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e-Commerce Slowing, But Continues to Grow and Outpace Bricks-and-Mortar Stores

By Michael Lear-Olimpi
May 28, 2008

U.S. Census Bureau estimates for first-quarter e-commerce spending reflect a slowing economy, but e-commerce continued rising as a percentage of all retail spending, government figures released last month show.

And even though the percentage of e-commerce activity as a total of all estimated retail commerce for the first quarter of this year again rose faster than general retail spending, preliminary figures were even with a preceding quarter, something that hasn't happened since 2001.

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