RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES IN SECOND QUARTER 2004 WERE $15.7
BILLION, UP 23.1 PERCENT FROM SECOND QUARTER 2003, CENSUS BUREAU
REPORTS
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced
today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the
second quarter of 2004, not adjusted for seasonal, holiday, or
trading-day differences, was $15.7 billion, an increase of 23.1
percent (±3.5%) from the second quarter of 2003. Total retail
sales for the second quarter of 2004 were estimated at $919.0
billion, an increase of 7.8 percent (±0.6%) from the same period
a year ago.
The second quarter 2004 e-commerce estimate increased 0.9
percent (±0.9%) from the first quarter of 2004 while total
retail sales increased 10.1 percent (±0.4%) from the prior
quarter.
E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2004 accounted for
1.7 percent of total sales, while in the second quarter of 2003
e-commerce sales were 1.5 percent of total sales. In the first
quarter of 2004, e-commerce sales were 1.9 percent of total
sales.
