US Data: Quarterly Total Retail and E-Commerce Sales>

Release for:       Second Quarter 2017

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

Percent changes unless otherwise noted, adjusted data

                        2Q-17   1Q-17   4Q-16   3Q-16   2Q-16

Retail Sales (mln $)

 Total**               1256232 1250055 1237663 1216808 1206395

 E-commerce             111542  106383  101606   99870   96283

E-commerce as

 % of Total Sales**        8.9     8.5     8.2     8.2     8.0

Pct Chg Qtr/Qtr

 Total Sales**             0.5     1.0     1.7     0.9     1.4

 E-commerce                4.8     4.7     1.7     4.0     4.2

Pct Chg Yr/Yr

 Total Sales**             4.1     5.1     3.8     2.1     2.3

 E-commerce               16.2    15.4    14.2    15.4    15.2

Pct Chg Yr/Yr (NSA)

 Total Sales**             4.4     3.7     3.6     2.2     2.2

 E-commerce               16.3    15.1    14.0    15.5    15.6

*E-commerce sales are sales of goods and services over

the Internet, an extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),

or other on-line system. Payment may or may not be

made on-line.

**Total sales do not include food services.

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