Amazon continues to dominate U.S. e-commerce sales, far outdistancing its closest competitor, Walmart.
Amazon’s U.S. e-commerce sales will increase by 15.3% this year to $367.19 billion, after surging 44.1% during 2020, according to a report by eMarketer. The online giant has a hard hold on two categories where it receives the majority of U.S. e-commerce sales: books/music/video (83.2% of all sales in 2021) and computer/consumer electronics (50.2%).
In addition, Amazon will receive more than 45% of U.S. e-commerce sales dollars this year in three additional categories: “other” (48.2%), toys/hobby (46.0%) and office equipment/supplies (45.6%).
Source: Chain Storeage
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