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Retail Ecommerce Sales in Q2 Up 6 percent from Q1

US retail ecommerce sales for the second quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $33.6 billion - an increase of 6.4 percent (±0.8 percent) from the first quarter of 2007, according to estimates from the Census Bureau of the Commerce Department (via MarketingCharts).

The second quarter 2007 ecommerce estimate increased 20.8 percent (±4.6 percent) from the second quarter of 2006.

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Ecommerce sales in the second quarter of 2007 accounted for 3.3 percent of total retail sales, according to the data. Total retail sales for the second quarter of 2007 were estimated at $1,012.6 billion, an increase of 1.3 percent (±0.3 percent) from the first quarter of 2007. Total retail sales increased 3.8 percent (±0.5 percent) from the second quarter of 2006.

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On a not-adjusted basis:

  • The estimate of US retail ecommerce sales for the second quarter of 2007 totaled $31.8 billion, an increase of 3.9 percent (±0.8 percent) from the first quarter of 2007.
  • The second quarter 2007 ecommerce estimate increased 20.7 percent (±4.6 percent) from the second quarter of 2006.
  • The total retail sales increased 3.8 percent (±0.5 percent) from the second quarter of 2006.
  • Ecommerce sales in the second quarter of 2007 accounted for 3.1 percent of total sales.

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