U.S. Q4 retail e-commerce sales rose 29.3 pc
Monday February 24, 10:01 am ET
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Commerce Department quarterly
report on retail e-commerce sales, unadjusted.
QUARTERLY RETAIL SALES: TOTAL AND E-COMMERCE
E-COMMERCE SALES TOTAL SALES E-COMMERCE
(MLNS) (MLNS) AS PCT OF
TOTAL
Q4 14,334 869,588 1.6
Q3 11,083 827,585 1.3
Q3 PREVIOUS 11,061 827,461 1.3
Q4'01 11,178 856,285 1.3
PCT CHANGES
Q4 from Q3 29.3 5.1
Q4 from Q4'01 28.2 1.6
NOTES:
E-commerce sales include sales of goods and services over
the Internet, an extranet, Electronic Data Exchange or other
online system.
The report is based on a selected survey sampling group of
approximately 11,000 retailers.
Online travel services, financial brokers and dealers and
ticket sales agencies are not classified by the government as
retail and are not included in either the total retail or
retail e-commerce sales estimates.
The retail e-commerce sales estimate for the first quarter
is scheduled for release in May 2003. |
