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Industry Trend (Online Sales)

Industry Trend (Online Sales)

Following chart says that you've probably shifted a lot of your retail shopping to the web, whether you're in the U.S., China, or the U.K...(If you are an investor, you may also want to focus on LONGTERM-INDUSTRY-TRENDS!)

Retail Sales online (share of total)
source: http://www.bloomberg.com

Since the start of the US-recovery in 2009, quarterly increases in e-commerce sales have averaged 3.7 percent versus 1.1 percent for total sales. Along the way, the share of e-commerce in the US as a percent of total retail sales rose to 7 percent from 0.6 percent in 1999:
US-E-commerce sales (-2015)

source: http://www.bloomberg.com