e-commerce press
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today (February 16, 2001) that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the fourth quarter of 2000, not adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, was $8.686 billion, an increase of 67.1 percent (± 4.3%) from the fourth quarter of 1999. The fourth quarter 2000 estimate increased 35.9 percent (± 2.8%) from the prior quarter. The third quarter 2000 estimate was revised from $6.373 billion to $6.393 billion.

Total retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2000 were estimated at $856.2 billion, an increase of 4.2 percent (± 0.5%) from the same quarter a year ago and up 5.4 percent (± 0.3%) from the third quarter of 2000.

E-commerce sales in the fourth quarter of 2000 accounted for 1.0 percent of total sales compared to 0.6 percent of total sales in the fourth quarter of 1999. E-commerce sales in the third quarter of 2000 were 0.8 percent of total sales.
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