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
* Forecast Includes products or services ordered using the internet via any device, regardless of the method of payment or fulfillment; excludes travel and event tickets. 2013 to 2015 data from previous publications.
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eMarketer. (November 16, 2017). E-commerce share of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 09, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/379112/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-in-us/
eMarketer. "E-commerce share of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2021." Chart. November 16, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379112/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-in-us/
eMarketer. (2017). E-commerce share of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379112/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-in-us/
eMarketer. "E-commerce Share of Total Retail Sales in United States from 2013 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379112/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-in-us/
eMarketer, E-commerce share of total retail sales in United States from 2013 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379112/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-in-us/ (last visited July 09, 2020)
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