Today in Data: Census Shows Stronger eCommerce Sales

Today in data, revised figures from the U.S. Census show eCommerce sales were stronger than first thought.

Data

14.5%: Online sales’ share of all retail sales in Q4 2021, according to revised census data

12.9%: Percentage of online sales as part of Q4 2021 retail sales before the Census revised its numbers

3 in 5: Merchants report increasing their use of digital marketplaces in the last year

3: States — Arizona, Nevada, Virginia — where Amazon is testing same-day mall delivery