The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for
the second quarter of 2006, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price
changes, was $26.3 billion, an increase of 4.6 percent (±1.7%) from the first quarter of 2006.
Total retail sales for the second quarter of 2006 were estimated at $984.9 billion, an increase of 0.9 percent (±0.3%) from the first quarter of 2006.
The second quarter 2006 e-commerce estimate increased 23.0 percent (±5.4%) from the second quarter of 2005 while
total retail sales increased 6.6 percent (±0.5%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2006
accounted for 2.7 percent of total sales.
On a not adjusted basis, the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2006 totaled $24.8 billion, an increase of 1.0 percent (±1.7%)* from the first quarter of 2006.
The second quarter 2006 e-commerce estimate increased 22.9 percent (±5.4%) from the second quarter of 2005 while total retail sales increased 6.9 percent (±0.5%) in the same period.
E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2006 accounted for 2.5 percent of total sales.
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, USA
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