U.S. Retail E-Commerce Sales Grow by 16% in Q2 2013

In the second quarter of 2013, growth of U.S. retail e-commerce sales have experienced a healthy growth rate: comScore reports $49.8 billion worth of desktop-based retail e-commerce sales.

This equals a year-over-year growth of 16 percent. comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni commented that “the second quarter of 2013 saw a healthy acceleration in the online spending growth rate to nearly 16 percent on the strength of a particularly enthusiastic April from consumers.”

Top product categories from April to June were Apparel & Accessories, Digital Content & Subscriptions, Sport & Fitness, Consumer Packaged Goods and Home & Garden, with growth rates of at least 19 percent each.