Chart of the Day: Slicing up $1 trillion in ecommerce sales

Read today’s edition of Insider Intelligence’s “Chart of the Day” newsletter, and join our fastest-growing community of readers. Each morning we deliver a chart packed with data and key statistics covering today’s most disruptive industries.

US retail ecommerce sales to surpass $1 trillion this year

US retail ecommerce sales will top?$1 trillion?this year, up?9.4%?from?$960.44 billion?last year. Come 2026, more than?$1 in $5?spent on retail will come from ecommerce channels.

Beyond the chart:?Online sales contribute an increasing share of the country’s total retail sales, which will approach?$7 trillion?this year.?Amazon?will make up?37.8%?of all digital sales, a greater share than the next 14 biggest ecommerce retailers combined. Put differently, nearly?$400 billion?of this year’s one trillion dollars in ecommerce sales will come from Amazon.

Want more media and marketing insights delivered daily to your inbox? Sign up for Insider Intelligence’s “eMarketer Daily” newsletter for the latest.