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Recap H1 2022: eCommerce Trajectory Holds Up During COVID Recovery
eCommerce // June 21, 2022

Revisiting a rollercoaster first half of 2022 and looking ahead at how the connected economy will progress without a pandemic nipping at its heels, eCommerce is the natural starting point as we anxiously await second-quarter earnings to see what impact changing consumer habits will have...

Today in Data: Census Shows Stronger eCommerce Sales
Today In Data // May 24, 2022

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...

Revised Census Data Shows eCommerce Share Didn’t Plummet After All
eCommerce // May 23, 2022

In 1986, Former President Ronald Regan said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Those who relied on February 2022 online sales data reported by the Census Bureau to adjust their business...

US Census Approach Brings Commerce Worry And Anticipation
Big Data // October 15, 2018

It’s (almost) that time again: The next U.S. Census, scheduled for 2020. The decennial data collection effort often sparks some debate about the methods and accuracy of the count — and given the political and economic stakes, how could it not? The current controversy is...

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Today in Data: Census Shows Stronger eCommerce Sales

May 24, 2022
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 […]

US Government Gets Hacked Again

July 27, 2015
The hacking group known as Anonymous has struck again, this time against the U.S. Census Bureau. As reported by the International Business Times on Friday (July 24), the hackers have...