US retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter, adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was $34.7 billion — an increase of 3.6 percent (±0.8 percent) from the second quarter — according to estimates from the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, reports MarketingCharts.
The third quarter 2007 e-commerce estimate of sales increased 19.3 percent (±2.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2006 level.
E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2007 accounted for 3.4 percent of total retail sales.
Total retail sales for the third quarter of 2007 were estimated at $1,020.4 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent (±0.2 percent) from the second quarter of 2007 - and an increase of 3.8 percent (±0.5 percent) from the third quarter of 2006.
On a not-adjusted basis:
- The estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2007 totaled $32.2 billion, an increase of 1.2 percent (±0.8 percent) from the second quarter of 2007.
- The third quarter 2007 e-commerce sales estimate increased 18.9 percent (±2.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2006.
- Total retail sales increased 3.2 percent (±0.5 percent) from the year-earlier period.
- E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2007 accounted for 3.2 percent of total sales.
For previous Commerce Dept. releases of e-commerce data, see the following:
