QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES
4th QUARTER 2005

Intention to Revise: Quarterly retail e-commerce estimates will be revised on the results of the 2004 Annual Retail Trade Survey. Unadjusted and adjusted estimates will be revised for fourth quarter 1999 through fourth quarter 2005. Revised data are scheduled for release on May 18, 2006.

The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the fourth quarter of 2005, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $22.9 billion, an increase of 3.3 percent (±2.1%) from the third quarter of 2005. Total retail sales for the fourth quarter of 2005 were estimated at $960.3 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.3%)* from the third quarter of 2005. The fourth quarter 2005 e commerce estimate increased 23.0 percent (±3.8%) from the fourth quarter of 2004 while total retail sales increased 6.0 percent (±0.3%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the fourth quarter accounted for 2.4 percent of total sales

On a not adjusted basis, the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the fourth quarter of 2005 totaled $26.5 billion, an increase of 27.5 percent (±2.1%) from the third quarter of 2005. The fourth quarter 2005 e-commerce estimate increased 23.4 percent (±3.8%) from the fourth quarter of 2004 while total retail sales increased 6.0 percent (±0.3%) in the same period. E-commerce sales in the fourth quarter of 2005 accounted for 2.6 percent of total sales.

Total e-commerce sales for 2005 were estimated at $86.3 billion, an increase of 24.6 percent (±3.3%) from 2004. Total retail sales in 2005 increased 7.2 percent (±0.3%) from 2004. E-commerce sales in 2005 accounted for 2.3 percent of total sales. E-commerce sales in 2004 accounted for 2.0 percent of total sales.

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