ComScore Reports Retail E-Commerce Sales Reached $49.8 Billion In 2Q
According to comScore’s estimates for Q2 2013, last quarter saw a 16 percent year-over-year growth in desktop-based retail e-commerce sales with $49.8 billion in spending. The earnings mark 15 consecutive quarters of positive year-over-year growth and eleven consecutive quarters of double-digit growth. “Increased spending growth for the quarter not only reflects the long term share […]
According to comScore’s estimates for Q2 2013, last quarter saw a 16 percent year-over-year growth in desktop-based retail e-commerce sales with $49.8 billion in spending. The earnings mark 15 consecutive quarters of positive year-over-year growth and eleven consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.
“Increased spending growth for the quarter not only reflects the long term share shift towards digital commerce, but also the near-term signals of sustained improvement in consumer sentiment,” said comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni, “This strength is particularly significant since the second quarter tends to be seasonally lighter for e-commerce, and, as such, represents a positive indicator for the back half of the year.”
ComScore reports 9.6 percent of consumers’ discretionary spending went to e-commerce last quarter, the highest second quarter share on record. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) experienced a 24 percent increase during the past year, with $4.7 billion spent via smartphones and tablets.
Apparel & Accessories, Digital Content and Subscriptions, Sports & Fitness, CPG and Home and Garden were the top-performing online product categories for the quarter.
| Retail E-Commerce (Non-Travel) Growth Rates Excludes Auctions, Autos and Large Corporate PurchasesTotal U.S. – Home & Work Locations (excl. Mobile)Source: comScore, Inc. | ||
| Quarter | E-Commerce Spending ($ Millions) | Y/Y Percent Change |
| Q1 2007 | $27,970 | 17% |
| Q2 2007 | $27,176 | 23% |
| Q3 2007 | $28,441 | 23% |
| Q4 2007 | $39,132 | 19% |
| Q1 2008 | $31,178 | 11% |
| Q2 2008 | $30,581 | 13% |
| Q3 2008 | $30,274 | 6% |
| Q4 2008 | $38,071 | -3% |
| Q1 2009 | $31,031 | 0% |
| Q2 2009 | $30,169 | -1% |
| Q3 2009 | $29,552 | -2% |
| Q4 2009 | $39,045 | 3% |
| Q1 2010 | $33,984 | 10% |
| Q2 2010 | $32,942 | 9% |
| Q3 2010 | $32,133 | 9% |
| Q4 2010 | $43,432 | 11% |
| Q1 2011 | $38,002 | 12% |
| Q2 2011 | $37,501 | 14% |
| Q3 2011 | $36,308 | 13% |
| Q4 2011 | $49,698 | 14% |
| Q1 2012 | $44,282 | 17% |
| Q2 2012 | $43,153 | 15% |
| Q3 2012 | $41,936 | 15% |
| Q4 2012 | $56,781 | 14% |
| Q1 2013 | $50,180 | 13% |
| Q2 2013 | $49,843 | 16% |
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