Historically, online apparel sales have grown faster than the overall online retail sales.
The Senate approved an amendment that called for making it easier for states to collect sales tax from online retail sales.
Some forecasters such as Forrester Research project that online retail sales will become a major thrust of total sales by 2016.
Although m-commerce as a percentage of total online retail sales in the U.S. remains low, it has registered triple digit growth in recent years.
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This, combined with the anticipated growth in online retail sales (CAGR of about 10% for next few years), provides an optimistic outlook for m-commerce.
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As a whole, the online retail sales industry is expected to grow at 10-15% and Amazon is already growing at approx. thrice the rate.
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As a result, Forrester expects sales via smartphones to account for 9% of total online retail sales in the U.S. by 2017, up from 3% in 2012.
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Online retail sales have boomed as more people get high-speed internet connections and time-pressed shoppers take advantage of shopping from home or work, according to industry observers.
From 2004 to 2009, while online retail sales increased at an average annual rate of 16%, online apparel sales increased by 19% annually (data not available for 2010-2012).
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Retail sales online were strong in November, compared with last year, with overall sales rising 24%, according to data tracker comScore Inc.
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Online game sales are expected to surpass retail sales by next year.
It said a dramatic drop in consumer spending, higher online sales and retail space expansion were to blame for the high vacancy rate.
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Online sales have gone from just 1% of total retail sales in China to 4% forecast for this year.
Mr Jones told MPs that internet shopping had made a "dramatic impact" on the industry, with online sales accounting for 12.2% of all retail sales.
According to Forrester Research, online sales will account for just seven to nine percent of retail sales by 2016.
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Orwall also suggested that the bounce from Black Friday retail sales came from online sales rather than individuals shopping at stores and malls.
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It begs the question, with the Web still accounting for such a small percentage of retail sales, and online growth now projected to slow from the pace of the last few years--will consumers ever break through and adopt the Internet as a shopping channel significant enough to break through single digits as a percentage of overall sales?
The data includes new packaged games sold through the physical retail channel, and not online sales or used sales.
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Another set of numbers is that roughly 10% of UK retail sales now take place online: and roughly 10% of UK retail space is now empty.
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Making a few forecasts about the information age, Capellas predicts that at least 60% of all calls will be made on wireless phones within five years and within 10 years, half of all retail sales will be made online.
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We agree that the rise in retail sales despite dip in retail property prices could indicate that more sales are shifting online now, which is a clear trend.
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CrossView, a company that provides mobile point of sales solutions, explained that online retail may get considerable media attention these days, but the vast majority of retail transactions still occur in physical stores.
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Mr Bezos reckons online retailers might capture 10-15% of retail sales over the next decade.
Both brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce sites have helped retail sales figures continuously grow, especially online.
There is tremendous value to unlock if Wal-Mart can build a platform to connect its dispersed users from various markets, and while we believe that recent efforts are moving in the right direction, it looks like it will be a while before online sales really move the needle for the retail giant.
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