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B2B Articles - Aug 9, 2013 9:45:17 AM - By Ironpaper

eCommerce spending up YTD for desktop

Retail eCommerce orders for desktop expanded year-over-year by 16% in Q2 to reach $49.8 billion states ComScore. This expansion of eCommerce sales of 16% represents the 15th consecutive quarter of growth. These figures exclude mobile.

ECommerce sales represented 9.6% of consumers’ discretionary spending for Q2 of 2013.

ecommerce spending up

Five online product categories grew by at least 19%:

  • Apparel and accessories;
  • Digital content and subscriptions;
  • Sport and fitness;
  • Consumer packaged goods; and
  • Home and garden.