2022 U.S. Ecommerce Market Report

Analyzing U.S. online retail data and performance in 2022

2022 U.S. Ecommerce Market Report

$499.00

Analysis of U.S. online retail data and performance in 2022. Includes over 75 charts, forecasts for 2022 holiday sales, online penetration and offline sales, the fastest-growing categories in ecommerce, and a projection of the top online retailers in 2023. 

Interested in this report and more of our upcoming research? Sign up for a Digital Commerce 360 Gold or Platinum Membership to receive two full calendar years of research reports for over 50% off individual prices, plus access to the data behind the analysis in select membership plans.

2022 U.S. Ecommerce Market Report

Despite fears of a recession in the U.S., online retail will grow modestly and continue to take market share from brick-and-mortar stores. But that doesn’t mean all online retailers will prosper.    

Digital Commerce projects U.S. retail sales will grow by 4.2% in 2023 to $5.08 trillion, while online retail sales will increase 5.8% to $1.09 trillion—the slowest growth for total retail since 2019 and for e-retail since the banking crisis of 2008-9.  

The 2022 U.S. Ecommerce Market Report delivers key analysis and data to help your business make necessary changes and investments to keep your business running smoothly as a potential recession looms large.   

Find out what went right—and wrong—for online retailers in the waning months of the pandemic and revised rankings of victors in the battle for revenue and relevance. 

View the table of contents for full details on what’s included in the report.  

Published November 2022 

 

WHAT’S INCLUDED 

Extensive Ecommerce Market Overview 

Read through our major findings on ecommerce sales and growth, including:    

  • E-retail growth in the first half of 2022 
  • How the Top 2000 fared
  • Why big retailers gained online market shares
  • Changing consumer behavior 
  • Government inflation data 
  • Retail funding & parentships 

 

75+ Data-Packed Charts  

Start visualizing the power of strategies and trends in U.S. ecommerce and share critical data with your colleagues and clients. 

 

Holiday Projections 

With consumers expected to scale back on in-store shopping this holiday, online holiday sales are expected to grow 6.1% in 2022.  

In this section, our researchers look back at the 2021 holiday shopping season and make informed predictions for the upcoming 2022 peak season.  

 

 

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY IT 

Digital Commerce 360’s U.S. Ecommerce Market Report is the benchmark of benchmarks, packed with must-know insights upon which retailers, vendors and investors will base their business decisions in 2023.     

Our latest analysis and data will help you make necessary investments and equip you with effective strategies to keep your business running smoothly as a recession continues to loom large. 

 

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KEY DATA FROM THE REPORT

  • Online apparel sales will grow 7.6% year over year in 2022, Digital Commerce 360 estimates 
  • U.S.-based companies among the Top 2000 will grow even faster domestically in 2022, reaching 6.2% growth to $784.38 billion in 2022, Digital Commerce 360 estimates 
  • Just 11 of the 627 non-public consumer brand manufacturers and web-only retailers in Top 1000 received funding so far in 2022, according to a Digital Commerce 360 analysis of Crunchbase data through the end of September  
  • Ecommerce revenue will reach $224.31 billion during the holidays this year, up from $211.41 billion for the same two months in 2021, Digital Commerce 360 estimates 
  • This year, 64% of online merchants began holiday marketing in October or earlier, up from 59% in 2021, according to a Digital Commerce 360 survey 

2022 U.S. Ecommerce Market Report

$499.00

Analysis of U.S. online retail data and performance in 2022. Includes over 75 charts, forecasts for 2022 holiday sales, online penetration and offline sales, the fastest-growing categories in ecommerce, and a projection of the top online retailers in 2023. 

Interested in this report and more of our upcoming research? Sign up for a Digital Commerce 360 Gold or Platinum Membership to receive two full calendar years of research reports for over 50% off individual prices, plus access to the data behind the analysis in select membership plans.