Citing Bloomberg, HomeWorld reports that e-commerce sales are up. Excerpt:
Bloomberg: E-Commerce Sales Grow As Total Retail Sales Drop In Q1
Monday May 18th, 2015 - 3:40PM
While total retail sales declined 1.5% in the first quarter of 2015, sales on e-commerce websites increased 3.5% in the first three months of the year from the previous quarter, Bloomberg Business reported. According to seasonally-adjusted figures by the Commerce Department, e-commerce sales for the quarter reached $80 billion worth of purchases, bringing a 14.5% increase of online purchases year-over-year, whereas total sales only increased 1.6%.