As a result of 2020's ongoing pandemic, retail e-commerce holiday season sales in the United States grew by approximately 32 percent, compared to the previous year. Forecasts for 2021 indicate a slowdown in the growth of the digital channel, with non-e-commerce sales expected to pick up.
Year-on-year growth rate of retail holiday season sales in the United States from 2016 to 2021, by type
* Figure for 2021 is forecast.
Excludes travel and event tickets, payments such as bill pay, taxes or money transfers, food services and drinking places, gambling and other vice good sales; sales are for Nov and Dec of each year; includes products or services ordered using the internet, regardless of the method of payment or fulfillment.
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