In keeping with the Census Bureau of the U.S. Division of Commerce (PDF), U.S. retail gross sales — ecommerce and brick-and-mortar — grew in Q3 2022 to a seasonally adjusted $1,791 billion, up .62% over Q2 2022, whereas ecommerce-only gross sales elevated by 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted $265 billion.
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The DOC defines ecommerce gross sales as these for “items and companies the place the client locations an order, or the worth and phrases of the sale are negotiated over an Web, cell gadget, extranet, digital knowledge interchange community, electronic message, or different comparable on-line system. Cost might or is probably not made on-line.”
The ecommerce share in Q3 2022 stood at 14.8% of complete U.S. retail gross sales.
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Furthermore, Q3 ecommerce gross sales grew by 10.8% in comparison with Q3 2021, whereas complete retail gross sales grew by 9.1% in the identical interval.
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In accordance to S&P International Market Intelligence, October 2022 U.S. in-store retail gross sales (together with meals companies) elevated by 1.3% and eight.3% over September 2022 and October 2021, respectively. “Nonstore retailers” — ecommerce, mail-order — rose 1.2% and 11.5% in the identical intervals.
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