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US retail ecommerce will continue its torrid growth in 2014, with sales forecast to rise 15.5% to $304.1 billion. Although ecommerce sales will account for just 6.4% of the $4.73 trillion in total US retail sales expected this year, their true impact will be much bigger, according to a new eMarketer report, “US Retail Ecommerce: 2014 Trends and Forecast.”
Sales alone do not tell the whole story of US retail ecommerce. Consumers may not buy online all the time, but they are shopping through digital channels constantly. Of the 219.4 million internet users in the US ages 14 and older, eMarketer expects 196.6 million, or 89.6%, to shop online this year, compared with 163.2 million who will go on to complete a purchase digitally. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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