also been catching up on the sales potential of online sales - in 2016, Walmarts U.S. e-commerce sales amounted to an estimated 12.73 billion U.S. dollars.
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| Percentage of e-commerce sales | |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 5.8% |
| 2014 | 6.5% |
| 2015 | 7.3% |
| 2016 | 8% |
| 2017 | 9% |
| 2018* | 10% |
| 2019* | 11.1% |
| 2020* | 12.4% |
| 2021* | 13.7% |
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