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The Rise of E-Commerce in the Furniture Industry E-Commerce Retailer Sales

This is the third factoid in a series of four factoids showing the rise of E-Commerce in the Furniture Industry. The phenomenon of e-commerce has been the rise of what was once called “Non-Store Retailers”, now referred to as “E-Commerce Retailers” – companies without physical stores competing with brick and mortar establishments. Furniture and home furnishings through e-commerce retailers increased from $4 billion to $24.3 billion in ten years (2004 to 2014) – a growth of 503 percent.

Along with furniture and home furnishings, other consumer merchandise lines dramatically increased sales through e-commerce retailers. At $46.9 billion in sales, clothing/footwear leads e-commerce retailer sales in 2014 up from $7.1 billion in 2004. By far, the fastest growing products sold by e-commerce retailers, clothing/footwear increased 561 percent over the ten year period. Furniture and home furnishings experienced the highest growth among e-commerce retailers coming out of the recession 2009 to 2014 – jumping an average of 20 percent per year. Sporting goods sold through e-commerce retailers also experienced high growth in the last few years, but electronics and computer hardware have tapered off with sales increasing a yearly average of five percent since 2011.

Of the five selected merchandise lines, clothing/footwear holds the highest share of e-commerce retailer dollars and grew from 13.3 percent share in 2004 to 18.4 percent share in 2014. Furniture and home furnishings also saw a gain in share – finishing 2014 at 9.3 percent. As more merchandise lines like clothing and furniture have increased their internet presence, two broad product areas have lost share among e-commerce retailers -- electronics and appliances and computer hardware. Once the king of e-commerce, computer hardware fell from 15.1 percent share to 6.3 percent in ten years. Electronics and appliances slipped down from 10.8 percent share of e-commerce retailer sales to 9.2 percent. The next and final factoid of this series will compare e-commerce to total retail trade.



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FastFact: Furniture E-commerce Growth Outpacing Most Other Categorieshttp://hfbusiness.com/hfbnow/ArticleID/14867/fastfact-furniture-e-commerce-growth-outpacing-most-other-categories
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