Where Americans Spend $1.2 Trillion a Year at Ecommerce Retailers and How that Changed Over Time

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Where Americans Spend $1.2 Trillion a Year at Ecommerce Retailers and How that Changed Over Time

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Clothing & general merchandise online retailers are the biggie.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
Ecommerce sales rose by 1.4% in Q2 from Q1, seasonally adjusted, to $304 billion, according to the Census Bureau today. Year-over-year, ecommerce sales were up by 5.3% (red in the chart).
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