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Two sources suggest, total US retail sales, calendar years:
- 2025: $5.45 trillion ($5 trillion 450 billion)
- online $257.9 billion 4.7%)
- 2020: $5.64 trillion ($5 trillion 640 billion)
- online: $791.70 billion (14% of total)
Somehow the numbers don't make sense.
- Adobe calls 2025 a record with $257.8 billion on line, whereas other data from 2020 shows $791.70 billion that year (2020) online
- in addition, total retail sales in 2025 actually less than five years ago when folks were staying home?
I'll watch for future data points or recheck the data points already available.
How did 2025 compare to 2024:
Back in 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic:
